Method and a drum coater for coating small items, such as tablets, and a coating system comprising such drum coaters

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PATENT NO 10813839
APP PUB NO 20120263864A1
SERIAL NO

13500947

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The drum coater comprises a substantially cylindrical drum (11) with a peripheral wall and a substantially horizontal axis of rotation. The method comprises providing a coating zone within the drum, feeding tablets into the drum, spinning the drum containing the tablets at a rotational speed such that a substantially annular bed of tablets is created, providing means for creating a cascade (19) of tablets at least in a part of the coating zone and spraying the tablets in the coating zone.

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GEA PHARMA SYSTEMS LIMITEDEASTLEIGH HAMPSHIRE S053 4ZD

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Waldron, Michel Simon Calmore, GB 11 101

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