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Instacoat EMB

Product Description

INSTACOATTM EMB is a fully formulated high performance aqueous film coating system optimised as a moisture barrier. High solids capability combined with low viscosity and high substrate adhesion provide a system with excellent process performance that can be used in all types of coating equipment.

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Features Benefits

INSTACOAT System

  • Dry powder system for reconstitution
  • Process time savings from rapid coating suspension manufacture
  • Complete coating formulation minus solvent
  • Cost savings in inventory and inventory management
  • Advanced colour control methods
  • Reproducible finished product appearance
  • Avoidance of customer complaints
  • White or ready coloured systems matched to your specification or sample are available. Anti-counterfeiting and branding features can be built-in
  • Meeting diverse marketing requirements is facilitated
  • Colours used are checked for compliance with appropriate regulations in target markets
  • Avoidance of regulatory issues

INSTACOAT EMB

  • PVA is an excellent moisture barrier
  • Subsidiary elements chosen to reduce hydrophilicity
  • Reduces degradation of moisture sensitive APIs enabling extension of shelf-life and cost reductions via use of lower cost packaging
  • PVA is a low viscosity polymer
  • Coatings are smooth, glossy and resilient to physical damage. Packaging speeds are enhanced.
  • Solids levels up to 20 % facilitate rapid coating thus major productivity gains
  • PVA is highly water soluble
  • Rapid suspension preparation.
  • Minimal impact on dissolution and disintegration.
  • Avoids use of expensive super-disintegrants in tablet core.
  • Aqueous processing promotes a safe working environment and avoidance of atmospheric pollution.
  • Can be applied in a wide range of equipment designs and sizes from most manufacturers
  • Easy scale-up and transfer to different equipment types or manufacturing sites.
  • Suitable for batch and continuous processes.
  • Single polymer and absence of soya lecithin and talc
  • Facilitates product registration in multiple regulatory environments

Regulatory information

All products are checked for the regulatory compliance of all ingredients in the target countries and market segments of sale. This determination is made at the time the initial formulation is established, based on customer-supplied information. If market countries and/or segments are extended once the formulation has been established, customers are encouraged to contact us to ensure that regulatory compliance is not compromised.

Recommended Solvent System and Reconstitution Level

  • Purified water at up to 20% w/w solids.

Equipment / Accessories

  • Variable-speed mechanical stirrer
  • Mixing Vessel

Calculation of Instacoat EMB and solvent quantities

  • Determine the quantities of Instacoat EMB (20% w/w solids) and water required based on the quantity of tablets to be coated and the target coating weight gain. e.g.: For coating 1.0 kg of tablets to 3% wt. gain, weigh 33 g Instacoat and 132 gm purified water at room temperature (includes 10% overage for losses).

Reconstitution Process

  • Add the weighed quantity of water to a mixing vessel.
  • Using a mechanical stirrer, stir the purified water to form a vortex.
  • Add required quantity of Instacoat EMB to the centre of the liquid vortex in a slow steady stream, avoiding clumping while maintaining a vortex. Once the entire quantity of Instacoat has been added, reduce the stirrer speed to eliminate the vortex. (Fig. 2) Continue mixing for 45 minutes.

Recommended Process Conditions

  Side-vented
(fully perforated) pans
Conventional
(non perforated) pans
Pan diameter (inch) 24-60 12-36
Tablet load (kg) 10-300 0.5-50
Weight gain (%) 2.0-3.0%
Number of guns 1-6 1
Liquid nozzle diameter (mm) 1.0-1.2
Atomising air pressure (bar) 2.5-3.5
Pattern air pressure To achieve maximum uniform bed coverage
Tablet bed temperature (⁰C) 42-45
Inlet air temperature (⁰C) Set to achieve required product bed temperature
Suspension spray rate Set to achieve required product bed temperature
Exhaust air volume To maintain slight negative pressure in pan
Pan speed Minimum for steady tablet flow through spray zone

*Tablet bed temperature offers the most effective way of controlling the coating process. Where this measurement is unavailable, exhaust temperature may be substituted. However, the relationship between the two measurements is complex and depends on several factors such as pan load, pan depression, pan design and airflow rate. Indicated exhaust temperature may be above or below the true bed temperature. It is recommended that the relationship between the two measurements is calibrated.

Typical Constituents

PVA; Plasticiser; Titanium Dioxide; Edible Pigments, Anti-tack Agent.