Soft Gelatin Capsule Introduction:
Soft gelatin capsule has being more and more widely applied in various field, such as pharmacy, nutriceutical and cosmetic. The soft gelatin capsule is a sealed capsule usually filled with liquid and has a fortified and tough shell consist of gelatin and glycerol. Softgel Encapsulation Machine is used to encapsulate liquid, suspension, past particle quantitatively in sealed capsules of various size and shape.
Different from the two-step manufacturing (shaping and filling) of hard gelatin capsule, the soft gelatin capsules is made one on a rotating mould in a continuous one-step operation. Gelatin skin made of gelatin and glycerol passes through two die rolls opposite and continuously rotating in reverse cycles and forms its shape in the mould cavities. The size and shape of the soft gelatin capsule are determined by the mould cavities. Material injecting and gelatin film sealing is carried out insimultaneously. And the filling process just finished before the finish of sealing.
After the soft capsule be encapsulated, the soft capsules will be delivered into forming and pre-drying, and then it is cleaned and final drying. After visual inspection, the capsules are packed up and stored in the warehouse.
Feature of Soft Gelatin Capsule:
1. The soft gelatin capsule has dapper and beautiful appearance. Compared to tablet pills, it features faster disintegration speed, higher bioavailability and convenient ingestion, strorage and taking along.
2. The capsule can cover unpleasant odor and taste of medicine.
3. The capsule can be made into instant-effective, slow-releasing, enteric coated or gastro coated soft gelatin capsule.
4. Both medicine with dosage from of higher oil concentration that cannot be easily made into tablets or pills and small-dosage principle agent that is not water-soluble and hard to be ingested in the digestive tracdigestive tract can be dissolved in porper amount of oil and made into soft gelatin capsules.
5. Light-sensitive and unstable drugs can be filled into lightproof capsule to improve the stability and prevent the drug from been affected by moisture, oxygen in air and light.
6. Completely sealed, the package ensure the intactness of its content and provides conter fake function.
7. The soft gelatin capsule can be used to make neutriceuticals, cosmetics and paintball for simulated shooting.
Disadvantages of Soft Gelatin Capsule:
1. Water Solution of the drug or diluted alcohol can dissolve gelatin, there cannot be packed in soft gelatin capsule.
2. The capsule disintegrates easily under high temperature and heat.