Coating problem

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Hi colleagues,

could you give me some advice how sort out the problem with coating. About 1.5 % coating tablets have the following defects: tiny uncouting (white) spots into logo and on the edges of tablets. We tryed working with different parameters and their combinations (high or low: pan speed, spay rate, atomising and spray pressure). It didn’t make sense. Сomposition of coating suspensiion: hyprolose, titanium oxide, ferric oxide and macrogol.

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check out the concentration of titinium and macrogol.higher conc of these may case the said defect.

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  1. You should be Properly Colloid the Coating Solution and passed from Muslin cloth (#200 to #300).
  2. Replace your coating solution to Ready made film coating materials (like Colorcoat, Opadry, Aquadry and Bharat Coat).

Regards
RAHUL KUMAR
KAPL, Dharwad (Karnataka)
INDIA

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Dear colleague,

thanks a lot for your answers, but it’s impossible to change the concentation of ТiO2 and macrogol and replace our coating solution to Ready made film coating materials

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what is the previous batch history?u faced this problem just in this batch or faced same problem in all previous batches?

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in all previous batches.

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Then surely its coating formulation problem.

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while coating operation coating suspension is subjected to continous stirring or not?

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You should pass all materials through 100mesh and use 0.2% tween 80 as wetting agent for better dispersibility. This will solve the problem.

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continue stirring but very slowly

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I cannot use tween because it’s not in formula.

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Try to pass all materials through 100mesh

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Can you provide more details about coating equipment make and capacity.

  1. Run your product in other available autocoater
  2. Procure same materials from different approved vendor/ Branded Coating excipients
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can you share pics of defected tabs?

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defects
defects1620×2160 742 KB

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Have you checked the spray pattern? Made changes to pressure, ect…?

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It seems to be peeling of coating film?

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Coating solvent is water or organic?

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Tablet bed temp?

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Water