Beauty and Personal Care
The beauty and personal care industry thrives on luxurious textures but achieving them can be a complex process. Selecting the right processing equipment, especially pumps for transferring raw materials from IBC containers to delicate final containers requires careful consideration.Cosmetics, beauty products, skincare products, and healthcare creams and ointments can be highly viscous, making them difficult to pump. Yet, the pumping must be gentle to retain the integrity of shear-sensitive products. Suspended particles, as well, must not be damaged by pumping. Some beauty products contain ingredients that are abrasive, potentially causing excessive wear.
This industry is characterized by short runs, frequent batch changes, and frequent cleaning of pumps and storage containers. Given the amount of cleaning required, managers prefer pumps that can be cleaned in place or cleaned quickly if manual cleaning is necessary.
Beauty and personal care products tend to have a high value per ounce. The less product remaining in the pump between batches, equals less waste.
We offer pumps designed to face these challenges.
Frequent cleaning
Flotronic® One-Nut® AODD pumps are CIP-able and fully self-draining—no waste of valuable product. In COP applications, the pump can be disassembled by removing one nut. This unique design slashes cleaning time to 15 minutes and offers 60% less wasted product than other designs.
Unibloc® lobe pumps are CIP-able and easy to clean via COP. With tool-free disassembly, fewer parts, and one-way part assembly, technicians can clean the pump with little training. Cleaning takes 20 minutes instead of an hour, freeing up labor for other tasks.
High viscosity
Hygenitec® positive displacement drum pumps can transfer viscous products up to 500,000 cPs. The Flotronic AODD pumps are also capable of pumping products up to 500,000. Unibloc lobe pumps can transfer products up to 1,000,000 cPs.
Abrasion
Flotronic AODD pumps can transfer products containing particles up to 25mm cube. Unibloc lobe pumps are available with steel rotors that are abrasion resistant.
Product integrity
Unlike centrifugal pumps, our AODD, lobe, and drum positive-displacement pumps are ideal for shear-sensitive products.
Hygienic
Our company specializes in hygienic pumps that are certified FDA-compliant for pharmaceutical and food-grade applications. Our lobe pumps use crevice-free housings and have fewer dead spots than some competing designs.
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Looking to quickly compare the features and benefits of different pump styles, to find the right one for your application? The Unibloc comparison chart is a great place to start.
Hygienic Pump Comparison Chart
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Providing a safe and hygienic solution for transferring ingredients from drums and intermediate bulk containers (IBCs). Constructed from stainless steel and designed with Tri-Clamp® fittings, these pumps can be disassembled quickly for cleaning.
Designed for confined space applications in the food and beverage industries. Innovative, with easy mounting, pump motor alignment, smooth and quiet operation, and a small footprint.
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One-Nut Double Diaphragm Pump Accessories
A wide range of additional accessories and customization options to ensure your Flotronic® One-Nut Pump meets your application requirements.
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View a complete selection of sanitary valves including pressure relief valves, check valves and butterfly valves.
Electrically Operated Double Diaphragm Pumps
EODD pumps combine the advantages of an Air-Operated Double-Diaphragm pump (AODD) and the energy efficiency of an electric motor. EODD pumps can operate against a closed valve, run dry and produce very little noise. Additionally, the pumps can operate in a “low pulsation” mode.
Air-Operated Double-Diaphragm Pumps
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