R&D Tablet Coating

Streamlining and Simplifying R&D Tablet Coating

Simplify standard coating operations with a Thomas batch coater

As a tablet coating machine manufacturer that builds on the tradition of innovation, Thomas Processing provides high-quality equipment and the latest tablet coating technology for your research and development purposes. Whether you’re creating an alternative coating material, dosage form, a new medication, or updating an existing drug, you need R&D tablet coating equipment designed and manufactured to streamline and simplify your research and development processes.

Thomas Processing’s R&D tablet coaters offer a variety of components tailored to streamline coating operations

Every type of R&D tablet coater has a purpose, and using the wrong equipment wastes time and results in coating inefficiencies. With decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Thomas designs and manufactures tablet coaters that fit your batch size needs, and we offer the expert solutions you need for successful operations.

ACCELA COTA LAB Pan Coater

Compact capabilities for your lab

ACCELA COTA LAB is the newest addition to the ACCELA COTA series of pan coaters. A must-have equipment for formulation and scale-up studies to easily achieve production requirements. ACCELA COTA LAB simply magnifies all the hallmarks of the ACCELA COTA system, being evidence of Thomas’ passion for building on the tradition of innovation.

Compliant to the most restrictive GMP guidelines and highly ergonomic, ACCELA COTA LAB is a unique combination in terms of flexibility, functionality and easy handling.

FLEX 05 Benchtop Tablet Coating System

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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.

FLEX 100 Tablet Coating System

An innovative tablet coating machine for research and development

Thomas Processing’s FLEX 100 is a fully integrated, recipe-driven R&D/pilot scale tablet coating system with exchangeable drums. Featuring our state-of-the-art COMPU-COAT® control system, the FLEX 100 makes it easy to meet the pharmaceutical industry’s precise control and strict documentation requirements. Available in three platform levels, from manual to fully automated, Thomas’s COMPU-COAT operating systems are equipped with a user-friendly touch screen interface for industry-leading tablet coating control.

The FLEX 100 also features our patented Thomas Spray Bar (TSB) with external gun positioning, designed to offer efficient product changeovers, streamlined sanitation, and ultimate coating versatility. Manufactured with a good manufacturing process (GMP) design, the FLEX 100 has an open design that makes it easy to inspect and clean machine parts while producing a high-quality product. We offer a wash-in-place configuration that allows for a straightforward cleaning process that boosts your productivity while decreasing time wasted with extra disassembly or movement.

ACCELA COTA PRO Drums

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