Off topic- how to make pills?

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- Eric R Snow
  
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19 years ago

Mon, Aug 30, 2004 9:16 PM

When I was a kid my Grandma would put jars of Horlicks Malted Milk Tablets in our Christmas stockings. We loved 'em then. Recently, I saw them for sale and boy, were they expensive! As I was licking the spoonafter putting some of the powder on a dish of ice cream it tasted just like the ones Grandma gave us. So, I was thinking it might be fun to press up some myself. And since I'm picking up a 60 ton press friday I think it'll have enough pressure to make tablets about 5/8" diameter and 1/4" thick. Anybody here know? Thanks, Eric

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19 years ago

Mon, Aug 30, 2004 9:34 PM

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19 years ago

Mon, Aug 30, 2004 9:40 PM

Eric R Snow wrote: I'm picking up a 60 ton press

The ferrite factory I worked in years ago used pill presses to make pill sized "green" (unfired) ferrite cores. They resembled a tiny piston engine, with a (about ten inch) flywheel and connecting rod. The piston whould go up, the powder would enter an exposed port, the piston would come down, compress the powder, and open a gate to let the pressed core (pill) slide down a ramp. The 60 ton presses were used to make the big cores.

Kevin Gallimore

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19 years ago

Tue, Aug 31, 2004 2:22 PM

Horlicks was the sponsor of the Lum and Abner show for many, many years. Everytime I listen to them, I get an insatiable taste for malted milk. Damn, just thinking about it has done it again! ;^)