Pharmaceutical and healthcare solutions for effervescent tablets
Romaco is market leader in the effervescents sector – comprehensive portfolio for pharmaceuticals and healthcare products.
Applications
Effervescent tablets are a widely used dosage form in the pharmaceutical industry, for example for treating pain, fever or respiratory diseases. The administration of water-soluble drugs is particularly recommended for patients with swallowing difficulties or gastric disorders.
Effervescents are also a popular form for nutraceuticals such as vitamins or minerals. Many drugstore items like denture cleaners are likewise available as effervescent tablets.
Line competence
As a leading international supplier, Romaco offers bespoke line concepts for processing effervescent products. End-to-end solutions underline the manufacturer’s expert status – from tableting to final packaging.
- All-in-one solutions from a single source.
- Central point of contact for all line components.
- Reliable interface management between individual line components.
- Gentle handling of fragile effervescent products.
- Customised configuration options for formulation management, format settings and process parameter definitions.
- Suitable for medium to high volume production.
Romaco solutions comprise modules for
Tableting effervescent products
- Optimised product feeding for effervescent applications.
- Strict separation between the compaction and mechanical areas.
- External lubrication with magnesium stearate.
- Damaged or broken tablets reduced to a minimum thanks to the integral transfer from the tablet press to the primary packaging machine.
Packing in strips
- Maximum efficiency in four-side sealed strip production.
- Air, light and moisture-tight strips with very good barrier properties.
- Horizontal vibrator and laminar waterfall feeder assure reliable product feeding.
- Rotating separation principle and low drop height reduce waste to a minimum.
- Servo-driven transfer units for stacking the sealed strips.
Packing in tubes
- Ideal for filling effervescent tablets into plastic or aluminium tubes.
- Even very short tubes can be handled.
- Gentle filling according to the rotation principle.
- Safe processing of very small, thin and soft products.
- Very small footprint, modular machine design.
- Only a small number of compact format parts in the basic version.
Packing in cartons
- Direct connection to the primary packaging machine.
- Continuous or intermittent motion cartoners with horizontal or vertical feeding.
- Ergonomic design.
- Customized product feed and transfer configurations.
Carton bundles
- Stretch bander with servo or pneumatic drive.
- Shrink wrapper feature available.
Packing in shipping cases
- Fully or semi-automatic case packers.
- Track & Trace: identification systems can be implemented easily.