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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2014
Gea Process Engineering NV, Halle, BE;
Jan Vogeleer, Bornem, BE;
Ivo Van Den Mooter, Willebroek, BE;
Freddy Gerard Luc Vandenbroucke, Roux, BE;
Joris Vanderputten, Buizingen, BE;
Nicolas Robin, Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, BE;
Frederik Detobel, Halle, BE;
GEA PROCESS ENGINEERING NV, , BE;
Abstract
The rotary tablet press has a housing including a compression section () with a turret () including a die disc (), a top punch guide (), a bottom punch guide (), and a plurality of punches (). The turret () defines an axial direction (a) and a radial direction (r), the punches being arranged at a predefined radius defining a pitch (p) of the turret. The rotary tablet press comprises a bearing assembly () connected to the turret () and providing support to at least one auxiliary component of the rotary tablet press and the bearing assembly comprises a bearing () and a support means () for the at least one auxiliary component, and the bearing () is positioned outside the pitch (p) of the turret in the radial direction (r).