Patents Assigned to FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
  • Publication number: 20150084225
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a pellet from powdered material with the method steps: during a pressing process, a tipping of the upper and/or lower force transmission bridge and/or the upper and/or lower die plate and/or a force causing this tipping is measured; depending on the determined measurement results, the upper drive units and/or the lower drive units are moved asynchronously in relation to each other during the pressing process such that the caused tipping is compensated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Behns, Thomas Pannewitz, Andreas Groth, Andreas Teetzen
  • Publication number: 20150056315
    Abstract: The invention relates to a press for producing pellets from powdered material comprising at least one die with a mould cavity imaging the pellet, at least one upper punch and at least one lower punch that interact with the mould cavity to form the pellet, and at least one electric drive for driving the upper punch, and/or the lower punch, and/or the die along a main press axis, wherein the press also comprises at least one movable element acting on the die and/or the mould cavity of the die, wherein at least one electro-hydrostatic drive is provided to drive the at least one movable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Pannewtiz, Holger Behns
  • Publication number: 20150024078
    Abstract: The invention relates to a press for producing a pellet from powdered material, comprising a press frame and a press unit arranged in the press frame with at least one upper press punch and/or at least one lower press punch, as well as at least one receptacle for the powdered material to be pressed by the upper and/or lower press punch, at least two upper drive units, each with one upper electric drive motor for moving the upper press punch in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Pannewitz, Stephan Mallon
  • Publication number: 20140314895
    Abstract: The invention relates to a scraping device for a rotary tablet press comprising a scraper that is designed to scrape off material for pressing that is located on the top side of a die plate of the rotary tablet press, the die plate rotating relative to the scraper, and comprising a force-generating apparatus that is designed to press the scraper with a predetermined compression against the top side of the die plate, characterized in that the force-generating apparatus comprises a fluid pillow filled with a fluid that is in contact with the scraper directly or via at least one transmission element in order to press the scraper by the predetermined compression against the top side of the die plate. The invention also relates to a rotor for a rotary tablet press, as well as a rotary tablet press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Fette Compacting GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Kolbe, Alexander Oldenburg
  • Publication number: 20140308382
    Abstract: A press for producing a pellet from a powdered material, comprising a press frame with an upper and a lower retaining plate, which are connected with one another by several vertical spacers and with at least one supporting element disposed between the upper and the lower retaining plate, at least one upper punch unit with at least one upper press punch and/or at least one lower punch unit with at least one lower press punch as well as at least one holder for powdered material, which is to be pressed by the upper and/or lower press punch, at least one upper drive unit with at least one upper drive motor for moving the upper punch unit in the vertical direction and/or at least one lower drive unit with at least one lower drive motor for moving the lower punch unit and/or the holder in the vertical direction, wherein, when the press is operating, the upper drive unit and/or the lower drive unit are supported at the supporting element in such a manner, that the reaction forces, which are generated as action force
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Behns, Thomas Pannewitz
  • Publication number: 20140287078
    Abstract: A press for producing a pellet from powdered material, comprising a press frame with an upper and a lower retaining plate, which are connected to one another by several vertical spacers and with at least one supporting element, which is disposed between the upper and the lower retaining plate, a tool guiding unit with at least one upper punch unit with at least one upper press punch and/or at least one lower punch unit with at least one lower press punch and with a die assembly with at least one holder for powdered material, which is to be pressed by the upper and/or lower press punch, wherein the tool guiding unit is disposed at the supporting element, and at least one upper drive unit for moving the upper punch unit in the vertical direction and/or at least one lower drive unit for moving the lower punch unit and or the die assembly in the vertical direction, wherein, when the press is operating, the upper drive unit and/or the lower drive unit are supported at the supporting element in such a manner, that
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Behns, Thomas Pannewitz
  • Patent number: 8801420
    Abstract: A die plate for the rotor of a rotary tablet press comprising a plurality of die holes, with dies provided therein, arranged distributed in the circumferential direction of the die plate, and between every two adjacent die holes radially running bores, in each of which a fastening device is disposed for fastening the dies, characterized in that at least one fastening device comprises two clamping elements disposed opposite each other in a radial bore, and a tensioning device, wherein the clamping elements can be tensioned against each other in the radial direction using the tensioning device, wherein the clamping elements are pressed against the dies adjacent to the radial bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Fette Compacting GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Meissner, Stefan Luedemann
  • Publication number: 20140199427
    Abstract: The invention relates to a press, a rotary press in particular, comprising a press housing in which several operating components of the press are arranged, further comprising power-related components, which provide the operating components with electric energy for the operation, and comprising control components which exchange control- and/or measurement signals with the operating components and control signals with the power-related components, characterised in that the power-related components are arranged separately from the control components in a power element box which can be arranged at option on or within the press housing, or outside of the press housing and separately from the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Ingo Schmidt, Werner Seifert, Annett Janke
  • Publication number: 20140195036
    Abstract: A method for operating a plant to produce tablets that has at least one rotary press and one computer system, wherein the computer system contains operating and control software for controlling and monitoring the operation of the rotary press, and wherein the rotary press is designed for installing different types of rotors, wherein a record adapted to the respective rotor type is saved in a memory and communication component on the rotors, and before the rotor type is initially operated, the record is read out and is saved in the computer system to automatically adapt the operating and control software and user interface to the rotor type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Lüdemann, Matthias Meier
  • Publication number: 20140183787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary press with a rotor, whereby the rotor comprises one upper and one lower punch guide and a die plate between the upper and lower punch guides, furthermore with upper and lower press punches which interact with the die holes in the die plate, whereby the rotary press comprises several stations, namely at least one filling station in which the material to be pressed is filled into the die holes, at least one dosing station, in which the material filled into the die holes is dosed, at least one pressing station, in which the material that has been dosed and filled into the die holes is pressed through the upper and lower press punches into pellets, and at least one ejector station in which the pressed pellets are ejected, whereby at least one of the stations can be moved from its operating position to a resting position, in which the production process of the rotary press to produce pellets remains possible with the remaining stations in their respective operating positions, and
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Lüdermann, Daniel Malick, Kai Hübner
  • Publication number: 20140178516
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressing device for a press, in particular for a rotary press, wherein the pressing device is designed to work together with at least one press punch of the press during operation of the press so that the at least one press punch presses material located in a receiver, wherein the pressing device comprises a force measuring device for measuring the force exerted by the at least one press punch on the pressing device, wherein at least one section of the pressing device is moveable between a closed operation position and an opened maintenance position, and wherein the force measuring device in the opened maintenance position is at least partially accessible from outside. The invention also relates to a rotary press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Fette Compacting GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Hübner, Werner Seifert
  • Publication number: 20140144205
    Abstract: Device for calibrating and balancing a measuring device of a tablet press, in particular a rotary tablet press, comprising at least one reference measuring device and at least one control device, wherein interfaces of the control device are connected with interfaces of the measuring device and the reference measuring device, wherein the control device is designed to generate a plurality of reference measurement results and to record the associated measurement values of the measuring device and the reference measuring device, wherein the control device further comprises a comparing device, with which the recorded measurement values of the measuring device and the reference measuring device can be compared with each other, and wherein the control device is designed to balance the measuring device if an impermissible deviation is present between the compared measurement values. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Ingo Schmidt, Ulrich Gathmann, Matthias Meier
  • Publication number: 20140145362
    Abstract: A scraping device for a rotary press comprising at least one scraping element for scraping pellets located on a die plate of the rotary press to an outlet, wherein the at least one scraping element has at least one identification and/or position unit having identification and/or position data relating to the at least one scraping element, and wherein the scraping device further comprises a read and/or write unit which is designed to communicate with the at least one identification and/or position unit in order to read the identification and/or position data from the at least one identification and/or position unit. The invention also relates to a rotary press and a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventor: Sven Kolbe
  • Publication number: 20140127340
    Abstract: Punch arrangement for a press, in particular a rotary press, comprising at least one press punch having a punch head, a tool region and a punch shank extending between the punch head and tool region, further comprising at least one punch guide having at least one guide bore in which the punch shank of the at least one press punch is guided in an axially movable manner and at least one variable length sealing sleeve at least partially surrounding the shank, which sealing sleeve is retained with its first end against the punch shank or against the tool region of the press punch, the sealing sleeve being retained with its second end against an inner wall of the guide bore, the second end of the sealing sleeve, with the punch shank located in the guide bore, being captured between the inner wall of the guide bore and the punch shank. The invention further relates to a press and a rotary press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Fette Compacting GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Meissner, Daniel Malick
  • Publication number: 20140083248
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coding element for equipping at least one cam carrier of a rotor of a rotary press with at least one control cam element, wherein at least one coding element is provided, wherein the at least one coding element comprises fastening means by which it can be fastened to the rotor or a component connected thereto, wherein the at least one coding element has coding means by which the position of the at least one control cam element on the cam carrier is clearly specified. In addition, the invention relates to a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Lüdemann, Peter Lüneburg, Daniel Malick
  • Publication number: 20130216640
    Abstract: The invention concerns a disc-shaped retaining device for bushings of a rotary tablet press, wherein the disc-shaped retaining device comprises two disc halves that are connected with one another, each of which shows multiple holes, which align with one another if the disc halves are connected with one another and thus form mounting holes in which one respective bushing is located, wherein the bushings between the disc halves that are connected with one another are designed in a form-fit manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventor: Fette Compacting GmbH
  • Patent number: 8490773
    Abstract: Tablet flow for the conveying away of tablets pressed in a tablet press, with a main flow channel, which has at least one branching into at least one first flow channel and at least one second flow channel separated from the first flow channel by at least one separating wall, wherein a separator is provided at the branching, which can be actuated such that tablets are directed out of the main flow channel alternatively into the first flow channel or into the second flow channel, characterized in that the separator has a guide channel for the tablets and in that a guide gear drive is provided, with which the guide channel is moveable between a first position connecting the main flow channel with the first flow channel and a second position connecting the main flow channel with the second flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Fette Compacting GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Kolbe, Bernd Casemir-Malner, Matthias Rau, Jan Naeve, Thomas Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20110233027
    Abstract: Tablet flow for the conveying away of tablets pressed in a tablet press, with a main flow channel, which has at least one branching into at least one first flow channel and at least one second flow channel separated from the first flow channel by at least one separating wall, wherein a separator is provided at the branching, which can be actuated such that tablets are directed out of the main flow channel alternatively into the first flow channel or into the second flow channel, characterized in that the separator has a guide channel for the tablets and in that a guide gear drive is provided, with which the guide channel is moveable between a first position connecting the main flow channel with the first flow channel and a second position connecting the main flow channel with the second flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Sven Kolbe, Bernd Casemir-Malner, Matthias Rau, Jan Naeve, Thomas Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20110223277
    Abstract: A die plate for the rotor of a rotary tablet press comprising a plurality of die holes, with dies provided therein, arranged distributed in the circumferential direction of the die plate, and between every two adjacent die holes radially running bores, in each of which a fastening device is disposed for fastening the dies, characterized in that at least one fastening device comprises two clamping elements disposed opposite each other in a radial bore, and a tensioning device, wherein the clamping elements can be tensioned against each other in the radial direction using the tensioning device, wherein the clamping elements are pressed against the dies adjacent to the radial bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Friedrich Meissner, Stefan Luedemann
  • Publication number: 20110180950
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary tablet press comprising: a rotatingly drivable rotor, having a die plate comprising die holes and assigned to the die holes upper and lower punches, rotating synchronously with the die plate, whose axial movement is controlled by upper and lower control cams, having at least one filling station comprising at least one filling device for filling the die holes with material to be pressed, having at least one compression station disposed downstream of the filling station in the rotational direction of the rotor, comprising at least one pressing device which presses the upper and/or lower punches into the die holes when passing through the compression station in order to press the filled material in the die holes, and having at least one ejector station, disposed downstream of the compression station in the rotational direction of the rotor, comprising an ejector device for ejecting the pressed tablets in the die holes, characterized in that at least one vibration generator is pr
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Heinrich, Ingo Schmidt, Jan Naeve