Abstract: A method for operating a rotary tabletting machine the rotor of which has a die-plate, upper rams, and lower rams which interact with the die bores, and has a stationary filling device interacting with the upper side of said die-plate, and wherein the lower rams are located in the die bores when they run along beneath the filling device and said lower rams are adjusted in their positions by means of a filling and/or proportioning cam, wherein said filling and/or proportioning cams is set into vibrations.

Abstract: A die for a rotary compression press, comprising a die holder axially supported in a guide bore and a die insert which is seated in the end-side bore of the die holder via a trunnion-shaped projection and is adapted to be mounted via releasable fastening means, wherein the projection is helically guided in the bore between axially spaced stops and is biased by a spring towards the associated front-end face of the die holder.

Abstract: Path-measuring system for a powder press which has at least one top and one bottom stamping die, which co-operate with a mould of a mould plate and are each one actuated by a hydraulic cylinder, a laterally projecting index arm on the top and the bottom stamping die, which co-operates with an assigned vertical measuring ruler, and the measurement results are transmitted to a machine computer, characterised in that at least two index arms on opposing sides on at least the top and the bottom stamping die co-operate with a measuring ruler, and the machine computer compensates an incorrect measurement value on one measuring ruler by the second measurement value on the other measuring ruler.

Abstract: Tabletting machine in form of a rotary press, with a rotor which accommodates a set of top and bottom stamping dies, which co-operate with moulds of a mould plate, cam segments associated to the rotor, and pressure rollers for the actuation of the stamping dies, a filling equipment, a stripping device for tablets knocked out of the mould etc.

Abstract: A set of compaction rams and/or die-plates for a tabletting machine has all of the compaction rams and/or die-plates of the set furnished with a code containing at least the following information: (a) a label for the set of compaction rams and die-plates; (b) an individual label for each compaction ram and/or die-plate within the set; (c) data effective to critically dimension the compaction ram and/or die-plate which contains the code; and (d) data containing service life information for the compaction ram and/or die-plate which contains the code.

Abstract: A rotary compression press for cylindrical compacts, especially tablets, comprising a rotatably driven rotor including a die-plate and an upper and a lower ram guide for upper and lower rams cooperating with the die bores, and a pressure station with an upper and a lower pressure roller for applying a pressing power to the rams wherein the rams circumferentially have an annular tooth system which cooperates with an opposed tooth system in the area of a pressure station for the rams for the purpose of rotating the rams in the die bores thereof, characterized in that the opposed tooth system is defined by a rotatably supported gear which is acted on by a preset braking torque with the braking torque being chosen so as to be smaller than the torque of the ram when under a maximum pressing power.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a tablet-pressing device that includes a tablet press, a control computer configured to drive and regulate the motors of the tablet press, and a service computer which admits the input and output of data for the operation of the tablet press. The tablet press is linked to the control computer via a cable link for high-speed data transfer. The tablet press and the service computer exchange data and control commands via a wireless data link.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for instructing an operator during maintenance and/or repair work on a tablet press. The process is performed by a computer. The process includes selecting a tablet press function, whereby selection is read by the computer. A list of function sequences is output to an output device in accordance with the step of selecting. Each function sequence corresponds to repair/maintenance information pertaining to the selected tablet press function. A function sequence is selected from the list of function sequences. Finally, the selected sequence is output as a video sequence and/or an audio sequence.

Abstract: A rotor for a tablet press including an upper-ram receptacle for the upper rams and a lower-ram guide for the lower rams of the tablet press, as well as a retainer plate having a series of die-bores which are oriented towards the upper and lower rams wherein the retainer plate is composed of at least two ring segments which are adapted to be mounted non-positively and/or positively to the body of the lower-ram guide by means of a fixing device.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of compressed articles, particularly cemented-carbide cutting blade inserts, by compacting metallic powder and subsequently sintering the compact, particularly cemented-carbide reversible cutting blade inserts, which have a seating surface and at least one cutting edge extending approximately in parallel with the seating surface which is at a predetermined distance from the seating surface, by means of a press having a die-plate and a top ram and a bottom ram, comprising the steps of: Charging a predetermined volume of metallic powder into the die-plate bore with the bottom ram taking a predetermined charging position in the die-plate bore, Displacing the bottom ram and the top ram to predetermined first and second positions, Displacing the bottom ram and, if need be, the top ram more while simultaneously measuring the compressive force at least for the bottom ram with the shift of the bottom ram or top ram being effected along a predetermined curve desired for the compressive

Abstract: An arrangement of a die-plate of a hydraulic press to press powdered material into shape wherein an upper ram and a lower ram interact with a bore of the die-plate wherein the die-plate is supported via vertically arranged supporting standards which, along with upper supporting portions which are cantilevered towards the axis of the die-bore, define upwardly facing bearing areas located close to the die-bore for the die-plate.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of compacts, particularly cemented-carbide cutting blades, by compressing metallic powder and subsequently sintering the compacts wherein the compacts are formed in a powder press having a die-plate, an upper ram and at least one lower ram which are associated with a die-bore and are adapted to be actuated by a hydraulic press cylinder with the rams having associated thereto force-measuring devices and path-measuring devices to measure the compression forces during the ram feed motion up to the final positions, wherein the value of the energy to be applied by the upper ram is stored for a compact of predetermined geometry and dimensions and a predetermined material, that the overall energy to be applied by the upper and lower rams is further stored as a second value, that the feed motion of the upper ram is completed when the energy applied by the ram has reached the predetermined first value and the feed motion of the lower ram is effected depending on the application of the res

Abstract: A method for minimizing the spread of the maximum compression forces in compacting powder, specifically metallic powder, by means of a powder press which has a die-plate, an upper ram, and at least one lower ram which are associated with a die-bore and are respectively operable by a hydraulic press cylinder, and a charging shoe movable on the die-plate along a predetermined path for filling the die-bore with the powder, wherein the maximum compression force of at least the upper ram is measured upon arrival at a predetermined position, the charging shoe, the die-plate, the upper ram and/or lower ram are vibrated at a predetermined frequency and amplitude during the filling operation and/or at the beginning of the compression procedure and, in addition, the filling time or the course of charging shoe motion in time are predetermined, wherein the frequency distribution of the maximum compression force values is determined at intervals and the standard deviation is determined therefrom for the maximum compressio

Abstract: A process for compressing metallic powder into a compact in a powder press which has a die-plate, a hydraulically operated upper ram and at least one hydraulically operated lower ram, wherein the lower ram is set to vibrations while the die-plate is being filled with metallic powder.

Abstract: A hydraulic press for compressing metallic powder or the like to form compacts, comprising a die-plate, an upper ram, and at least one lower ram which interact with a die-bore and are operable each by a dual-action hydraulic press cylinder, whereby a limited dead path length is provided for the return stroke in the force path between the press cylinder and the upper ram in which the upper ram is not carried along, and that a separate pressure generator producing a variable pressure is arranged in parallel with the force path via which a compression force is produced on the upper ram during the dead path length.

Abstract: A tablet rotary compression press for the manufacture of multi-layered tablets, comprising a rotationally driven rotor which has a die-plate with die-plate bores and top and bottom rams aligned towards the die-plate bores which are guided in ram guides of the rotor and are axially actuated by stationary control cams, an insertion device for a portion of the tablet-forming compacts which has two or more arms guided in a radially movable manner at the each end of which a compact is held and can be aligned towards a die-plate bore, wherein said rotor has circumferentially included thereon a support ring or support surfaces on which the compacts can be deposited in the positions approximately aligned towards the die-plate bores, the radial arms are disposed in the rotor, rotate therewith, and have radially movable gripping portions adapted to be radially moved to each other, and the rotor has provided therein a stationary guide with first and second guide cams the cam followers of which are interacted with by the

Abstract: A process for compacting powdered material to form a compact of a predetermined thickness and having at least one lateral oblique surface by means of a bore in a die bolster for receiving the powdered material and an upper ram and a lower ram, which are operable by means of a hydraulic power-exerting device and are positionable by means of a control device with respect to the die bolster, comprising the following steps:

Abstract: An apparatus for singling out tablets for a rotary tablet-compressing press the rotor of which has associated therewith a nozzle which, via a line and a controllable valve disposed in the line, is adapted to be connected to a pressure source in order to route a tablet into a rejects duct wherein the control signals for the valve are produced by a control device, characterized in that the line, between the orifice of the nozzle and the valve, has disposed a pressure sensor which delivers a sensor signal if the valve is opened or a predetermined minimum pressure prevails in the line and a logic evaluation circuit is provided into which the sensor signal and the control signal are input and that an error signal is produced in the evaluation circuit, which signal is evaluated by the control device if the time relation of the control signals and the sensor signals deviates from a predetermined relation.

Abstract: An adjusting method for a rotary tablet press with an angle pulse encoder for evaluating the pressing force course at the individual punches in at least one pressing station, in which the angle pulse encoder per revolution of the press rotor produces a pulse per revolution and per rotational angle value produces an angle pulse, characterised by the following steps: the angle pulse encoder is rigidly assembled relative to the rotor shaft in any position the rotor with a predetermined punch is moved visually under the middle of a main pressing roller (coarse position) the rotor is rotated until the pulse per revolution appears, and the angle pulses until the pulse per revolution are counted by a machine computer and their number is stored the computer computes the coarse positions of all punches, expressed in angle pulses, in relation to the pulse per revolution and produces on rotation of the rotor one coarse position pulse per punch in the computer to each coarse position there is allocated a measuring w

Abstract: A method for determining the position of a punch with respect to a die in a powder press with the following steps: storing a reference measure in a computer corresponding to a predetermined relatively small distance of the punch to the upper edge or lower edge of the die, storing a reference offset in the computer by counting the pulses of an incremental path sensor actuated by the punch on raising the punch from the reference measure to an index pulse, measuring the position of the punch above the reference offset using an absolute path sensor which evaluates the path of the adjusting piston for the punch and whose readings are inputted into the computer, and inputting the pulses of the incremental path sensor into the computer as soon as the actual position of the punch is equal or smaller than the sum measure of the reference offset and the reference measure.