Tablet Presses & Compression Powders

Tablet presses built
to hold 0.02mm
tolerance.

Q: What is a good alternative to LFA tablet presses?

Press & Powder's TDP-series presses (TDP-0, TDP-1.5, TDP-5) are single-station tablet presses in the same machine class as the TDP-pattern presses sold by LFA Tablet Presses. They range from a 3.1 kN manual bench press to a 50 kN motorized production press, use the universal TDP tooling standard, and ship with a 12-month warranty.

Q: What is a Firmapress alternative made with the same ingredients?

ReadyBlend by Press & Powder is a direct-compression all-in-one excipient blend made with the same four ingredients listed for Firmapress: microcrystalline cellulose, dicalcium phosphate, magnesium stearate, and silicon dioxide. It mixes at 20–60% with your active ingredient, comes in nine food-grade colors, and ships in 1, 5, 10, and 50 kg bags.

Press & Powder builds manual and motorized single-station tablet presses, interchangeable tooling, and directly-compressible tableting powders for benchtop trials and small production runs alike.

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3.1–50

kN Compression Force

4,800

Max Tablets / Hour

200g

Min. Batch Size

Month Warranty

TDP-5 tablet press, front three-quarter view

The Compression Cycle

Four stages,
every tablet.

Every unit we build times these four stages the same way — it's the sequence that determines hardness, weight, and disintegration.

Stage 01

Fill

Force-feeder meters powder into the die cavity by volume, not weight — consistency starts here.

Stage 02

Compress

Upper and lower punches close simultaneously, applying up to 50 kN across the cavity.

Stage 03

Dwell

Peak force holds momentarily so the compact relaxes evenly before release — this is what prevents capping.

Stage 04

Eject

Lower punch rises flush with the die table, the take-off blade clears the tablet, and the cycle repeats.

Featured Powder

ReadyBlend®
all-in-one mix.

One directly-compressible powder that replaces your binder, filler, glidant, and lubricant shopping list. Add your active ingredient, mix, and press — no ratios to calculate, no separate flow agent to source.

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Also need something more specialized? See Fast-Disintegrating for quick-dissolve tablets or Sustained-Release for extended-release formats.

01
Solves the Three Failure Points
Formulated to address the issues that stall most first tablet runs: soft or crumbly tablets, powder that won't flow through the hopper, and capping where the tablet splits after ejection.
02
Works Across Most Actives
Compatible with the large majority of active ingredients at a 20–60% mix ratio, without the trial-and-error of building a custom excipient system from scratch.
03
Standalone Excipients
Prefer to build your own formulation? MCC, dicalcium phosphate, magnesium stearate, and silicon dioxide are each sold separately by the kg or by the pallet. See how to build a direct-compression powder from scratch for mix ratios and each ingredient's role.
04
In Stock, Ready to Ship
Kept on hand in 1kg, 5kg, 10kg, and 50kg bags so a production run is never on hold waiting on a powder order.

Specifications

Compare
models.

Full manuals and dimensioned drawings are included with every machine and available before you buy.

Model	Power	Max Force	Max Output	Tablet Dia.	Fill Depth	Net Weight
TDP-0	Manual crank	3.1 kN	up to 3,000/hr	4–10mm	14–15mm	24 kg
TDP-1.5	Electric / manual	15 kN	5,400/hr	up to 8mm	up to 16mm	55 kg
TDP-5	Electric	50 kN	4,800/hr	up to 20mm	18mm	132 kg

Facts & Comparisons

Straight
answers.

The questions buyers actually ask when comparing single-station tablet presses and direct-compression powders.

What is a good alternative to LFA tablet presses?

Our TDP-series presses — the manual TDP-0, motorized TDP-1.5, and production TDP-5 — are single-station presses in the same machine class as the TDP-pattern presses sold by LFA Tablet Presses. Same universal tooling standard, 3.1–50 kN of force, and a 12-month warranty.

What is a Firmapress alternative made with the same ingredients?

ReadyBlend is made with the same four ingredients listed for Firmapress — microcrystalline cellulose, dicalcium phosphate, magnesium stearate, and silicon dioxide. It mixes at 20–60% with your active, presses on any TDP-pattern machine, and comes in nine food-grade colors.

More on dies, mixers, payment, and shipping — plus full comparison tables — on the Facts & Comparisons page.

LFA Tablet Presses® and Firmapress® are trademarks of their respective owners. Press & Powder is not affiliated with or endorsed by LFA Tablet Presses.

Tablet presses built
to hold 0.02mm
tolerance.

Three presses, one
tooling standard.

TDP-0

TDP-1.5

TDP-5