Method and machine for producing tablets of medicinal powder

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EP 0 829 341 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	15.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/16

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	18.03.1998 Bulletin 1998/12

(21)	Application number: 97102534.1

(22)	Date of filing: 17.02.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: B30B 11/02

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE DE FR GB IE IT LU NL
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV RO SI

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Priority:

11.09.1996 IT BO960453

(71)	Applicants:
	MG2 S.P.A. 40065 Pian di Macina (Pianoro) (IT) FUISZ TECHNOLOGIES LTD. Chantilly, VA 20151 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Ansalino, Angelo 40056 Crespellano (IT)

(74)	Representative: Plebani, Rinaldo et al
	STUDIO TORTA S.r.l., Via Viotti, 9 10121 Torino 10121 Torino (IT)

(54)	Method and machine for producing tablets of medicinal powder

(57) A method and machine (1) for producing tablets (9) of medicinal powder (3); the method including, for each cycle, the steps of withdrawing a number of quantities of medicinal powder (3) from a vessel (10) by means of a metering device (21), compressing the quantities of medicinal powder (3) to form respective tablets (9) of medicinal powder (3), and, finally, depositing the tablets (9) of compressed medicinal powder (3) inside containers (7) by which they are preserved; the compression step including a precompression step wherein a die forming device (21) compresses the quantities of medicinal powder (3) inside the vessel (10) to preform the tablets (9), and a compacting step wherein the die forming device (21) compresses the preformed tablets (9) on a horizontal plate (50) located outside the vessel (10) and having a number of dies (53) for imparting a given form to the tablets (9).

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