Guest guest Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 I was wondering what type of encapsulation machine/device people are liking? Any one/type in particular you would not buy? Thanks in advance, -Jason Acupuncture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:57 AM, < > wrote: > I was wondering what type of encapsulation machine/device people are > liking? > Any one/type in particular you would not buy? > I have both the $50 two-piece plastic unit that makes 100 caps. This is the one that has blue and orange pieces that get squeezed together with a spring-loaded manual mechanism. I also have the next version up which is $350-ish. It has the piece that orients the capsules such that by pushing a button, all the capsules fall into their holes with the caps facing up. This kind is available in larger sizes that are made of stainless steel too, though they're more expensive (I found them by searching for encapsulation machines for drug research). The clear capsules that I generally get from one of my herb sources don't always fit through the orientator easily and I have to manually poke them through and often reorientate them with their caps up. I also have colored capsules that I get from a capsule maker. They tend to be a hair smaller and go through the orientater very easily making them much quicker to work with. The $50 unit takes me about 10 minutes for one batch, while the $350 unit takes me about 4 minutes. Saving 6 minutes every time you make a 100 capsules is significant to me. Once I got the $350 unit, I completely stopped using the others but for when the nicer one is drying after a cleaning or something like that. I've been using my $350 unit for probably 5 years. There is a lot of plastic parts, some of which have cracked, but it still operates just fine. If I can't use this one anymore, I'll definitely buy another, though I would look in to the stainless steel versions too. -- , DAOM Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. http://twitter.com/algancao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 I have the Profill 100 in my office: http://www.capsuleworld.com/ Expensive, but it works flawlessly as long as it is cleaned regularly. If you get it, make sure you get the loading block accessory. You can contact me offline if you have any questions about it. - Bill , " " wrote: > > > > I was wondering what type of encapsulation machine/device people are liking? > Any one/type in particular you would not buy? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > -Jason > > > > > Acupuncture > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Thanks Bill and Al. -Jason On Behalf Of bill_schoenbart Tuesday, May 11, 2010 10:01 PM Re: encapsulation device I have the Profill 100 in my office: http://www.capsuleworld.com/ Expensive, but it works flawlessly as long as it is cleaned regularly. If you get it, make sure you get the loading block accessory. You can contact me offline if you have any questions about it. - Bill <%40> , " " wrote: > > > > I was wondering what type of encapsulation machine/device people are liking? > Any one/type in particular you would not buy? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > -Jason > > > > > Acupuncture > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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