Binders in Tablet Manufacturing - What You Need to Know    By Arnis Aistars, Ph.D. Binders serve several critical functions in tablet manufacturing. As the name of this class of excipients suggests, the primary function is to cause the various components in the formulation to bind together to form a hard tablet. In addition, a good binder should minimize friability (the tendency to crumble) of both the intermediate granules formed during wet compression pr...