摘要 |
A tablet pressing apparatus comprises a hopper 10, a tablet-pressing table 20 in which there is provided a die 30, and a punch 40 for pressing the material in the die 30 to form a tablet. The table 20 comprises a removable top plate (24 figure 2) so that after the tablet-pressing apparatus has been used to produce a batch of tablets, the top plate 24 is removed and replaced with a fresh top plate. The components 10, (24 figure 2), 30, 40, 42, 50 of the apparatus that come into contact with the material used for the tablets may be disposable and thus readily replaced at low-cost. The apparatus can then be used to press a batch of tablets of a different composition without needing to clean the top of the table 20. Later embodiments relate to a method of pressing two consecutive batches of tables using said apparatus and a tablet pressing table having an aperture for receiving a tablet pressing die and a removably mounted and disposable top plate. |