Case studies: Reactors for the cosmetic industry
Customer
The customer is a prominent company in the cosmetics industry with headquarters in France and known for innovation when developing active ingredients for skin and hair care. Their commitment to quality and efficiency drives them to invest in cutting edge technology to improve their production processes.
Project
The customer needed to modernise their plant to improve the production of cosmetic active ingredients. This led them to seek out a new efficient pre-mixing system for viscous products before final processing.
“INOXPA helped us optimise our production with efficient skids tailored to our specific needs.”
“INOXPA helped us optimise our production with efficient skids tailored to our specific needs.”
Why INOXPA?
The customer opted to work with INOXPA due to the capacity to provide customised and integral solutions, including skids designed specifically to meet the challenges in the cosmetics industry. Experience in mixing, heating and control technology, allied with component quality, proved crucial when choosing INOXPA.
- A comprehensive turnkey service, from manufacturing through to installation and start-up.
- Capacity for integration, enabling connection of new skids to the existing infrastructure.
- Experience in the cosmetics industry, with skids designed to comply with GMP and FDA standards.
- Experience in modifying existing platforms and structures to integrate both new mixing skids.
INOXPA solution
Integrating new production systems provided better product homogenisation, ensuring quality and compliance with cosmetics standards.
Installation characteristics
The project included the installation of two key skids:
Viscomix 1000L skid:
- Capacity to process at different speeds and temperatures.
- Hygienic stainless steel design with easy access for cleaning.
- Steam heating and water cooling system, optimising production times.
- Pre-mixing for final production in the MCR 2000L reactor.
MCR 2000L reactor:
- Counter-rotating agitation system ensures homogeneous mixtures.
- Double multi-stage heating jacket enables precise temperature control.
- Automation with PLC and a HMI screen, for monitoring and process control.
Special features
Thanks to the solution implemented by INOXPA, the customer has achieved:
- Higher production efficiency, with times optimised and guaranteed homogenised end products.
- Operational flexibility, with the capacity to process a wide range of cosmetic products
- Less down time, as the new skids integrate perfectly with the existing infrastructure.
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Reactors for the cosmetic industry
