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The most significant decision when making ointments is likely to be the choice between automatic or semi-automatic processes for it. This impacts on individual phases of the ointment cream manufacturing process – the water phase and oil phase.
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GMP homogenizing system
Manufacturers need production mixing equipment that is capable, flexible, and easy to maintain. Accura…
Cost-effective homogenizing and emulsifying system
Manufacturers of cosmetic products need mixing equipment that is capabl…
Inline batch mixer for solids and liquids
Several issues often arise when your process requires batch-wise mixing of powder…
Benchtop mill for ointments
Pharmaceutical and cosmetic creams, ointments, gels and pastes can deliver a wide range of active…
Pilot plant homogeniser
From food to pharma, homogenization is an essential step in the production process that provides unifo…
Batch vacuum mixer for emulsion-based products
The production of creams or ointments can be either be a water in oil (w/o) …
Pharmaceutical formulation and mixing tanks
Preparation lines for formulating pharmaceuticals include fixed and mobile tank…
Homogenizer for creams
Homogenization (or pharmaceutical micronization) is the process of reducing particle sizes, and is a vi…
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
It is vital to have precise and long-lasting labels on bottles to avoid …
Vacuum mixer for suspensions
The production of high quality pharmaceuticals often requires mixing of suspensions and similar …
High-capacity horizontal cartoner for pharma and cosmetics appliances
Cartoners take carton blanks which are formed and …
Automatic cartoner for applications in pharma and cosmetics
For high capacity production of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals…
Pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry products cartoner
A large number of cosmetic and pharmaceutical products are packed i…
Horizontal cartoner for pharma and cosmetics
Most pharmaceutical and cosmetics products are packed in cardboard cartons for…
High capacity cartoner for pharmaceutical applications
Many pharmaceutical products are packed in protective and decorativ…
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
High performance tube-filling machines are used for large sc…
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
High performance tube-filling machines are used in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic indust…
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
When scaling up production of pharmaceutical, food or cosmetic products …
Medium speed tube filler and sealer
For scale-up filling of tube packaging for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and food products,…
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Low speed tube filler
Increasing numbers of products in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries are delivered in flex…
Single head capper
For the stand-alone capping of bottles of up to 30 litre capacity for smaller-scale production you need a r…
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 many food, chemicals and cosmetic industry processes it is vital to have a …
Flowmeter filler
For larger production runs of food, non-food and cosmetics industries, where accuracy and volume of filling is…
Compact monoblock filler
Filling and capping bottles and pots for food, chemical and cosmetics industries using separate machi…
High-pressure homogenizer
When processes call for homogenized emulsions with extremely fine particle sizes the traditional to…
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
Mixing fluids of medium viscosity for many production processes requires an agitator wit…
Jet flow agitator for high-viscosity media
Processes including homogenization, dispersing, suspension, emulsification and d…
Laboratory dispersing machine for low-viscous masses
Laboratory mixers have not always been easy to work with. Getting al…
In-line laboratory dispersing machine
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How to manufacture ointments
Before homogenizing ointments, you need to treat each of the product’s main components separately, in specialized vessels. The process begins at the water phase. In it, you dissolve the water-soluble components in demineralized water in a vessel that is proper for it. Next up is the oil phase, involving the mixing of the wax and oil components in a wax phase vessel. Motor-driven agitators heat and mix the containers, then a vacuum system filters and moves them through pipes to the ointment manufacturing vessel. At this stage, you introduce homogenizers and emulsifiers, to ensure that the mixing of the components (including the drug ones) is as uniformly as possible.
When the product is ready, it is time to transfer it to the storage tank, then move it to the filling machine. Finally, before filling the product into tubes, you can use a triple roller mill to remove extra water from the product. In the end, Clean-in-place (CIP) systems take care of all the containers used in the ointment cream manufacturing process.
Should you use the automatic or semi-automatic process?
The semi-automatic process is shorter and easier than the automatic process, and it also involves the use of fewer vessels. However, the automatic process ensures a more thorough processing of materials. Essentially, the automatic process is more cost-effective if you’re considering the large-scale production of ointments. The main difference between both processes occurs at the initial stage. In the automatic process, you heat the water-soluble and wax components in different vessels. On the other hand, you can use the same vessel to mix and stir all the different components. Also, a planetary mixer replaces agitators, while colloid mills act in place of homogenizers in this process.
What you should know about making and selling ointments
Under the FD&C Act, in the US, ointments can be both cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Its categorization depends on the vehicle or base of your finished product. Vehicles include lotions, ointments, pastes, syrups, and suspensions. Vehicles in liquid dosage forms may be aqueous (water, hydro-alcoholic solutions, polyhydric alcohol), or oily (emulsified bases, vegetable or mineral oils, etc.).
Protective ointments are required to neither penetrate the skin nor facilitate the absorption of substances through the skin. These are regarded as cosmetics. Antiseptic ointments, on the other hand, need to be able to penetrate the skin and are regarded as pharmaceuticals. In general, while the FDA provides regulations for the manufacturing and sale of cosmetic products, you do not require a license before you set up a cosmetic production business. Also, the FDA typically does not need to approve cosmetic products before they go on sale. On the flip side, if your product is a pharmaceutical one, you need to get approval to both start-up and sell the product.
