Patent ID: 7713469

Claim:
A device for monitoring the production of tablets, comprising: a rotary press, with die bores in a circular die plate for the accommodation of a powder to be pressed; upper-and lower stamps; a pressing station for pressing the powder in the die bores by means of the upper and lower stamps; a tablet stripper for stripping off the tablets ejected by the lower stamps from the upper side of the circular die plate; a machine computer; a contactless working temperature measurement device, which is in communication with the machine computer ( 44 ), having a measurement plane, the contactless working temperature measurement device being arranged between the pressing station ( 24 , 26 ) and the tablet stripper ( 38 ), and the measurement time of the temperature measurement device is such that the temperature can be measured of at least two or more of the tablets per rotation of the circular die plate; further including a position transmitter ( 48 ), which is in communication with the machine computer ( 44 ), and which triggers via the machine computer ( 44 ) either a measurement procedure, which is triggered by the position of the dies ( 16 ) with respect to the measurement plane of the contactless working temperature measurement device, detected by the position transmitter ( 48 ), or an evaluation of a measurement signal in the machine computer ( 44 ).