Lamination Of Tablets

Lamination is the term used for a split in the tablet anywhere but at the top.

Lamination of tablets. Tablet capping and lamination powder compaction is widely used to produce pharmaceutical tablets and is referred to as a tabletting process. These terms refer to the splitting of tablets upon compression ritter and sucker 1980. Lamination is a major problem of all the defects in tablet manufacturing. Although the method is widely used there are still significant challenges with achieving a high quality compact.

Main reason for lamination is attributed to presence of bands cracks in tablet whereas presence of air in. Capping and lamination are common industrial problems during the manufacturing of pharmaceutical tablets. Lamination has been shown to occur immediately after compression or upon storage periods. Lamination is associated with the breakage of the tablet in layers parallel to the compact face santos and sousa 2008.

Tablet lamination is most common problems observed during compression of tablets it is often misconceived with capping problem firstly we need to understand lamination to rectify it as both capping and lamination have different reasons and different rectifications. The term capping generally refers to the separation of the top or the bottom of the tablets. Lamination often occurs due to the over compression of the tablet. It is nevertheless important to diagnose the lamination issue correctly to ensure that proper steps are taken to solve the problem.

Even if they are commonly treated together these phenomena correspond to different.