Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Know More about Capsule Manufacturing

In terms of manufacturing, capsule manufacturing is found more simple and easier than producing tablets. Capsules are made to be swallowed and breakdown by body easily. There are many more aspects that are considered by leading contract manufacturers for capsule manufacturing. Such aspects are:

Right quantity of ingredients

Right quantity of ingredients is a major concern for manufacturing of capsules. The manufacturers always consider the uniformity of content which is an important pharmaceutical analysis technique meant for the manufacturing of hard shell based capsules.

Features of gelatin

When it is to produce hard capsules, the manufacturers check the essential features of gelatin. In the application, the gelatin should come with a workable viscosity, a suitable setting point, a suitable film forming power, clarity etc.

Resistance & elasticity

Once the hard capsules are dried, they are required to exhibit composition like Gelatin between 80 and 85 percent, moisture of 15 percent and other excipients 0 to 5 percent. Along with it, it is also important to check the elasticity and resistance of capsules. And it is the physical characteristics of gelatin that explains the solubility, resistance and elasticity of hard capsules.

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