Case studies: Hydroalcoholic gel manufacturing equipment
Customer
NORTEMPRESA. A company founded in 2006, located in the city of Braga (Portugal), specialising in manufacturing perfumes, cosmetics and scented products.
Project
They were planning to add hydroalcoholic gel manufacturing to their production options in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic.
ATEX certified equipment, enabling the manufacturing of gels with over 70% ethanol content.
ATEX certified equipment, enabling the manufacturing of gels with over 70% ethanol content.
Why INOXPA?
INOXPA offered a turnkey solution to suit their needs using versatile equipment that can manufacture hydroalcoholic gel and potentially manufacture cosmetic creams at a later date.
INOXPA solution
This is ATEX certified equipment, enabling the manufacturing of gels with over 70% ethanol content.
Additionally, the anchor-type agitator has scrapers and the tank is jacketed and insulated enabling product heating and the manufacture of cosmetic creams at a later date.
Installation characteristics
The hydroalcoholic gel manufacturing equipment consists of:
- 1000L atmospheric mixing system with a tank bottom mixer, an anchor-type agitator with scrapers and vertical cowler. It comes with load cells, a heating chamber and insulation, a sampling valve and a small hopper at the upper lid for manual loading of minor ingredients.
- A progressive cavity pump for transferring the finished product.
- A horizontal blender for loading solids.
- Instrumentation for equipment monitoring (levels, temperature probe and flow detector).
- ATEX certified equipment can be operated in zone 1.
- A control panel for installation in a non-classified zone.
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Hydroalcoholic gel manufacturing equipment
