Problem & answerE-01
Broken Capsules
Likely causes
- Poor capsule quality
- Excessive locking pressure
- Wrong size change parts
- Low room humidity
- Worn closing segments or damaged tooling
- Incorrect machine timing
How to fix it
- 1Stop production.
- 2Inspect capsule shells before loading.
- 3Check locking pressure and reduce if necessary.
- 4Verify the correct size change parts are fitted.
- 5Inspect closing segments; replace damaged tooling.
- 6Maintain room RH at 40–60% (or the validated range).
- 7Restart and inspect the first 100 capsules.
It is fixed when
No broken capsules in 200 capsules.
Stop it coming back
- Maintain validated RH, inspect capsule quality before production and replace worn tooling.
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