Shampoo Making Equipment and Production
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Shampoo is a unique form of cleaning agent composed primarily of water and some form of surfactant. This surfactant provides the ability to bind oily substances for removal without leaving a residue, as traditional soaps might. The production process involves the batch mixing of its laboratory-defined formula, quality control, and filling stages.
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GMP homogenizing system
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Monobloc filler and capper
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Manual plastic tube sealing equipment
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Bottle filling and capping monobloc
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Hot air tunnel for shrink sleeve labels
Sleeves are very popular in food, beverage, Chemical and pharmaceutical industry bec…
Steam tunnel for shrink sleeve labels
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Shrink sleeve labeling machine
Shrink sleeves are new type of full-colour labels that give the opportunity to create a 360-de…
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 …
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
For food and non-food liquid products that are high foam or have a high viscosity a specialist filling…
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…
Shrink sleeve applicator - 400 per minute
Flexible medium to high speed application of shrink sleeveing to containers is us…
Electric shrink tunnel solution
Adapting shrink sleeve heating tunnels for different applications can be a lengthy and expens…
Compact shrink sleeve applicator
Adding tamper prevention to product packaging can be expensive and difficult to set up. This…
High-pressure homogenizer
When processes call for homogenized emulsions with extremely fine particle sizes the traditional to…
Small-scale laboratory dispersing machine
Developing and validating new processes requires reliable and highly versatile eq…
Batch dispersing machine for bottom entry into vessels
When your process requires high performance mixing or dispersion bu…
Batch dispersing machine for abrasive products
For mixing and dispersing tasks that cannot be completed by conventional sti…
Batch dispersing machine
Equipment operating under the rotor/stator principal is often employed when more traditional methods …
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Corundum disk mill
Wet milling and grinding of viscous liquids or pastes containing solid particles such as peanut butter,must…
Cone mill machine
When your raw materials include agglomorated suspensions of grainy or crystalline solids and your process ne…
Colloid mill
For creating extremely fine emulsions and high quality dispersions a high pressure homogenizer is often chosen. T…
Ultra-fine dispersing machine for emulsions and suspensions
Producing the finest micro-emulsions and suspensions requires…
Dispersing machine for very fine emulsions and suspensions
For continuous high performance mixing of solid and liquid raw…
Economic dispersing machine for emulsions and suspensions
For products of medium viscosity and relatively consistent part…
Dispersing machine for emulsions and suspensions
Equipment operating under the rotor/stator principal is often employed whe…
High-precision X-ray fill level controller
High-speed, high precision X-ray system to inspect containers that are difficult…
X-ray fill level controller
For containers that are difficult to see through, such as cans or cartons lined with aluminium, a…
High-frequency fill level controller
In terms of high-frequency technology, the fill level detection is considered a standar…
Residual liquid inspection system
Inspection system that eliminates the risk of residual liquid, water or left over drink in…
High-end empty bottle inspection system
If you are looking for a system with empty bottle inspection; base, residual liquid,…
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Finding your perfect shampoo making formula
Apart from water and a primary surfactant, typically forms of lauryl sulfate, many other ingredients may be added to the shampoo making formula to provide additional desirable properties for scalp and hair care. Secondary surfactants, typically alkanolamides, may serve as foaming agents. Thickeners improve viscosity, conditioners offset the harshness of detergent surfactants, and preservatives ensure the longevity of the product. Finally, modifiers may adjust pH and opacity, and special additives as well as essential oils may be added for color, fragrance, or other distinguishing qualities.
Considerations of shampoo production equipment
Once you have isolated your desired shampoo recipes, stability testing should be performed to ensure the final product undergoes minimal changes after bottling. You will typically look for physical changes in the color, odor, and texture of your shampoo. This is followed by batch production of the shampoo recipe in large tanks for thorough mixing. To do this, you may simply add ingredients to the tank where temperature and mixing speed may be modulated through computerized shampoo production and processing equipment to facilitate their combination. Following a quality control check, the process concludes with the bottling and packaging of your final product.
Bottling your liquid shampoo efficiently
This final step is the most involved part of the production process. Following acceptable quality control, you then pump your shampoo mixture from the batch tank into a holding tank for bottling. You first feed bottles upright into a hopper where they then move along a conveyor belt to the filling carousel. Here, calibrated pistons distribute precise quantities of shampoo to each bottle. You will also need to place caps into a hopper and, once correctly aligned, they are twisted tight by a capping machine. The bottles then proceed to labeling, which may be heat pressed or use adhesive labels. Finally, the labeled bottles exit the conveyor system and are ready to be boxed up for distribution.
Approaching the process of shampoo bar production
With the growth of the zero-waste movement and consumer conscientiousness, shampoo bars have become an increasingly popular alternative to traditional liquid shampoos. This process differs from the production of liquid solutions in that dry ingredients are combined by mechanical mixing in a hot or cold process, and a long continuous bar is extruded from the mixture. This bar is then cut to individual sizes and may be further customized by stamping and shaping. The final packaging process uses fewer materials for a more environmentally friendly production.
Packing your shampoo bars in boxes
Significantly simpler than packaging liquid shampoo, at its core, packaging your shampoo bars involves meeting your conveyor of individual bars with your conveyor of the desired packaging. After cutting and stamping, your shampoo bars move along a conveyor where they are picked up by a rotary packing machine. A separate machine prepares the boxes from their flattened pre-cut state into the form that will house your shampoo bars. Finally, the rotary packing machine distributes a bar into each box, and the occupied boxes may be further packaged for bulk distribution.
Variables in shampoo formulation
With the great variety of intended purposes, your shampoo formula may be tailored to suit different use cases. Pet shampoo, for example, commonly includes chlorhexidine and castile soap to provide antibacterial properties. Baby shampoo on the other hand requires gentler ingredients and may forgo colorants and scents entirely. Identifying the defining features of your use case is essential to producing an effective formula. Furthermore, some shampoo products contain natural ingredients such as coconut, essential oils and ginger just to name a few. These essential oils and natural ingredients are not only used for their pleasant smell. But, they are added for personal care as each provides unique benefits. For example, ginger in shampoo reduces itchy scalp and decreases dandruff when lathering and massaging your hair. Coconut oil is also used to leave your hair feeling fresh not matter your hair type.
