Measurement of hardness & friability

Tablet hardness (breakability) & friability are basic quality control physical tests harmonized among all the official references (Unites States Pharmacopeia, European Pharmacopeia, British Pharmacopeia, etc.).

Hardness and friability measure the ability of solid dosage form to withstand mechanical shock and aberration during manufacturing packing and transportation processes.

Hardness tester PTB 111 , Pharmatest ®

• Fully USP and EP compliant
• Dual force mode instrument with linear speed increase and linear force increase modes.
• Hardness Testing Range: 5.0 – 300.0 N ± 2 N
• Hardness Accuracy: Better than ±1 N
• Measuring Units: Newton (N), Kilopound (kp) and Strong Cobb (Sc).

Tablet Friability Tester PTF 10E, Pharmatest ®

• 1 friability drum made from Plexiglas in compliance with the USP, EP and DAB pharmacopoeia
• LED display informing of adjusted rotation speed and operating time (or number of revolutions)
• Programmable number of drum revolutions or rotating time.
• Setting number of revolutions: 1 to 9999
• Setting rotation timer:1 to 9999 seconds
• Drum rotation speed: Fixed to 25 rpm, Accuracy ±1 rpm