Patent ID: 11904565
Assignee: GLATT MASCHINEN—UND APPARATEBAU AG
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A module for producing tablets, comprising: a tablet press, a sensor positioned downstream of the tablet press suitable for analyzing the tablets produced in the tablet press, and a control unit,
wherein the module has at least one module component arranged upstream of the tablet press,
wherein the module component is a filling unit for filling cavities in a tablet press with a feedstock to be pressed having a filling assembly comprising a fill chamber, wherein the fill chamber is arranged in an installed condition between a die containing the cavities and a punch support comprising at least one punch, and wherein the fill chamber has at least one inlet opening for filling the fill chamber with raw materials and at least one outlet opening for filling the cavities of the tablet press with feedstock to be pressed, wherein the fill chamber comprises at least one mixing unit for mixing the raw material of the feedstock to be pressed and at least one delivery unit for filling the cavities of the tablet press with feedstock to be pressed, wherein the at least one mixing unit and the at least one delivery unit are arranged in an installed condition between the die containing the cavities and the punch support comprising the at least one punch, wherein the delivery unit for filling the cavities of the tablet press with feedstock to be pressed and the mixing unit for mixing the raw material lie in a horizontal plane, and wherein the at least one delivery unit is located downstream of the at least one mixing unit, the control unit for sending and receiving signals is connected at least with a module component and the sensor, and the control unit is suitable by means of the signals received from the sensor, of controlling and/or regulating at least one module component arranged upstream of the tablet press.