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FLEX 05 Benchtop Tablet Coating System

An Innovative R&D Tablet Coater

Thomas Processing’s FLEX 05 is a benchtop, high-performance tablet coating system with many uses. It’s equipped with divider plates for small batch sizes, making it the perfect machine for research and development. With impressive drum capacity capabilities ranging from as little as 100 milliliters to as much as 5 liters of tablets per drum, your batch size is up to you with the FLEX 05.

Built on our tradition of innovation, Thomas’s FLEX 05 is one of the only benchtop coating machines available in the industry with computer-based controls for data acquisition. It also provides a periodic data report to give you a better understanding of your coating machine throughput.

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Innovation
  • Small-batch coating capabilities—100 tablets to 5 liters
  • External spray nozzle positioning with coater door closed
  • High quality controls and data acquisition reporting
  • Aqueous, solvent and containment designs
  • Fully perforated drum with anti-slide bars
Functionality
  • Schlick™ spray nozzle with anti-bearding cap
  • Exhaust air handling system equipped with temperature set point control
  • Optional independent control of atomizing and pattern air
  • Optional exchangeable coating unit with fully integrated coating chamber, drum, exhaust plenum, and process port for containment
  • Complete separation of product contact area from mechanical space
  • Closed transfers for off-bench loading/unloading under containment
Usability
  • 24 x 36 inch [610mm x 815mm] footprint, allowing for a neat fit on standard laboratory bench
  • 10-inch color touch screen HMI
  • Front-access manual sampling
  • Excellent visibility through front window
  • Seamless disassembly for cleaning
Versatility
  • Functional and modified release coatings
  • Coating with one or more drug layers
  • Tablet, mini-tab, and soft gel capabilities
  • Optional execution for handling potent compounds

Thomas FLEX 05 Drums

  • 12C [0.1*-0.5-5L]

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The FLEX 05 is more than just an R&D tablet coater: it’s an innovative, highly functional film coating platform where high weight gain, drug layers, and modified release coatings are essential. Learn more about FLEX 05 in our brochure.

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Building on the Tradition of Innovation

For more than 50 years, Thomas professionals have built our machines on the tradition of innovation. We design and manufacture high-quality equipment based on advancements in coating technology. As the tablet coating industry identifies new, innovative coating techniques, our engineers implement them into our high-quality systems to give you the best coating solution in the industry.

Unique Film Coating Solutions

Thomas’s FLEX 05 is equipped with an optional aqueous and solvent coating tablet bed that gives you a uniform film coating on your tablet surfaces to result in an elegant finish. Contact us today to learn more about our R&D tablet coating technology.

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We have a tradition of building innovative machines that lead to long-standing customer partnerships. Contact us today to start your tablet coating journey.

About Us

Thomas Processing, formerly known as Thomas Engineering, provides high-quality tablet coating systems and expert solutions to manufacturers across the globe. With more than 60 years of experience, we design our machines based on what works best with modern coating advancements.

Our Services

R&D Tablet Coating

Batch Tablet Coating

Continuous Tablet Coating

Coating Sub Systems

Automation

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Thomas Processing

200 Airport Rd
Elgin, IL 60123

United States

+1 (847) 358-5800

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