FILLING UNIT AND METHOD FOR FILLING CAVITIES IN A TABLET PRESS WITH A FEEDSTOCK TO BE PRESSED AND MODULE FOR PRODUCING TABLETS

摘要

The invention relates to a filling unit (2) for filling cavities (27) in a tablet press (3) with a feedstock (28) to be pressed, particularly a powder, having a filling assembly (13) comprising a fill chamber (16), with the fill chamber (16) being arranged in an installed condition between a die (7) containing the cavities (27) and a punch support (8) comprising at least one punch (9, 10), and with the fill chamber (16) having at least one inlet opening (17) for filling the fill chamber (16) with raw material and at least one outlet opening (23) for filling the cavities (27) of the tablet press (3) with feedstock (28) to be pressed, wherein the fill chamber (16) comprises at least one mixing device (14), at least partially arranged in the fill chamber (16), for mixing the raw materials of the feedstock (28) to be pressed and at least one delivery device (24) for filling the cavities (27) of the tablet press (3) with feedstock (28) to be pressed. The invention also relates to a method for filling cavities (27) in a tablet press (3) with feedstock (28) to be pressed, more particularly a powder, using a filling unit (2) in accordance with one of the claims 1 to 11 and a module (1) for producing tablets.