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Gel making equipment

The easiest and most commonly used method of making gels is mixing gelling agents with water to form a weakly cohesive internal structure. The gel production process is pretty linear and straightforward, from mixing hydrocolloids and water to labeling and sealing containers.

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Do you need a gel making machine for gel production?

To manufacture gel, you simply need to mix gelling agents with appropriate proportions of water to form a semi-solid aerosol. Thickening (or gelling) agents help increase the viscosity of liquids without substantially altering their other properties. On their part, hydrocolloids used in making gels are usually in powder form but are derived from various sources and origins, including plants, marine, biotechnological, cellulose, and synthetic.

You need different equipment to manufacture gel depending on your intended product’s type and applications. For starters, a small-scale dispersion machine is an important tool, since homogenization is a game-changer. Further, in the carefully-controlled arena of pharmaceutical production, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) washing solutions are essential. It cleans production equipment in regulated pharmaceutical-manufacturing facilities. Moreover, if you’re planning on large-scale production, you must have filling and labeling machines.

How gels are useful


Gels have a wide range of uses and can be pharmaceutical and cosmetic. Cosmetic gels feature prominently in the manufacturing of personal care products such as hair styling gels. Likewise, pharmaceutical gels help in the making of painkillers and ointments. The production process for manufacturing both types of gel is largely similar, but zero cross-contamination between production batches is significantly more important in the production of pharmaceutical products.


What you should know about regulations for gel production

Regulations for the production of cosmetic and pharmaceutical gels differ in specification and enforcement. Cosmetic GMPs guide the production and sale of cosmetic gels. These are a set of guidelines highly encouraged by health regulatory bodies in several countries. On the other hand, several countries have enacted legislation guiding the production of pharmaceutical gels, in addition to pharmaceutical products regulation. The World Health Organization (WHO) also has standards promoting and regulating the production of pharmaceutical products.

The FDA highlights differences in regulations between cosmetic and pharmaceutical products, which can apply to gel production as well. For instance, cosmetic products do not require FDA approval before they can go on sale whereas pharmaceutical products must receive premarket approval. Also, failure to follow GMP requirements adulterates pharmaceutical products, while no regulations stipulate specific GMP requirements for cosmetic products.


Gel making machines and the homogenization process

Homogenization can make or mar your efforts. It serves several purposes such as reduction of particle size, dispersion, dissolution, mixing, emulsification, and encapsulation. The homogenization process involves the use of pressure to mix two items (in this case, powder and water) to create a uniform emulsion. While it’s certainly possible, it’s not advisable for you to homogenize your gel by hand. Since the homogenization process is so exacting, there are industrial, high-pressure homogenization equipment to help make the process smoother.

Processing steps involved in gels making

Which gels technology do you need?

Hygienic pipeline product recovery system

Hygienic pipeline product recovery system

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Hydroalcoholic gel mixing system

Hydroalcoholic gel mixing system

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Counter-rotating blender for cosmetic and pharmaceutical mixing

Counter-rotating blender for cosmetic and pharmaceutical mixing

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Vacuum processing units for high-viscosity products

Vacuum processing units for high-viscosity products

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Vacuum processing units for lab scale applications

Vacuum processing units for lab scale applications

In the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, developing new formulas …

Inline system for personal care product production

Inline system for personal care product production

When producing personal care products like ointments, lotions, or shamp…

Lab-scale high-shear mixer for recipe development

Lab-scale high-shear mixer for recipe development

When developing new food recipes or testing product processes on a small…

Tube filling solution for health and beauty products

Tube filling solution for health and beauty products

In the health and beauty industry, efficient and precise filling and …

Colloidal mill for fine grinding and homogenisation

Colloidal mill for fine grinding and homogenisation

In the production of liquid and semi-solid products, achieving fine pa…

High viscosity product mixer

High viscosity product mixer

In the pharmaceutical, daily chemical, and food industries, processing high viscosity products s…

Rotary filling and sealing for liquid to pasty products

Rotary filling and sealing for liquid to pasty products

When handling a diverse range of liquid to pasty products, maintai…

Semi-automatic tube filling and closing system

Semi-automatic tube filling and closing system

In various manufacturing settings, ensuring precise filling and secure seali…

Automatic tube filling and closing solution

Automatic tube filling and closing solution

In the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, ensuring precise and efficient f…

Automatic bottle filling and capping line

Automatic bottle filling and capping line

Industrial settings requiring efficient and precise bottle filling and capping of…

Conical mixer for dry, moist, and viscous materials

Conical mixer for dry, moist, and viscous materials

In industrial settings, achieving homogeneous mixing of various materi…

Manual metal tube sealing equipment

Manual metal tube sealing equipment

For small-batch productions where you utilize metal tubes as containers for your product…

Agitator bead mill for API

Agitator bead mill for API

To achieve precisely defined API properties and safe and reproducible production, rigorous impleme…

Cosmetic cream filler

Cosmetic cream filler

From thin liquid baby oils and perfumes to thicker lotions and creams for hair and skincare, cosmetic pr…

Self-adhesive linear labeling machine for bottles

Self-adhesive linear labeling machine for bottles

It is vital to have precise and long-lasting labels on bottles to avoid …

Vacuum mixer for suspensions

Vacuum mixer for suspensions

The production of high quality pharmaceuticals often requires mixing of suspensions and similar …

Tube unloader and feeder

Tube unloader and feeder

The pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries utilise high speed tube fillers on large-scale production …

Tube feeding unit for high volume and high speed tube filler

Tube feeding unit for high volume and high speed tube filler

High performance tube-filling machines are used for large sc…

Tube feeder for a small scale production tube filler

Tube feeder for a small scale production tube filler

Low speed tube-filling machines are used for small scale production l…

Loading cassette for a tube filler

Loading cassette for a tube filler

High performance tube-filling machines are used in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic indust…

High speed automatic tube filler

High speed automatic tube filler

For high-volume lines filling pharmaceutical, cosmetic or food products into tube containers…

Medium and high speed range automatic tube filler

Medium and high speed range automatic tube filler

When scaling up production of pharmaceutical, food or cosmetic products …

Medium speed tube filler and sealer

Medium speed tube filler and sealer

For scale-up filling of tube packaging for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and food products,…

Low speed tube filler

Low speed tube filler

Increasing numbers of products in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries are delivered in flex…

A two-component filling application tube filler

A two-component filling application tube filler

A wide variety of pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food products require tube-s…

Single head capper

Single head capper

For the stand-alone capping of bottles of up to 30 litre capacity for smaller-scale production you need a r…

Servo controlled filler

Servo controlled filler

For food and non-food liquid products that are high foam or have a high viscosity a specialist filling…

Multi-head capper

Multi-head capper

For the stand-alone capping of bottles of up to 2.5litre capacity you need a robust and flexible machine wit…

In-line monoblock linear filler & capper

In-line monoblock linear filler & capper

In many food, chemicals and cosmetic industry processes it is vital to have a …

Compact monoblock filler

Compact monoblock filler

Filling and capping bottles and pots for food, chemical and cosmetics industries using separate machi…

Agitator for low viscosity media

Agitator for low viscosity media

Reliably agitating fluids in open or pressure-less vessels in a laboratory or small scale pr…

Agitator for medium viscosity media

Agitator for medium viscosity media

Mixing fluids of medium viscosity for many production processes requires an agitator wit…

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