Medelpharm will present its Styl'One 105ml mechanical multilayer press at the AAPS trade show in Los Angeles, to be held from 9-12 November 2009.
Styl'One is a fast and versatile machine for single-punch research-and-development production of tablets.
It is designed for use in pharmaceutical research laboratories and for use in the production of food, detergents and cosmetics.
The Styl'One press incorporates a mechanical design that guarantees precision and robustness under load.
The main drive is programmable, offering a range of functionality and versatility that was not previously available.
Analis, the data-acquisition and control software package supporting the machine, is an open platform featuring the latest technology in data acquisition.
Styl'One has a compression time that is five times faster than similar presses routinely used in research-and-development facilities, with a minimum time to reach compression peak of less than 40ms.
This machine can produce and study multilayer tablets at high speed (up to five layers with three powders).
The technology for compression is versatile, enabling the user to generate displacement-driven studies (95 per cent of research and development and production tablet presses); force-driven studies (used mainly in research and development and powder characterisation); and a combination of both modes on the same tablet.
In addition, Styl'One offers full control of the dwell time, with extended dwell times allowing users to study the behaviour of tablets maintained under a given level of pressure.
The data-acquisition software developed by Medelpharm collects, visualises, analyses and exports acquired information.
The 2009 version of the software can carry out automated studies and can also connect with external laboratory apparatus such as scales and hardness testers.
The Styl'One 105ml model with multilayer capabilities, which is designed for the pharmaceutical market, will be available from the second quarter of 2010.
Additional functionalities are already under development on the Styl'One platform, including dry coating and larger-than-standard tooling.
Medelpharm aims to make this new machine an industry standard by making some of the functionalities already provided by its Stylcam 200R rotary press simulator more widely available.
The Styl'One tablet press is robust, clean, easy-to-use and offers fast and simple clean-up.
It is made of GMP-approved material and complies with most regulatory standards.
The machine is compact, measuring 70 x 70 x 180cm and weighing 1100kg.
