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AC Compacting Equipment
MINI COATER CLASSIC (MCC)
Elevate your formulation development and coating trials with the bench-top tablet and pellet coater from Caleva
NEW bottom spray head attachment now available for increased coating trial flexibility.
Coating Capabilities
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Top and bottom spray head options
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Coat from a single tablet up to about 150 tablets*
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Coat from a few grams of pellets up to approximately 60 g
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Coat from a single capsule to a small handful
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Coat medical implants (injectables)
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Coat pellets as small as 400μm
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Use as little as 20ml of coating solution
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Compatible with HPMC, HPC, and PVA polymer based coatings
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Suitable for use with coatings containing synthetic and inorganic pigments
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Typical coating times between 15-30 minutes
The Mini Coater Classic (MCC) has been designed and engineered with efficiency and ease-of-use in mind, speeding up your coating trials and offering a faster return on investment.
Product Description
The Mini Coater Classic (MCC) allows you to carry out the full coating and drying process, from start to finish, using only a small amount of materials. Coat and dry small batches of tablets, pellets, or capsules in your laboratory with Caleva's new bench-top top-spray coater.
The intuitive digital touchscreen interface gives you full control over all process parameters in one place.
Choose to run your coating trial with the interchangeable top spray or the new bottom spray attachments depending on your coating trial requirement.
With the NEW bottom spray head, the Mini Coater Classic becomes an even more versatile coating platform, while maintaining the MCC’s compact footprint, precise process control and rapid trial turnaround time.
Machine Overview
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7” digital touchscreen display*
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Intuitive user interface with simple slider controls
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Small batch size capability
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Fully adjustable process parameters
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Prime pump function for faster set-up
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Integrated stopwatch & timer functions
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Pump flow rate 15-60 milliliters per hour (ml/hr)
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Easy to assemble and clean
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Modern, compact design
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CE Compliant
Top Spray Head
The MCC Top Spray Head is a top-spray fluidized bed coating system, using a top mounted spray lance designed to deliver precise and uniform coating and drying of tablets, pellets, or capsules in your laboratory.
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For tablets, pellets or capsules
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From as little as 1 tablet up to 150 tablets (approximately 50 g), or a few grams of pellets up to approximately 20 g
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Small batch size capability
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Precise, uniform, and efficient coating
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Good particle circulation and mixing
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Excellent for controlled-release and functional coatings
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Adjustable spray lance height to optimise coating efficiency
Bottom Spray Head
The MCC Bottom Spray Head is a bottom-spray fluidized bed coating attachment with a dedicated coating partition, designed to deliver precise and uniform coating of tablets, pellets, beads, and other multi particulates while maintaining clear separation between the spray and drying zones.
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For tablets, pellets, beads, tablets, and other multi particulates
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Optimal range for both tablets and pellets is 25g to 50g
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Scalable process from development to larger batches
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Precise, uniform, and efficient coating
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Good particle circulation and mixing
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Clear separation between spray and drying zones
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Excellent for controlled-release and functional coatings
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Bottom-spray configuration for improved droplet-particle interaction
Engineering & Design Features
The Mini Coater Classic (MCC) is a user friendly solution for lab-scale tablet and pellet coating trials. It has been engineered with innovative features aimed at helping you achieve the best possible results.
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No mechanical agitation – the fluidisation process relies solely on a powerful fan which helps to protect your tablets from mechanical damage, such as chipping, during the coating and drying process. An added benefit to this is that the Mini Coater Classic (MCC) makes very little noise during operation.
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Scale up potential – the design of the Mini Coater Classic (MCC) allows for scale up studies based on the fit, form, and function criteria.
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Static reduction – the spray chamber unit is made from borosilicate glass and stainless steel which helps to minimise static. Other benefits of the glass chamber means it easier to observe the coating process, and is comparable to scale up options.
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Automatic shut off feature – the new interface allows the user to set a range for the compressed air. If air flow rate falls outside of this range, the machine will automatically shut off. This feature helps to prevent wasted trials due to inadequate flow of compressed air.
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Streamlined set up – the prime pump function allows the user to accelerate the coating solution to the spray head, prior to beginning a trial.
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Flexible spray head options – choose top or bottom spray coating attachments to suit your coating requirements. Alternatively, the easily interchangeable spray heads allow you to test both spray techniques if required to ensure your coating trial is optimised for scale up.
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Digital touchscreen operation – touchscreen slider operation allows precise control over the process parameters.