The size 3 capsule filling machine is a well thought-out design, well implemented. I used it with colorless, separated capsule parts as well as with colored, unseparated empties. I found it easy to learn how to produce flawless 100-capsule batches. Throughput is greater than 20 times my previous capsule filling rates. The first three batches taught me to:
1) watch the YouTube videos that are available for this machine.
2) Don't try to apply too much packing pressure while filling the capsule bodies. The option exists to use the 100-peg packing plate to tamp down the powder in the capsule bodies after the initial filling step. Maintain a light touch and you'll be rewarded with 100 flawless capsules. If you press too hard, the capsule bodies distort enough to make clean capping a hit-or-miss proposition.
