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Shridhar J PandyaTablets are by far the most popular dosage form when
administering drugs to patients, and a large proportion of the
tablets produced around the world are film coated. With the
current awareness of health, safety and environmental problems,
film coating is a process that is routinely employed in the
preparation of pharmaceutical solid dosage forms.
The success of coating process is determined by three factors:
formulation of the coating system, coating process parameters
and tablet core. During the last 20 years, there has been
significant research into coating formulations and processes.
It has been used extensively in the pharmaceutical industry, e.g.
for the application of non-functional or functional coats (aesthetic,
protective or rate controlling polymer films) and for the deposition
of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) onto nonpareils (multi-
particulate dosage forms).
An accurate method of coating objects 3 to 30 mm in length with
APIs is also desired in the pharmaceutical industry as this is the
size range of most single-unit solid dosage forms. These include
tablets for oral administration and forms for other methods of
delivery including human implantation.
Existing methods of coating objects in this size range have
limitations, e.g. in terms of coating speed and accuracy /
uniformity, particularly for the deposition of low dose API onto
single unit tablet dosage forms which requires a greater degree of
accuracy than can be achieved using current tablet coating
techniques .
A novel method of coating small objects has been developed that
has demonstrated the ability to uniformly coat inert objects of
sizes between 3 and 30 mm in length with a high degree of
accuracy. Using the coating method, Relative Standard Deviations
(RSDs) below 2% have been achieved for total coating contents as
low as 200 micrograms per object. However, it is unknown how
accurately the deposition will be on conventional pharmaceutical
tablets (which have a higher degree of friability and more irregular
surface compared to the inert objects used).
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Tablet Coating Applications:The application of coating of tablets, which is an additional step in
the manufacturing process, increases the cost of the product.
Therefore, the decision to coat a tablet is usually based on one or
more of the following objectives:
To mask the taste, odor, color of the drug.1.
To provide physical and chemical protection for the drug.2.
To control the release of the drug from the tablet.3.
To protect the drug from the gastric environment of the
stomach with an acid resistant enteric coating.
4.
To incorporate another drug or formula adjuvant in the
coating to avoid chemical incompatibilities or to provide
sequential drug release.
5.
To improve the pharmaceutical elegance by use of special
colors and contrasting
6.
Primary Compo nents Involved In Tablet CoatingThere are three primary components involved in tablet coating:
1.Tablet properties
2.Coating process
Coating equipment
Parameters of the coating process
Facility and ancillary equipment
Automation in coating process
3.Coating compositions
1. Tablet Properties The benefits of film coating more than justify the exposure of the
product to the rigor of the coating process, during which the
tablets (and the applied coating) are constantly subjected to
mechanical stress along with conditions of elevated temperature
and humidity. Therefore, cores must be designed using more
stringent criteria compared with uncoated dosage forms to
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guarantee a product robust enough to withstand the additional
stress imparted by the film coating process.
The design (properties) of such a substrate (tablet) should be:
The tablets must be resistant to abrasion andchipping, which
is caused by the intense attrition of the tablets striking othertablets or walls of the coating equipment during the coating
process.
1.
Tablet surfaces that are brittle, that soften in the presence of
heat, or that are affected by the coating composition tend to
become rough in early phase of the coating process and are
unacceptable for film coating.
2.
Films coatings adhere to all exposed surfaces, so that any
surface imperfection is coated is not eliminated. The quality
of thin film coatings applied to compressed tablets usually
depends much more on the quality of the starting tablet than
on the quality of the time at which sugar coatings are
applied.
3.
In addition to a smooth surface, the physical shape of the
tabletis important. The ideal shape for coating is a sphere,
which allows tablets to roll freely in the coating pan, with
minimal tablet-to-tablet contact. The worst shape is a square
flat-faced tablet, in which case coating materials would
collect between the surfaces to glue them together. For this
reason, coated tablets have rounded surfaces, the more
convex the surface is, and the fewer difficulties will be
encountered with tablet agglomeration.
4.
For the coating to adhere to the tablet, the coating
composition must wet the surface. The surface properties of
the tablet depend on the chemical nature of the ingredients
utilized in the formulation. Hydrophobic tablet surfacesare
difficult to coat with aqueous-based coatingsthat do not wet
the surface.
5.
Figure1: Indentation hardness profiles for tablets of differentshape.
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Figure 1 shows the surface hardness across the crown of
differently shaped tablets . Flat faced and shallow concave tablets
have relatively high overall surface hardness, but tend to be brittle
at the edges. The deep concave and ball shaped tablets have good
mixing characteristics, but offer the lowest levels of mechanical
strength, particularly at the crown. Flat, shallow/deep concave,
ball/caplet-shaped tablets are not the best choice for film coating.
A B
Fig:1 Areas prone to surface erosion for (A) flat, shallow concave,caplet shaped and (B) deep concave tablets.
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Figure 2. Illustrates areas on the tablet that have the highesterosion potential. Therefore, normal concave is the preferred shapefor film coating.During critical stages of the drying process, usually immediately
after deposition of the coating onto the tablet surface, coating
systems become extremely viscous and adhesive. As a result, if
tablets exhibit large areas of relative flatness on their surfaces, it
is possible for them to become bonded together. This situation is
prevalent when attempting to coat flat-faced or caplet-shaped
tablets (Figure 3).
Remedy: Placing even a very subtle amount of curvature on an
otherwise flat surface can minimize twinning problems.
Figure3: Twining during the coating process for (a) flat-faced and (b)caplet-shaped tablets. Twinning occurs twinning less likely
Flat sideadhere slight curvature More readilylimits contact.
2. Coating Process-The principles of tablet coating are relatively simple.
Tablet coating is the application of a coating composition to a
moving bed of tablets with the concurrent use of heated air to
facilitate evaporation of the solvent.
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The distribution of the coating is accomplished by the movement
of the tablets either perpendicular (coating pan) or vertical (air
suspension) to the application of the coating composition.
3. Equipments Various techniques can be used to improve coating uniformity. A
study suggested that shallow bed depths, a large number of spray
guns, and fully optimized baffle systems produce the best coating.
There are generally four types of uniformity in manufacturing
uniformity within the products life cycle
uniformity within a batch
uniformity at various dose levels
uniformity of individual pellets, Most coating processes use one
of the three general types of equipment :
1.Standard coating pan
2.Perforated coating pan
3.Fluidized bed (air suspension) coater
Generally, more energy efficient, automated systems arepreferred, to shorten the total coating time and reduce operator
participation in the coating process.
Standard/ Conventional Pan System:1.The standard coating pan consists of a circular metal pan
mounted angularly on a stand.
The pan is 8 to 60 inches in diameter and is rotated on its
horizontal axis by a motor.
Heated air is directed into the pan and onto the tablet bed
surface and is exhausted by means of ducts positioned through
the front of the pan.
Coating solutions are applied to the tablets by ladling or
spraying the material on to the rotating tablet bed.
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Use of atomizing system to spray the liquid coating material on
to the tablets produce a faster, a more even distribution of the
solution or suspension.
Perforated Pan Systems-1. All the equipments of this type consist of a perforated or
partially perforated drum that is rotated on its horizontal axis in
an enclosed housing.
Fluidized Bed (Air Suspension) Systems-1.Fluidized bed coaters are also highly efficient drying systems.
Fluidized of the tablet mask is achieved in a columnar chamber
by the upward flow of drying air.
The air flow is controlled so that more air enters the center of
the column, causing the tablets to rise in the center.
The movement of the tablets is upward through the center of
the chamber. They then fall towards the chamber wall and move
downwards to reenter the air stream at the bottom of the
chamber.
In some units, a smaller column(s) is used to direct the tablet
movement within the main column.
Coating solutions are continuously applied from a spray nozzle
located at the bottom of the chamber or are sprayed on to the
top of the cascading tablet bed by nozzles located in the upper
region of the chamber.
Disadvantages:Tablet cores that are friable and prone to chipping and edge
abrasion may be difficult to coat even under optimum conditions
in the fluidized bed system, owing to the relatively rough table-to-
tablet impact and tablet-chamber contact.
The consequences of non-uniform coating include visual defects
such as variations in appearance as well as variations in
functionality such as drug-release performance and stability.
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Surface Effects In Film Coating:This includes the process (wetting) which occurs at the interface
between the droplets of coating liquid and the surface of the
substrate cores-
Wetting-True wetting is defined as the replacement of a solid-air interface
with a solid-liquid interface. During this process, individual gas
and vapor molecules must be removed from the surface of the
solid and replaced by solvent molecules. This process is influenced
by the two properties of wetting power and wettability.
Wetting power can be defined as the ability of the atomized
droplet to wet the substrate and wettability can be defined as
the ability of the substrate to be wetted by the atomized droplets.
Coating Variables-The processing parameters for coating can be divided into two
groups-
Independent variables
Dependent variables
Independent V ariables-Four independent variables have a direct effect on the quality of
the coated tablet-
Spray rate
Inlet drying air volume
Inlet air temperature
Spray atomizing temperature
The objective must be to obtain a satisfactorily coated tablet with
the minimum coating time.
Dependent Variables-These are the variables that result from the value of the settings
for the independent variables.
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Dew point of exhaust air
Outlet air temperature
Tablet bed temperature
Coat quality
Types Of C oating:Sugar Coating:-1.
The pharmaceutical process of sugar coating remains a widely
practices technology.Unlike film coating, sugar coating is still a
multistep process. Its use of labour is more intensive than in film
coating and process operators require a fair degree of skill.
In suitable sugar- coating equipment, the tablet cores are
successively treated with aqueous sucrose solutions which,
depending on the stage of the coating reached, may contain other
functional ingredients e.g. fillers, colors etc. The build up of
coating material is due to transference of coating medium from
one tablet to another. Typically a single liquid application will be
made which will be allowed to spread over the entire tablet bed
utilizing the mixing capability of the particular equipment. At this
point, drying, usually in the form of heated air will be used t o dry
the application. The whole cycle will then be successively
repeated.
In this respect, sugar coating differs from film coating as in this
process each tablet passes through a zone of application which is
subjected to rapid and continuous drying.
Advantages Of Sugar Coating-It utilizes inexpensive and readily available raw materials.1.
Constituent raw materials are widely accepted-no regulatoryproblems.
2.
Modern simplified techniques have greatly reduced coating
times over traditional sugar coating methods.
3.
No complex equipment or services are required.4.
The process is capable of being controlled and documented
to meet modern GMP standards.
5.
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Simplicity of equipment and readily availability of raw
materials make sugar coating an ideal coating method for
developing countries.
6.
The process is generally not as critical as film coating;
recovering and reworking procedures are usually possible.
7.
For high humidity climates, it generally offers a stability
advantage over film coating tablets.
8.
Results are aesthetically pleasing and have wide consumer
acceptability.
9.
Tablet cores may generally be softer than those demanded
by film coating especially those for aqueous film coating.
10.
Stages Of Sugar Coating-Sealing1.
Subcoating2.
Sealing -This is an organic solvent-dependent step.
It is necessary to protect the tablet core from the aqueous
nature of sucrose applications to follow.
It also prevents certain types of materials from migrating to the
tablet surface and spoiling the appearance, e.g. oils, acids etc.
A film of water-impervious polymer is built up using materials
such as:
Shellac
CAP
PVAP
Zein
Shellac has all the advantages of a natural material, the other
polymers used tend to be those which have an additional use as
enteric-coating materials so that they should be applied only in
sufficient quantity to form an efficient seal.
A lamination process, whereby an application of dusting power,
e.g. talc, is nearly always used.
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Subcoating -During the sugar coating process the increase in weight achieved
can be 30-50% of the weight of the original tablet core. Much of
the added weight is appliedat the subcoating stage. Subcoating
serves to confer the tablet core a perfectly rounded aspect.
The ideal shape for sugar coating is a deeply convex core with
minimal edges. This condition will obviously require less coating
material than where the tablet edge is comparatively thick.
Defects Of Sugar Coating:As the sugar coating itself is deliberately isolated from the tablet
core there is the possibility of much more standardization than in
the area of film coating formulae.
1. Cracking And Splitting Of The Sugar Coat-CAUSES: Excess residual moisture from the processing.
REMEDY: To allow sufficient time between individual applications
of syrup.
2. Inversion And Stickiness-CAUSE: Presence of inverted sugar which is difficult to dry
adequately. It can be encountered if slightly acidic color coating
suspensions are maintained at too high a temperature for too
long.
REMEDY: Low temperature should be maintained.
Sugar coatings are brittle and are prone to chipping if
subjected to an inappropriate mechanical stress.
1.
Wax collects in the depressions on the rough tablet surfaces
on polishing and remains as tiny white spots at the end of
the process.
2.
REMEDY:Ensure smooth tablet surface
Facility And Ancillary Processes:The facility required for any coating operation should be designed
to meet the requirements of current Good Manufacturing
Practices (GMPs). Adequate space is required not only for the
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coating equipment, but also for the coating equipment, but also
for solution preparation and inprocess storage. The specific
safety requirement for coating areas depends on the nature of the
solvent. Where explosive or toxic concentrations of organic
solvent could occur, during either solution preparation or coating
operation, electrical explosion-proofing and specialized ventilation
are required.
Treatment of the exhaust air from the coating operation may be
desired to recover expensive organic solvents or to prevent
solvents and particulate allowed in the limits of organic solvent
and particulate allowed in the atmosphere. Compliance with the
regulations can be extremely expensive and this cost factor
should be considered in developing a new coating. A major
advantage of totally aqueous based film coating is that all direct
and indirect expenses relating to the purchase, handling and
envioronmentally acceptable removal of the organic solvent are
circumvented.
Other equipment needed is to support the coating operation.
Solution preparation requires tanks, filters and mixers. A colloid
mill or ball mill may be needed for the homogeneous dispersion
of insoluble solids in the liquid coating mixture. Jacketed tanks
may be needed for keeping the some solutions at an elevated
temperature.
Automation-Within last 6 to 8 years, automation has been achieved in sugar
coating and film coating systems. Through a series of sensors and
regulating devices for temperature, airflow, spray rate and pan
speed, a feedback control of the process is maintained. For
process automation, the perforated pans are preferred over the
old conventional coating pans because of their better efficiency .
Materials Used In Film Coating:The coating materials may be a physical deposition of the material
in the tablet substrate, or they may form a continuous film with a
wide variety of properties depending upon the composition of the
coating formulations.
During the last 40 years, wide varieties of polymers have been
evaluated and are being used commercially for tablet coating.
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Coating materials generally used are-
Synthetic polymers
Solvents
Plasticizers
Colorants
Opaquant-extenders
Miscellaneous coating solution components
Film Formers:Introduction:Mechanism Of Film Formation:Film formation from an aqueous polymeric dispersion is a
complex matter (Bindschaedler et al., 1983: Zhang et al., 1988,
1989). In the wet state, the polymer is present as a number of
discrete particles, and these have to come together in close
contact, deform, coalescence and ultimately fuse together to form
a discrete film. During processing, the substrate surface will be
wetted with the diluted dispersion. Water will be lost under the
prevailing conditions as water vapor and the polymer particles will
increase in proximity to each other. Complete coalescence occurs
when the adjacent particles are able to mutually diffuse into one
another.
Minimum Film Forming Temperature-This is the minimum temperature above which formation will take
place using individual defined conditions. it is largely dependent
on the glass transition temperature (T ) of the polymer. ( Lechman1992)The available film formers are classified into -
1.Enteric materials
2.Non-enteric materials
g
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1. Enteric M aterials-Enteric coating of pills and compressed tablets has existed for
more than a century. These coatings form a subgroup of modified
release coatings and are defined as the coatings that resist the
action of stomach acids but rapidly breaks down to release its
contents once it has passed into the duodenum.
Some of the most important reasons for the enteric coating are as
follows:
To protect the acid-liable drugs from the gastric fluid.
Eg: enzymes and certain antibiotics
To prevent gastric distress or nausea due to irritation from a
drug.
Eg: sodium salicylate
To deliver drugs intended for local action in the intestines.
Eg: intestinal antiseptics could be delivered to their site of action
in a concentrated form and bypass systemic absorption in the
stomach.
To deliver drugs that are optimally absorbed in the small
intestine to their primary absorption site in their most
concentrated form.
To provide a delayed-release component for repeat action
tablets.
An ideal enteric coated material should have the following
properties:
1.Resistance to gastric fluids.
2.Ready susceptibility to or permeability to intestinal fluids.
3.Compatibility with most coating solution components and the
drug substrates.
4.Stability alone and in coating solutions. The films should not
change on aging.
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5.Formation of a continuous (uninterrupted) film.
6.Nontoxicity.
7.Low cost.
8.Ease of application without specialized equipment.
9. Ability to be readily printed or to allow film to be applied to
debossed tablets.
MECHANISM: The mechanism by which these polymers function is
by a variable pH solubility profile where polymer remains intact at
low pH but at a higher pH will undergo dissolution to permit the
release of the contents of the dosage form. (SCHROETER 1965)
Some of the commercially available enteric polymers:
Cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP)1.
Acrylate Polymers2.
Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate3.
Polyvinyl Acetate Phthalate (PVAP)4.
2. Non-Enteric M aterialsSome of the most commonly used materials by the
pharmaceutical industry:
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, USP
Methyl Hydroxyethylcellulose
Ethyl Cellulose, NF
Hydroxypropylcellulose, FCC
Povidone, USP
Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose, USP
Polyethylene Glycols
Acrylate polymers
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Film Defect:Variation in formulation and processing conditions may result in
unacceptable quality defects in the film coating. The source of
these defects and some of their probable causes are described in
the following sections.
1.Sticking And Picking-Overwetting or examples or excessive film tackiness causes
tablets to stick to each other or to the coating pan. On drying, at
the point of contact, a piece of the film may remain adhered to the
pan or to another tablet, giving a picked appearance to the tablet
surface and resulting in a small exposed area of the core.
REMEDY: A reduction in the liquid application rate or increase in
the drying air temperature and air volume usually solves this
problem. Excessive tackiness may be an indication of a poor
formulation.
2. Roughness-A rough or gritty surface is a defect often observed when coating
is applied by a spray.
Some of the droplets may dry too rapidly before reaching the
tablet bed, resulting in the deposits on the tablet surface of spray
dried particles instead of finely divided droplets of coating
solution.
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Surface roughness also increases with pigment concentration
and polymer concentration in the coating solution.
REMEDY: Moving the nozzle closer to the tablet bed and
reducing the degree of atomization can decrease the roughness
due to spray drying.
3. Orange-Peel Effects-Inadequate spreading of the coating solution before drying
causes a bumpy or orange-peel effect on the coating.
This indicates that spreading is impeded by too rapid drying or
by high solution viscosity.
REMEDY: Thinning the solution with additional solvent may
correct this problem.
4. Bridging And Filling-(i) During drying, the film may shrink and pull away from the
sharp corners of an intagliation or bisect, resulting in a bridging
of the surface. This defect can be so severe that the monogram or
bisect is completely obscured. This mainly represents a problem
with the formulation.
REMEDY: Increasing the plasticizer content or changing the
plasticizer can decrease the incidence of bridging.
(ii) Filling is caused by applying too much solution, resulting in a
thick film that fills and narrows the monogram or bisect. In
addition, if the solution is applied too fast, Overwetting may cause
the liquid to quickly fill and be retained in the monogram.
REMEDY: Judicious monitoring of the fluid application rate and
thorough mixing of the tablets in the pan can prevent filling.
5. Blistering-When coated tablets require further drying in ovens, too rapid
evaporation of the solvent from the core and the effect of high
temperature on the strength, elasticity and adhesion of the film
may result in blistering.
REMEDY: Milder drying conditions are warranted in this case.
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6. Hazing / Dull Film-This is sometimes called Bloom.
It can occur when too high a processing temperature is used for
a particular formulation.
Dulling is particularly evident when cellulosic polymers are
applied out of aqueous media at high processing temperatures.
It can also occur if the coated tablets are exposed to high
humidity conditions and partial salvation of film results.
7.Color Variation-This problem can be caused by processing conditions or the
formulation.
Improper mixing, uneven spray pattern and insufficient coating
may result in color variation.
The migration of soluble dyes, plasticizers and other additives
during drying may give the coating a mottled or spotted
appearance.
REMEDY: (i) The use of lake dyes eliminates dye migration.
(ii) A reformulation with different plasticizers and additives is thebest way to solve film instabilities caused by the ingredients.
8. Cracking-It occurs if internal stresses in the film exceed the tensile
strength of the film.
REMEDY: tensile strength of the film can be increased by Using
higher molecular weight polymers or polymer blends.
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Shridhar J. Pandya
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Shridhar pandya. completed B.Pharm form TVES College of
Pharmacy, faizpur, Jalgaon. Presently he is pursing M.Pharmacy at
AISSMS College of Pharmacy, Pune, he is working on Taste
masked formulations of various bitter taste drugs. He also worked
on orodispersible tablets of bitter drugs.
Amit PatelAmit Patel completed B.Pharm form LM College of Pharmacy,
ABD. Presently he is pursing M.Pharm at MS Uni. Baroda, he is
working on Nano Suspension
Golakiya Nikul. VDixit K. Shah
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Risk Assessment Of Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Amyloids and Amyloidosis: An overview on mis-folded proteins
and their diseases
Prophylactic Effect Of Caffeine Towards Type 2 Diabetes
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