Filling

Question 1

counted by
resolving disc, slat counter or breaking a beam of light

Answer 1

Solids (tablets & capsules)

Question 2

may be filled by volume
using auger (powder held in a rotating screw) or a filling
cup; or by weight using a bulk feed plus trickle top up

Answer 2

Powder or Granular Products

Question 3

In
the case of very small quantities a dosator which dips
into a constant level of powder held in a reservoir can be
employed.

Answer 3

Powder or Granular Products

Question 4

T/F: For powder or granular products, observations have
to be made as to whether it changes the characteristics
of the powdered product eg separation due to vibration,
impaction due to compression

Answer 4

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Question 5

filled
volumetrically by a piston type filler or by an auger

Answer 5

Liquid products

Question 6

also filled by piston filler, volume
cup method, using a pressure or gravity feed, or
where a rigid non-collapsible container is involved,
by vacuum (not ideally suited to frothing or more
viscous liquids.

Answer 6

Liquid products

Question 7

A container that would collapse
under a relatively low vacuum can be -filled by
________________, provided it is placed in an outer container
and then sealed so that a vacuum can be drawn
internally and externally to the pack

Answer 7

vacuum