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.