Training.
Knowledge that lasts.
Modern technologies only deliver their full benefits when your team can use them confidently. Our Production training sessions are designed for operations and maintenance teams working in ongoing production. They combine clear theoretical instructions with intensive hands-on practice at the machine – from initial commissioning to maintenance and cleaning, as well as advanced process analytics and continuous manufacturing. Training sessions can be held at our Competence Center or directly at your facility. This ensures that your team receives practical training, gains a better understanding of processes, and maximizes the full potential of your system.
Training packages
Targeted training packages support further development of your production processes. The modular content is tailored to your specific requirements, combining practical knowledge transfer with clear operational applicability. This strengthens your team’s expertise and ensures efficiency, safety, and high equipment availability.
Training packages
Develop expertise in a targeted way.
Basics for operators
This training course communicates the basic skills required to operate the tablet press. Participants learn the machine’s structure, user interface, and key functions, and practice starting the machine safely. They are also taught the basic product and process settings, as well as the typical workflow from preparation to the first released batch.
Introduction
+ Machine & system overview
+ Safety instructions
+ Operating principles
+ Production parameters
+ Practical exercises
Operation
+ General settings
+ Production parameters
+ Creating formulations
+ Setting up production
+ Regulating pressing forces
+ Individual sorting
+ Wear parts
+ Troubleshooting
+ Practical exercises
Cleaning and Setup
+ System overview
+ Preparations for cleaning
+ Storing and transporting machine components
+ Cleaning the tablet press
+ Handling, cleaning, and preserving tableting tools
+ Setting up the tablet press
Maintenance Basics
In maintenance training, participants learn the most important basics of mechanical and electrical maintenance. The training covers daily and routine inspections, the identification of wear, and basic maintenance tasks that reduce downtime and extend the machine’s lifespan.
Introduction
+ Machine & system overview
+ Safety instructions
+ Operating principles
+ Production parameters
+ Practical exercises
Mechanical Maintenance
+ General settings
+ Wear parts
+ Reference marks
+ Zero adjustment
+ Lubrication system
+ Individual sorting
+ Turret clamping system
+ Practical exercises
Electronic Maintenance
+ System and component overview
+ Network & CAN bus
+ Safety PLCs
+ Reference marks
+ Zero adjustment
+ Lubrication system
+ Drives
+ Troubleshooting
+ Battery replacement (legacy i generation only)
+ Practical exercises
Turret Change
+ Turret installation and removal
+ Practical exercises
Gezielte Trainingspakete unterstützen die Weiterentwicklung Ihrer Produktionsprozesse. Die modular aufgebauten Inhalte sind individuell auf Ihre Anforderungen abgestimmt und verbinden praxisnahe Wissensvermittlung mit klarer Anwendbarkeit im Betrieb. So stärken Sie die Kompetenz Ihres Teams und sichern Effizienz, Sicherheit und hohe Anlagenverfügbarkeit.
WiP Basics
Basic Wash-in-Place (WiP) training familiarizes participants with the structure and process of automatic cleaning. They set up cleaning programs, observe safety aspects, and understand how reproducible cleaning ensures clean, safe, and regulation-compliant production.
Introduction
+ Machine & system overview
+ Safety instructions
+ Operating principles
+ Production parameters
+ Practical exercises
Operation
+ General settings
+ Production parameters
+ Creating formulations
+ Setting up production
+ Regulating pressing forces
+ Individual sorting
+ Wear parts
+ Troubleshooting
+ Practical exercises
WiP and Air Management
+ System overview / Equipment
+ Installing/removing tableting tools
+ Ports
+ WiP spray gun
+ WiP center
+ Dryer
+ Washing program
+ WiP functions
+ Air management
WiP Mechanical Maintenance
+ Standard settings and wear parts
+ Tablet scraper / sorting
+ Setting reference marks
+ Lubrication system
+ Main drive
+ Turret clamping system
+ Adjustable gears
WiP Electronic Maintenance
+ Overview of the electronic components in the tablet press
+ Reading the electronic wiring diagrams
+ Network and bus system
+ PLC systems and main encoder
+ Fill-O-Matic drive
+ Pressure station / dosing station / adjustable gears
+ Metering system
+ Sorting and discharge
+ Battery replacement
+ Setting reference marks
+ Main drive
+ Turret clamping system
FE CPS Basics
FE CPS training communicates the basics for safe handling of the FE CPS continuous production system. Participants learn how to specify starting and operating parameters, understand measured values, and develop stable, continuous processes of consistent quality.
Introduction
+ Basics
+ Machine & system overview
+ Occupational safety
+ Operating principles
+ Practical exercises
Operation
+ General settings
+ Production parameters
+ Preparing the system for production
+ Setting up production
+ Mass flow control
+ Sorting
+ Practical exercises
+ Calibrating and taring the process units
Cleaning and Setup
+ System overview
+ Preparing for cleaning
+ Dismantling the process units
+ Storage and transport
+ Cleaning the process area
+ Handling, cleaning, and preserving
+ Setting up the system
Gezielte Trainingspakete unterstützen die Weiterentwicklung Ihrer Produktionsprozesse. Die modular aufgebauten Inhalte sind individuell auf Ihre Anforderungen abgestimmt und verbinden praxisnahe Wissensvermittlung mit klarer Anwendbarkeit im Betrieb. So stärken Sie die Kompetenz Ihres Teams und sichern Effizienz, Sicherheit und hohe Anlagenverfügbarkeit.
Individual Training Sessions
Apart from our standard training sessions, Fette Compacting also offers customized training courses tailored to your exact requirements. Whether on-site at your facility or in one of our training centers, the content, focus areas, and machine types covered in the training are flexibly adapted to your needs. This ensures that your employees receive the precise knowledge they need for their daily work.
Introduction
Training is available as an independent course for both tablet presses and the FE CPS. Depending on the machine type, the relevant operating principles, safety functions, and system overviews are communicated. Participants set up and reference the system as well as carrying out initial production and monitoring processes. Practical exercises ensure a safe introduction.
Target group: operators, maintenance personnel, setup personnel, process technologists, quality and project managers, IT administrators, production managers
Operation
Operator training is available as independent courses for both tablet presses and the FE CPS and ePAT systems. Depending on the respective system, they communicate the key skills required for safe and efficient operation. Participants learn how to set up machines, adapt production parameters, and start and monitor processes in accordance with specifications. They also learn how to detect wear and process deviations at an early stage and to initiate suitable measures.
Target group: machine operators, machine setup personnel, maintenance personnel, quality managers, technologists, project managers, production managers
Cleaning and Setup
Training courses on cleaning and setup are available as independent courses for both tablet presses and the FE CPS. Depending on the respective system, participants learn how to properly disassemble, clean, store, and reassemble process units and machine components. Step by step, they are taught how to prepare, set up, and ready the equipment for the next stage.
Target group: maintenance personnel, machine operators, machine setup personnel
Maintenance Basics
The focus is on basic maintenance steps. Participants learn how to make general settings, correctly handle wear parts, and work with reference marks and zero adjustment. Additionally, the lubrication system and systematic troubleshooting are taught in a hands-on, practical manner. Practical exercises support direct application in everyday work routines.
Target group: maintenance personnel, machine operators, machine setup personnel
Mechanical Maintenance
Maintenance training for tablet presses communicates the mechanical know-how for safe operation, systematic troubleshooting, and independent implementation of maintenance tasks. This supports high and stable machine availability. In addition, a separate WiP maintenance training course is offered for Wash-in-Place tablet presses. This intensifies mechanical maintenance knowledge specifically for the automated cleaning concept and enables participants to safely maintain equipment components, make adjustments, and resolve malfunctions in a targeted manner.
Target group: mechanical maintenance personnel
Electronic Maintenance
Electronics training for tablet presses communicates the requisite know-how for reliable operation, systematic troubleshooting, and independent implementation of electronic maintenance tasks. Participants obtain a structured overview of electronic systems, components, and controls. In addition, a separate electronics training course for Wash-in-Place (WiP) tablet presses is available, addressing the specific features of the WiP design and contributing to consistently high machine availability.
Target group: electronic maintenance personnel
WiP and Air Management
The focus is on handling the WiP tablet press and the associated process equipment. Participants become familiar with the system components and safely prepare the machine and equipment for the cleaning process. They perform a complete cleaning cycle, mastering the use of the relevant WiP tools and air management functions.
Target group: machine operators, technologists
FE CPS Formulations
This training course teaches participants how to operate the FE CPS safely, as well as how to develop and optimize continuous processes. Participants will learn to develop new recipes, adjust process-relevant parameters with precision, and select appropriate process components. In addition, the course covers powder characterization and provides practical instruction on system control and the optimization of continuous processes.
Target audience: experienced machine operators, developers, quality managers, technologists
Tabletint Performance
Training is designed for experienced users and covers the systematic resolution of production-relevant errors as well as the independent implementation of performance-optimized processes. Selected content is tailored to the specific customer, allowing targeted work on the key factors that significantly impact their specific production.
Target group: experienced machine operators, developers, quality managers, technologists
2-layer Tableting
The focus is on the production of 2-layer tablets according to specifications. Participants learn how to safely operate the tablet press and independently implement smaller optimizations during the ongoing production process.
Target group: experienced machine operators, developers, quality managers, technologists
In-process Control
Stable tablet quality demands reliable in-process controls. This training covers the correct adjustment of internal process parameters, the evaluation of logs, and the proper operation, maintenance, and cleaning of the tablet tester. Additionally, the use of control loops for tablet weight and hardness is addressed.
Target group: machine operators, maintenance personnel, project developers, quality managers, technologists
Tableting Tools
Reliable tools are decisive for stable processes. This training covers manufacturing standards for tableting tools and the safe handling of punches, dies, and segment technologies. It also demonstrates the proper procedures for cleaning, maintenance, and storage to minimize downtime and increase machine availability.
Target group: machine operators, machine setup personnel, quality managers, technologists
Turret Replacement
Turret replacement is taught safely and efficiently. This helps reduce changeover times and increases the flexibility of the tablet press.
Target group: machine operators, maintenance personnel, machine setup personnel, technologists
Removal Arm
The safe use of the removal arm enables the correct adjustment of electronic limits and travel paths, contributing to reduced changeover times and greater flexibility of the tablet press.
Target group: maintenance personnel