Premium Tablet Compression Tooling

Pharmaceutical Tooling

Engineered for precision, durability, and performance. Drawing on decades of experience to deliver the tightest tolerances in the industry for your critical pharmaceutical applications

Materials
Premium Steels & Carbides
Coatings
Advanced Solutions
Designs
Multi-Tip & Custom

The Standard for Precision

Elizabeth Companies has been a leader in compression tooling since 1954. Our pharmaceutical tooling is manufactured to the tightest tolerances, ensuring consistent tablet weight, thickness, and hardness control.

  • Decades of Expertise: Manufacturing excellence since 1954.
  • Premium Materials: Utilizing the finest PM steels, carbides, and ceramics.
  • Advanced Coatings: Proprietary treatments for anti-stick and wear resistance.
  • Global Support: Manufacturing and technical service centers worldwide.
Pharmaceutical tablet compression tooling

Engineered for Performance

Integrating innovative designs to overcome your toughest tableting challenges.

Superior Durability

Superior Durability

Engineered to withstand high compression forces and extend tooling life.

Anti-Stick Solutions

Anti-Stick Solutions

Proven specialized coatings to resolve picking and sticking issues.

Multi-Tip Tooling

Multi-Tip Tooling

Significantly increase production output without increasing press speed.

Complex Geometry

Complex Geometry

Expert design for non-round, scored, and complex tablet shapes.

Materials & Coatings

We offer a wide range of premium steel grades and advanced coatings tailored to your specific formulation challenges.

Punch Material Options

Selecting the right material is critical for performance and longevity. Options include standard and premium grades.

  • Standard S7: Shock-resisting tool steel.
  • S7 ESR: Electro-slag remelted for higher purity.
  • D2 & A2: High-carbon, high-chromium tool steels.
  • 440C: Martensitic stainless steel.
  • Premium Grades: DC53.
  • Specialty: Carbide and ceramic inserts available.

Tooling Coating Options

Advanced coatings designed to reduce friction, prevent sticking, and increase wear resistance against abrasive formulations.

  • Chromium Nitride (CrN): Excellent general-purpose anti-stick coating.
  • Titanium Nitride (TiN): Gold-colored coating for wear resistance.
  • Custom/Other: Proprietary multi-layer coatings available upon engineering review for specific challenges.
  • Plain Chrome: Good general-purpose anti-sticking coating.
  • DLC (Diamond-Like Coating): Wear resistance similar to TiN.

Tooling Options & Customization

Tailor your tooling specifications to optimize tablet quality and press performance.

Die Configurations

Optimize die design for your formulation properties.

  • Die Taper: Add single or double taper to help minimize capping by allowing air escape and gentler decompression during ejection.
  • Carbide Lined Dies: Specify carbide lining for highly abrasive products to significantly extend die bore life.

Keying Options

Essential for shaped tooling on rotary presses to ensure proper alignment.

  • Upper & Lower Punches: Select keyed options for one or both punches as required by your press turret.
  • Key Orientation: Standard 35° orientation and other custom angles available to match your specific press requirements.

Embossing & Scores

Custom face designs for product identification and functionality.

  • Image/Logo/Text: Add clear, precise branding or dosage information to upper and/or lower punch faces.
  • Scores & Bisects: Incorporate functional scores for tablet splitting on upper and/or lower punches.

Technical Specifications

We manufacture tooling to all major global standards, supporting a wide range of tablet sizes.

Standard Type Common Sizes Available Typical Application
TSM Standard (US) B, BB, D High-speed rotary presses in North & South America.
EU Standard (Metric) B, BB, D High-speed rotary presses globally (Europe/Asia).
Specialty / Other RTP, TDP, Core Rod, Multi-Tip R&D, single-station presses, and specialized high-volume production.

Shapes & Geometries

From standard rounds to complex custom shapes, we manufacture precisely what you need.
Round
Capsule
Oval
Square / Rect.
Triangle
Hexagon
Custom...

Tablet Face Profiles

Select the ideal profile for tablet coating, friability, and aesthetic requirements.
Standard Concave
Deep Concave
Flat Face Plain
Flat Face Bevel
Compound Cup
Modified Ball
Shallow Concave

Facing a tough tableting challenge?

Contact our tooling experts to discuss material selection, coating options, or custom designs for your formulation.

Our experience through the years (in numerous applications from pharmaceutical tooling to industrial tooling) has shown us that quality tablet compression tooling and tablet dies can’t be produced without the use of quality raw materials, manufactured to strict specifications. For example, we exclusively use electric furnace-produced steel, vacuum-melted in 100,000 pound heat-lots to aerospace specifications for uniformity and cleanliness. All tablet dies and pharmaceutical tooling is formed from high-nickel, high-chrome shock steel that must meet Elizabeth’s strict requirements before being considered.
 
Keeping abreast of today’s latest equipment, techniques and processes is no easy task. Not only do we invest continuously in new technology; employees are constantly undergoing training and honing of their skills. We take genuine pride in the work we do and the equipment we use. Matching the finest machinists with the finest machinery makes for an unbeatable combination. And the Production R&D Department redesigns and modifies machinery to further improve and speed production.
 

To complete the loop, The Elizabeth Companies depends upon its meticulous in-process and final inspections to confirm the quality of our compression tooling. Inspectors utilize the latest in QC technology and processes including laser measuring equipment accurate to +/-.00001 inches and electronic height, OD and concentricity gauges. Conventional equipment such as micrometers, pin gauges, optical comparators, section microscopes, and contour trackers can also to be found in our QC department. Ultimately, all compression tooling shipped will meet or exceed the customers’ specifications as well as our own very stringent standards.

Dies

Elizabeth produces the world’s finest dies with the highest quality raw materials.  A variety of high wear materials including D3, stainless 440C, DC-53  are available and recommended according to your tableting needs. This is what makes Elizabeth your global source for tableting solutions.

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