Shampoo, Conditioner, Handcream Manufacturing – Quadro Ytron

Dispersion of Carbopol, HPMC , Xanthan Gum (powders are high viscosity thickeners, highly hydrophilic and difficult to disperse without fisheyes), flake wax and other minor ingredients into water and/or alcohol.
Typical batch size 6000L.
High capacity, single pass dispersion into water and/or alcohol.

ZC3 Powder Disperser with liquid feed from water supply line for single pass powder incorporation and dispersion. Powders are manually dumped into the hopper from a mezzanine.
Full flow ball valve to ensure mass flow of powders in the hopper.
Pressure gauge on the discharge to monitor pressure on the discharge line.

Rapid incorporation & dispersion of solids during the liquid fill cycle.
Powder incorporation time was reduced to less than 1 hour. Total batch time was reduced from 72 to 8 hours. Previous method included dumping the powders into the vessel and mix using a 3 blade pitch impeller resulting in baseball size lumps and 'fish-eyes'.
Less air entrainment.
Improved product consistency from batch to batch.
Increase in viscosity. Single pass processing eliminates over-processing common with conventional mixers preserving the rheological properties of shear-sensitive products.
Instant dissolution of wax flakes at a reduced temperature. Reduced from 85 to 67°C results in reduced cooling time.
Did not have to expand manufacturing facility to increase production and they were able to eliminate mix tanks to free up manufacturing space.
With the reduced batch times, they can now produce the products as ordered and reduce inventory and warehouse demands and still meet their 3 day delivery requirements .
Comments from end user: impressive features include "speed & versatility". "Draw less air into product". "The ZC3 is a remarkable piece of equipment".

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