also called the punch method. while wearing gloves or using a capsule to hold another capsule, the compounder will punch (with a slight twist) half of a capsule into a line of powder with a width 1/3 the length of the capsule. the powder is then evenly spread into the capsules with a spatula or by tapping.
#000 capsules sometimes referred to as "triple zero" are the largest size of standard capsules.The volume of a size 000 is 1.37ml.The overall length of the capsule is 26.1mm.The external diameter of the cap is 9.91mm.A full box or case of 000 hard caps contains 50,000 capsules.