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Research Article

Comparison of two paddle wheel geometries within the filling chamber of a rotary tablet press feed frame with regard to the distribution behavior of a model powder and the influence on the resulting tablet mass

Kym Patrick DühlmeyerDivision of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany;
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Hüseyin ÖzcobanFette Compacting GmbH, Schwarzenbek, Germany
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Claudia S. LeopoldDivision of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 1233-1241 | Received 20 Sep 2018, Accepted 26 Jan 2019, Published online: 27 May 2019

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