AutoBlend System - Body Lotion Production

Continuous production of high-quality body lotion is achieved using a Bran+Luebbe metering and mixing system, incorporating emulsification with a Bran+Luebbe PENTAX mixer. The end-product is cooled in a tube heat exchanger. The computer-controlled system uses both mass flow meters and LIV stream monitoring. The aseptic design includes a CIP cleaning system. Advantages

• Continuous production enables sterile operation and direct transfer to the filling station.
• No air introduction to finished product.
• Constant product quality.
• Flow-through cleaning and sterilization with automatic CIP-system.

Components

• 1 Type KH metering pump with electric delivery volume control, plunger pump head.
• 4 Type P metering pumps with electric delivery volume control, 4 plunger pump heads (1 pump head heated).
• 1 PENTAX dynamic mixer.
• 3 pipe heat exchanger in sanitary design.
• 1 on-line mass flowmeter.
• 1 on-line pH-analyzer.
• 1 on-line viscosity analyzer.
• Automatic valves.

Automation

• Fully automatic process control.
• Recipe and product management with data report.
• Automatic product monitoring with control loop.
• Automatic shut down if any ingredient runs out.