Tablets, a common form of oral medication, may develop visible or internal defects as a result of improper manufacturing processes and equipment or suboptimal formulations. Catching these tablet defects — whether manually or via an automated visual inspection system — helps ensure high product quality and consumer confidence. This article will highlight common tablet defects, […]

Manufacturers have the choice of direct compression, wet granulation, and dry granulation in tablet production. Direct compression incorporates the processes of mixing and processing a tablet’s formulation ingredients before using compression to generate tablets directly from powdered excipients or, specifically, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Manufacturers use direct compression to shorten operation times and reduce equipment […]

As tablets are the most common format for taking medicine orally, it can be surprising that tablet production processes still present many quality control challenges for manufacturers. Tablets have the potential for a variety of defects, from external surface flaws to internal imperfections in the product’s layers that result from formulation issues. Visible and non-visible […]