The invention relates to improvements in tablet manufacturing, particularly in the small scale/bespoke manufacture of tablets. The application describes the mechanism of a motor driven tablet press (10) with biasing means (222) and wherein the angular position of the motor (28) is controllable, the inclusion of load cells (26,234), an improved die mounting (100,300) and die assembly (36), and improved compaction methods including controlled pauses (75,90) during tablet forming.

The present invention concerns a process for manufacturing a cutting tool, in particular a milling cutter, such as an end mill. The process comprises providing one or two partial molds. In an embodiment, two mold units are used, each mold unit comprising two openings. In accordance with this embodiment, the process comprises joining the two mold units so as to form a mold, and inserting at least one pressing punch through one of the remaining openings in order to press a metal, ceramic or carbide powder added to the mold. The pressed cutting tool can be ejected by way of a rotational ejection rod, which pushes the cutting tool out of the mold by way of a rotational, translational movement. The invention also concerns an apparatus for conducting the process.

A plane plate for a pressing tool of a press in which the plane plate for activating a punch of the press is by way of at least one lifting cylinder is displaceable along an axial direction. The plane plate has a link to the at least one lifting cylinder, a centrally disposed receptacle for contacting the punch or a punch holder of the press and at least one at least partially cylindrical guiding face which for contacting a guide column is parallel with the axial direction. The plane plate in at least a first cross section which between the receptacle and the guiding face runs parallel with the axial direction and along a radial direction that runs so as to be perpendicular to the axial direction has at least a first region with a wall thickness and a first centerline, wherein the first centerline runs at least partially at a first angle of at least 10 angular degrees and of at most 80 angular degrees in relation to the radial direction.

A powder molding press method of a green compact for a cutting insert including: filling a molding space with raw material powder in a state where a lower punch is inserted from below into a hole portion of a die; performing preliminary molding by inserting an upper punch for preliminary molding including a preliminary molding surface having a shape different from a shape obtained by inverting the upper surface of the green compact for a cutting insert in a plane symmetry into the molding space from above such that a thick portion between the upper and lower surfaces in the direction of the insert center line is filled with more raw material powder than a thin portion therebetween, relative to a state before the step of performing the preliminary molding; and inserting an upper punch for final molding into the molding space from above to powder-molding-press the raw material powder.

Embodiments provide methods and apparatus for manufacturing a microtablet from a precursor material such as a pharmaceutical powder. Various embodiments provide a method which includes compressing the powder to form a compressed mass of a selected density and repeatedly compacting the compressed mass to increase the density of the compressed mass and form a microtablet. Related methods and apparatus are provided.

Various embodiments for an automated pellet press for automatically producing pharmaceutical pellets are disclosed herein.

A sintering jig according to the disclosure includes a first plate including a plurality of protrusions and a second plate stacked on the first plate and including through holes corresponding to the protrusions. The through hole includes a cylindrical portion through which the protrusion enter and exit and a conical portion widening towards an upper surface of the second plate from the cylindrical portion.

A method for producing an abradable seal for a turbomachine, such as a turbojet engine low-pressure compressor. The method comprises the following steps performed as follows: (a) preheating of a metal mould in a furnace; (b) filling of the hot mould with a powdery aluminium-based mixture; (c) degassing of the mixture in the mould; (d) compacting of the mixture in the still-hot mould at ambient temperature, so as to solidify the mixture in the mould. The abradable seal is thus produced in angular segments that form tiles. The angular segments are then bonded into a composite casing of the turbomachine.

A cutting insert is provided, comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of side surfaces spanning therebetween, and a cutting edge formed at an intersection of the side surface and a forwardly-disposed portion of the top the surface. It further comprises a cooling cavity projecting into the insert, a top end thereof being disposed further forwardly than an open bottom end thereof. The cooling cavity defines at least one molding axis such that a solid element having the shape of the cooling cavity and completely inserted therein may be retracted intact therefrom along a linear path parallel to the molding axis. A circumscribing portion is formed on the side surfaces encircling the cutting insert. The circumscribing portion is formed parallel to the molding axis and has a non-zero height along its entire extent. The cutting insert does not extend beyond the circumscribing portion.

A molded product discharge device accompanies a compression-molding machine that molds a molded product. The molded product discharge device is configured to discharge the molded product from the compression-molding machine. The molded product discharge device includes a rotator configured to be horizontally rotatable, a retainer facing the rotator with a predetermined distance therebetween, a plurality of projections extending toward the retainer from a surface opposite to the retainer, in an outer circumferential portion of the rotator, aligned circumferentially around a rotary axis of the rotator at an interval larger than an external size of the molded product, and configured to capture the molded product, and a guide disposed adjacent to the outer circumferential portion of the rotator and closing a gap between the adjacent projections from outside.