Thomas FLEX 500 Tablet Coater
The new Thomas FLEX 500 is a manufacturing solution to increase tablet coating productivity while maintaining product quality, consistency, and process reliability.Featuring interchangeable coating drums, the Flex 500 can be changed over extremely quickly. The beautiful GMP design of the cabinet interior facilitates fast, thorough cleaning. This unique combination of features helps reduce down time for batch-to-batch change over, giving you more process time to coat tablets – enhanced utilization, higher throughput, better profit! With almost limitless possibilities, the FLEX 500 is the preferred choice for processing tablets using film, sugar, functional, and drug layer coatings. Built for today’s needs – adaptable for tomorrow’s.
The ultimate in versatility.
- INNOVATION – VERSATILITY – FLEXIBILITY – CLEANABILITY -
Production Scale Tablet Coater with Exchangeable Drums
- Exchangeable drums for unmatched flexibility
- Removable drum for inspection and cleaning
- Interchangeable mixing baffles
- Patented Thomas Spray Bar
- Adjustable gun-to-bed angle/distance with option for external positioning
Superior Performance for a Range of Processes
- Aqueous & Solvent coatings
- Functional, modified release & active coatings
- Coating with one or more drug layers
- Sugar coating
Easily Configured to Best Suit a Process
- 7 exchangeable drum configurations available
- Process batch loads from 25% to 100% of drum capacity
- Interchangeable spray bar and gun manifolds
- Dedicate drums to product classes or to contract manufacturing clients
- Easy to use graphic HMI with multiple languages
- Adapt easily to future needs
“Total” Access Design
- Optimized chamber design for enhanced cleanability
- Faster and more effective cleaning
- Reduced cleaning validation expense
- Range of affordable WIP options

