HEATING ELEVATOR FOR CAPSULE MAKING MACHINE

摘要

A capsule-making system for the manufacture of capsules for pharmaceutical use includes an elevator for manipulating and uniformly heating a plurality of vertically stacked pin bars prior to dipping. The heated elevato r station is positioned before the dipping station as part of the capsule-making machine. The elevator comprises a series of vertically stacked pin bars. A series of oil lines carrying hot oil is provided is within the elevator such tha t each of the pin bars is evenly heated. More than one elevator (i.e., more than one p in bar stack) may be situated in a side-by-side manner. Each elevator stack is selectively moved up or down by means of one or more hydraulic cylinders.