Cosmetic and personal care products range from fine face powders to creams, lotions, gels and shampoos. Powders need gentle, uniform blending with pigments and fragrances; emulsions need controlled heating, mixing and homogenizing to get a stable, smooth product.
We supply powder blending and sifting equipment and complete cream and lotion plants for cosmetic manufacturers.
Process challenges
Stable emulsions: oil and water phases must be heated, mixed and homogenized to the right droplet size.
Colour uniformity: pigments must be evenly dispersed in powders and creams.
Air entrapment: creams often need vacuum processing to avoid air bubbles.
Hygiene: contact parts must be easy to clean and built from suitable stainless steel.
How we solve them
Our ointment and cosmetic cream plants combine water and oil phase vessels with a main mixing vessel, scraper agitator and homogenizer. We also supply planetary mixers for thick pastes, colloid mills and inline homogenizers, ribbon and double cone blenders for powders, and vibro sifters for screening.
Typical process flow
Phase preparation
Oil and water phases are heated and mixed in separate vessels.
Emulsification
The phases are combined and homogenized, often under vacuum.
Cooling and additions
The batch is cooled while actives, colours and fragrance are added.
Transfer to filling
The finished product is pumped to storage or filling.
