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Dimensional Analysis of HPMC Capsule Shells

Dimension of capsules are controlled to ensure conformance to specifications.

CAPSULE SIZE 00 0 1 2 3 4
Body volume (ml) 0.95 0.68 0.50 0.37 0.30 0.21
Capsule Capacity(mg) for powder density
0.6 g/cc 570 408 288 222 180 126
0.8 g/cc 760 544 384 296 240 168
1.0 g/cc 950 680 480 370 300 210
1.2 g/cc 1140 816 576 444 360 252
Avg. wt in mg 119 96 76 63 50 40
Tolerance in % ±10 ±10 ±10 ±10 ±10 ±10
Cap nominal (mm) 11.8 10.7 9.8 9.00 8.10 7.2
Tolerance (mm) ±0.5 ±0.5 ±0.5 ±0.5 ±0.5 ±0.5
Body Nominal (mm) 20.2 18.5 16.6 15.2 13.6 12.2
Tolerance (mm) ±0.5 ±0.5 ±0.5 ±0.5 ±0.5 ±0.5
Nominal Joined length (mm) 23.5 21.8 19.5 18.0 15.6 14.2
Tolerance (mm) ±0.4 ±0.4 ±0.4 ±0.4 ±0.4 ±0.4
Cap Nominal (mm) 8.55 7.66 6.93 6.37 5.83 5.33
Tolerance (mm) ±0.06 ±0.06 ±0.06 ±0.06 ±0.06 ±0.06
Body Nominal (mm) 8.22 7.34 6.63 6.08 5.56 5.07
Tolerance (mm) ±0.06 ±0.06 ±0.06 ±0.06 ±0.06 ±0.06
Cap Nominal (mm) 0.210 0.205 0.200 0.198 0.196 0.194
Tolerance (mm) ±0.018 ±0.018 ±0.018 ±0.018 ±0.018 ±0.018
Body Nominal (mm) 0.206 0.195 0.193 0.191 0.188 0.182
Tolerance (mm) ±0.018 ±0.018 ±0.018 ±0.018 ±0.018 ±0.018