Tablet Coater GCC (Glatt Coater Containment)
5 % - 100 % drum loading for maximum flexibility
Explore the benchmark in coating technology
Designed for fast mixing and coating, the super performer GCC is the world’s fastest tablet coater. With precision-engineered blending tools, it achieves an ultra-fast mixing effect, even at the lowest loading level of just 5%. This can reduce batch times to just one hour – from charging to coating to discharging.
The GCC sets new standards in performance and versatility. This advanced coating system ensures exceptional, reproducible product quality with maximum process reliability and optimized handling. As the fastest coating technology available, it is also offered in Total Containment and CIP (Clean-in-Place) designs for ultimate safety and efficiency. With a fully perforated drum and optimized air guidance the GCC delivers unmatched flexibility and precision. Its enhanced charging and discharging system ensure gentle tablet handling, improving both product integrity and cleanability.
Benefits:
Special Features:
Charging
The closed charging system prevents abrasion and potential tablet damage thanks to an extended guiding mechanism. The flat angle ensures gentle tablet transfer into the drum. Several mobile lifters optionally available.
Discharging
The integrated discharge functionality enables fast and gentle tablet discharging while ensuring a fully enclosed process. The closed front discharging provides maximum containment, while automatic discharging is achieved by changing the direction of rotation. The discharge channel remains completely closed throughout the process. This prevents uncoated or partially coated tablets to reach the discharging duct.
Optimized Air treatment
The optimized horizontal process air guidance minimizes turbulence in the nozzle area, ensuring perfect coating results. The newly integrated exhaust air chamber reduces components and space requirements to a minimum. Its smart design eliminates time-consuming cleaning and inspection. A guide plate in the exhaust air chamber allows quick adaptation for fill volumes as low as 5%, enabling fast and easy handling.
Sustainable air handling
Our intelligent air handling concept uses smart sensor control to continuously adapt ambient air conditions and convert them into optimized inlet air. This ensures stable process performance while reducing energy consumption by 25–50% compared to conventional exhaust air systems, supporting more sustainable and cost-efficient production.
Technical Data
| GCC | 150 | 250 | 350 | 500 | 700 | 950 | 1350 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum usable volume in liters | 160 | 260 | 360 | 500 | 720 | 1000 | 1350 |
| Possible batch size at 0.8 kg/dm³ approx. kg | 6.4 – 128 | 10.4 – 208 | 14.4 – 288 | 20 – 400 | 28.8 – 576 | 40 – 800 | 54 – 1080 |
Drum Coating Process
The perfect combination of proven and innovative elements ensures outstanding coating results. This is achieved through a range of advanced features, including optimized mixing baffles for gentle, stress-free, and rapid homogeneous mixing, an improved drum geometry, and enhanced horizontal air guidance within the drum.
A higher number of spray nozzles guarantee maximum coating uniformity while minimizing processing time. The system supports fill volumes from 5% to 100% within a single drum and features a fully perforated, cantilevered design without a front support for unobstructed operation. An optional slotted drum is also available for mini tablets.
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