Development of the herbal tablet compression machine using in-line camshaft for Thai traditional medical, Kab Choeng Distrcit, Surin Province

Abstract

The development of herbal tablet press machine, it aims to create and find efficiency of herbal tablet press machine and to study the satisfaction of the Kab Choeng Thai traditional medicine community with the eccentric camshaft type herbal tablet press. The results found that the efficiency of the herbal tablet compression machine using in-line camshaft tested with 3 herbals i.e. Turmeric (Curcuma Longa), Kariyat (Andrographis Paniculata) and Nawakot (Navagoth) that each herbal was tested 5 replications with 30 tablets per replication was illustrated following their 3 physical characteristics: thickness at 6 mm, width at 8 mm and weight at 0.60 g/tablet. When concluded in the physical characteristic at 6 mm width, the average thickness values of Turmeric, Kariyat and Nawkot were 28 29 and 28 tablets, respectively. Besides, when evaluated in the physical characteristic at 8 mm width, the average width values of Turmeric, Kariyat and Nawakot were 29 29 and 29 tablets, respectively. And for the physical characteristic at 0.60 g weight, the average weight values of Turmeric, Kariyat and Nawakot were 28 27 and 28 tablets, respectively. The satisfaction values of the herbal tablet compression machine in the aspects of machine component, machine using, product, safe and machine manual were overall in high level at the average of 4.46