Matcon Limited

Compared with boxes, kegs or drums, the Matcon Tablet Handling system significantly reduces time consuming and error prone manual activities. Using Matcon Tablet IBCs to transfer tablets and capsules between processes reduces the number of container movements and lowers labour requirements, whilst impr...

We offer a wide range of IBC sizes from 50 litres to 3500 litres to match system requirements.  Smaller scale IBCs are ideal for processing small order sizes, whilst bigger batches are possible with the large scale IBCs. 

The unique Cone Valve technology within each IBC prevents the tr...

Matcon's IBC Blender eliminates the time-consuming and costly cleaning associated with traditional stationary mixers such as V-blenders, double cone or other fixed shell blenders as the IBC itself is the blending vessel. The bins are filled, discharged and washed ‛off-line’ (in parallel) so the Blender...

Today’s Pharmaceutical Manufacturing landscape is seeing a change with companies moving away from having large-scale plants producing a small number of products. The increasing number of Generic alternatives to Patented products means facilities are producing a significantly higher number of products which in turn requires an ever-increasing level of flexibility.

Matcon’s gentle Tablet Handling system enables efficient handling of tablets and capsules whilst maximising the effectiveness of tablet coating, printing, inspection and packing processes. Central to this system is the Tablet IBC with its polyethylene construction, tablet spiral and gentle opening Cone Valve - all designed to avoid tablet damage. The Matcon Tablet IBC gives our customers the ability to handle coated and uncoated tablets in quantities of up to 650Kg in one single IBC. This offers significant benefits including: • Reduced movements of tablet containers • Reduced number of connections/disconnections • Reduced operator handling time • Less containers required per batch • Closed and contained connections • Fully automatic operation • Improved inventory control & traceability Also in the gentle Tablet Handling range is the Matcon Gentle Transfer Chute. This enables damage-free transfer of tablets between floors. For example, from an IBC to coating or packing processes on the floor below.

Matcon specialise in providing efficient and flexible handling of powders, granules and tablets using IBC systems, offering a complete range of IBC solutions to pharmaceutical manufacturers worldwide, including Formulation Systems and IBC Blenders. We provide solutions for LEAN materials handling throughout the manufacturing process – from initial dispensing right through to packing of the tablets. We have the knowledge and experience to successfully interface with every process step ensuring each process operates to its maximum effectiveness. Our unique Cone Valve Technology is at the heart of the Matcon IBC system and, with more than 30 years’ experience, Matcon has developed quality solutions to help overcome common challenges that our customers face: • Feeding blended powders and granules without segregation – this is particularly important when feeding to processes such as roller compaction, tablet compression and capsule filling. • Achieving complete and automatic feed of sticky or poor flowing powders. For Wet Granulation processing, the Matcon Cone Valve IBC delivers fast, complete and contained filling of the Granulator without segregation or blocking & bridging. Collecting multiple granulated ‘lots’ into a single large IBC saves costs. Large batches of more than 1200Kg can be blended and discharged without problem thanks to our Cone Valve technology which prevents bridging and segregation even at these larger IBC sizes.   For Dry Granulation and Direct Compression processing, the homogeneity of the blended powders is critical to the quality of the final product. The Matcon IBC system maintains the quality of blend right up to the inlet of the Roller Compactor or Tablet Press, ensuring the highest quality output every time.

Matcon specialise in providing efficient and flexible handling of powders and solvent rich ‘wet cake’ solids using IBC systems, offering a complete range of IBC solutions to pharmaceutical API manufacturers world-wide. We provide solutions for LEAN materials handling throughout the manufacturing process – from initial dispensing and reactor feed right through to packing of the API (most commonly into drums). We have the knowledge and experience to successfully interface with every step of the process to ensure optimum operating performance. Our unique Cone Valve Technology is at the heart of the Matcon IBC system and, with more than 30 years’ experience, Matcon has developed quality solutions to help overcome common challenges that our customer face: • Safe and contained discharge of powders to reactors. • Complete and automatic discharge of solvent rich ‘wet cake’ solids - enabling any reactor to feed to any dryer. • Controlled feed of powders to milling, sieving & packing. For Reactor Feeding, the Matcon Cone Valve IBC delivers fast, complete and contained feeding of the Reactor without blocking or bridging. With automatic operation and nitrogen purging options, the Matcon IBC System enables the dusty and manual dispensing operations to be carried out away from the reactor. Matcon’s Cone Valve Technology has the proven ability to discharge solvent rich ‘wet cake’ solids. This unlocks new opportunities to use IBCs for material transfer between Centrifuges and Dryers, enabling ultimate  flexibility and process utilisation.   Milling, Sieving and Packing operations benefit from a controlled material feed. By operating to either a level probe or weight signal, the Matcon IBC System automatically provides this control, preventing overfeeding (or starving) of the processes. 

Eliminate the time-consuming cleaning associated with traditional static mixers. Improve blending efficiency by using just one blender. Because the Matcon blender can accommodate different sizes of IBC there is no need to invest in several different mixers to match batch sizes. And as the container is the blending vessel, there is no need to clean between batches either.

The manufacture of pharmaceutical oral solid dosage (OSD) products is a crowded marketplace in which it can prove challenging to provide an ‘edge’ over competitors. Download the whitepaper below to find out how adopting lean, efficient manufacturing procedures particularly when specifying your building, can help.

Still handling in drums? There is a more efficient way. Handling tablets in larger batch sizes reduces the amount of manual handling needed to make and break connections and move containers. Optimize your batches.

Discover how an India based world-leading manufacturer of Antiretrovirals (ARVs) increased their plant volume thanks to the tablet and powder handling experts at Matcon.

Discover how a change in the way materials are handled can give manufacturers of pharmaceutical oral solid dosage (OSD) products an ‘edge’ over their competitors. Assembling a factory is not simply a question of ‘fitting it all in’ read the guide to learn how the design of pharmaceutical manufacturing plant brings efficiencies and a competitive advantage to your business.

This webinar discusses the pain points commonly encountered in Oral Solid Dosage (OSD) facilities and how the use of Matcon Cone Valve technology delivers free flow of powders to increase productivity. The speakers also demonstrate how Matcon's powder, granule and tablet handling equipment enables manufacturers to 'de-couple' production, thereby increasing Overall Process Efficiency (OEE).

Matcon are specialists in the supply of complete materials handling solutions for OSD and API pharmaceutical manufacturers. Learn more about our equipment and how our system works in this pre-recorded webinar.