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TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of processing conditions on inter-tablet coating thickness variations measured by terahertz in-line sensing
AU - Lin, Hungyen
AU - May, Robert K.
AU - Evans, Michael J.
AU - Zhong, Shuncong
AU - Gladden, Lynn F.
AU - Shen, Yaochun
AU - Zeitler, J. Axel
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - A novel in-line technique utilising pulsed terahertz radiation for direct measurement of the film coating thickness of individual tablets during the coating process was previously developed and demonstrated on a production-scale coater. Here, we use this technique to monitor the evolution of tablet film coating thickness and its inter-tablet variability during the coating process under a number of different process conditions that have been purposefully induced in the production-scale coating process. The changes that were introduced to the coating process include removing the baffles from the coater, adding uncoated tablets to the running process, halting the drum, blockage of spray guns and changes to the spray rate. The terahertz sensor was able to pick up the resulting changes in average coating thickness in the coating drum and we report the impact of these process changes on the resulting coating quality.
AB - A novel in-line technique utilising pulsed terahertz radiation for direct measurement of the film coating thickness of individual tablets during the coating process was previously developed and demonstrated on a production-scale coater. Here, we use this technique to monitor the evolution of tablet film coating thickness and its inter-tablet variability during the coating process under a number of different process conditions that have been purposefully induced in the production-scale coating process. The changes that were introduced to the coating process include removing the baffles from the coater, adding uncoated tablets to the running process, halting the drum, blockage of spray guns and changes to the spray rate. The terahertz sensor was able to pick up the resulting changes in average coating thickness in the coating drum and we report the impact of these process changes on the resulting coating quality.
U2 - 10.1002/jps.24503
DO - 10.1002/jps.24503
M3 - Journal article
VL - 104
SP - 2513
EP - 2522
JO - Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
JF - Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
SN - 0022-3549
IS - 8
ER -