Patents Assigned to FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
  • Patent number: 12181325
    Abstract: A device for capacitively measuring a powder fill level in a filling apparatus for a rotary press where the fill apparatus comprises a filling pipe. The device comprises a first measuring electrode positioned on the filling pipe and a reference electrode. A first electrical capacitor is configured to be formed by the reference electrode and the first measuring electrode, wherein an electrical field is configured to be formed between the first measuring electrode and the reference electrode. The first measuring electrode is covered by an electrically conductive protective shielding on a side facing away from the filling pipe and the electrically conductive protective shielding is at a ground potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Evers, Nicolas Walter, Sven Kolbe
  • Publication number: 20240383218
    Abstract: A feeding system for feeding a powder material to a moving powder mass includes a moving device structured to move the powder mass along a movement direction and a feeding reservoir that is structured to provide the powder material to be fed to the moving mass. The feeding reservoir includes a plurality of feeding openings dimensioned for feeding the powder material to the moving powder mass. At least some of the plurality of feeding openings being arranged along the movement direction of the moving powder mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: FETTE COMPACTING GmbH, UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN
    Inventors: Nicolas Walter, Wouter Grymonpré, Joris Vanderputten, Jozef Verheyen, Jan Vogeleer, Serge Tavernier, Jef Wens
  • Patent number: 10513073
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventor: Sven Kolbe
  • Patent number: 10195771
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Lüdemann, Daniel Malick, Kai Hübner
  • Patent number: 9996073
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Lüdemann, Matthias Meier
  • Patent number: 9664582
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Ingo Schmidt, Ulrich Gathmann, Matthias Meier
  • Patent number: 9662850
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Pannewitz, Stephan Mallon
  • Patent number: 9616601
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventor: Friedrich Meissner
  • Patent number: 9327469
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Heinrich, Ingo Schmidt, Jan Naeve
  • Patent number: 9289924
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Behns, Thomas Pannewitz
  • Patent number: 9272479
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Behns, Thomas Pannewitz
  • Patent number: 9186825
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Behns, Thomas Pannewitz, Andreas Groth, Andreas Teetzen
  • 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: 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
  • 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