COLKOT...  
   

Colkot is a custom designed easy to use dry blend film coating formulation specificaly developed by RAVLIN ( a division of Nitika Chemicals, an ISO 9001:2000 company ) for the coating forulations comprise of polymers, plasticizer and other excipients and are available as both non-pigmented systems with which you can coat your products in a colour of your choice.

This system can be readily reconstituted in any solvent system ranging from aqueous-to-hydroalcoholic-to-organic as per your choice and nature of the active ingredient in the formulation to produce film coating composition for application on a variety of solid oral dosage forms .

   
  Colkot film coating systems offer several advantages
 
  Processing Ease
 
Easy to reconstitute (ready to use within 30-45 minutes)and apply thus decreased operator error.
Can be readly constitutedin any solvent system ranging fromaqueous-to-hydroalcoholic-to-organic .
Reduce coating time and thus increase productivity.
Enable easy clean-up of processing equipment.
Special film properties permit application on a variety of surfaces ranging from difficult shape and friable, brittle or elastic surfaces.
 
  Improved Product Quality
 
Rapid an pH independent release with no delay in dissolution.
Excellent film strength & improved adhesion to tablet surface.
Reduces incidents of logo bridging and film peeling or cracking.
Improved product stability-protects the products from light and environmental gases.
Reduces product friability , chipping and breakage and facilitates handling and packaging.
Permits logo identification and prinatble surface.
   
  Improved Patient Compliance
 
Facilitates swallowing .
Effectively masks tast and order of the drug.
Imporved and elegant visual appearence.
   
  Enhanced Marketing Appeal
 
Superior logo defenition and trade marking.
Better gloss and smoothness and thus strong customer appeal.
Customized colours for global acceptance.
Specialized pearlescent effect coatings to outshine competitors.
   
  Economic Benefits
 
Reduced coating time and saving of more than 25%.
Reduced inventory, material handling raw material testing.
Reduced development cost and time.
Suitable for use as aqueous system there by saving in solvent costs.
   
  Recommended reconstitution of Colkot film coating systems
 
Aqueous system - 15-20% solids
hydroalcoholic system - 10-15% solids
Organic solvent system - 5-10% solids
   
  Applications
 

Colkot film coating formulations are suitable for film coating of pharmaceutical, nutraceutial, food, confectionaries, aurvedic and herbal tablets, minitablets and pellets.the recommended weight gain in case of moisture stable tablets is 3% while a 5% weight gain is suitable for moisture sensitive tablets such as those of aurvedic and herbal preperations.