Star distributor

A method for forming tablets from tablet blanks (2), comprising the following steps:

• conveying the blanks (2) horizontally towards a rotating disc (5),
• providing an accelerator (14) for moving the blanks (2) horizontally towards indentations (7) in the circumference of the rotating disc (5),
• accepting the blanks (2) in the indentations (7) in the rotating disc (5) in an entry zone (10),
• rotating the blanks (2) from the entry zone (10) to an exit zone (11) and
• transferring the blanks (2) to a rotating die (3) of a tablet press (4) in the exit zone (11),
• forming the blanks in the tablet press (4),
• wherein above each indentation (7) is arranged an ejector (9) suspended from a pivot pin with two flexible metal strips (16), and in the exit zone (11) is arranged a stationary ball bearing (17) that presses the ejector (9) downwards as soon as the ejector (9) rotates past the stationary ball bearing (17).