Tablet Hardness Tester

Description

The Stokes Tablet Hardness Tester Model 539 is a precision-engineered instrument designed to enhance quality control in tablet manufacturing. This advanced tablet hardness tester accurately measures the kilogram force required to crush tablets, ensuring consistent hardness and uniformity across production batches. Capable of accommodating various tablet sizes, the Model 539 is adaptable for larger diameters and higher pressure requirements, making it an essential tool for diverse tablet production environments. By delivering objective and reliable hardness measurements, this tester helps optimize tablet press machine settings, reduce equipment wear, and achieve significant cost savings in tooling and maintenance. Built for reliability and efficiency, the Stokes Model 539 ensures high-quality standards are consistently met, making it a valuable addition to any pharmaceutical or nutraceutical tablet making machinery setup. With its focus on accuracy and operational cost efficiency, this hardness testing machine is a cornerstone of modern tablet production lines.

Main Benefits

• Precise Hardness Measurement: Measures tablet hardness in terms of kilograms of pressure required to crush the tablet.

• Versatile Tablet Compatibility: Standard unit tests tablets from the smallest size to ¾ inch diameter and a maximum thickness of 1/3 inch.

• Ease of Use: Simple and user-friendly design for quick and accurate readings.

• Adaptable to Larger Tablets: Can be equipped with special parts for testing larger diameter tablets at higher pressures.

• Objective Testing Method: Eliminates the need for subjective guesswork methods like finger sensitivity.

• Consistent Tablet Quality: Helps in maintaining the desired physical characteristics of the tablet by accurate hardness measurement.

• Enhanced Production Efficiency: By determining the actual hardness needed, machine pressures can be optimized, reducing mechanical wear.

• Reduced Operational Costs: Lower punch and die wear lead to decreased tooling costs.

• Increased Process Control: Allows correlation of tablet hardness with manufacturing method and composition.

• Affordable Solution: Requires only a modest investment, offering high value for its cost.

• Improved Safety and Reliability: Provides a more reliable and safer method for testing tablet hardness compared to manual methods.