
Hand Sanitizer Manufacturing Package
250 Gallon Sanitizer Manufacturing Package Plant
Equipment list and budget price
Main Reactor Platform
- 250 Gallon 316ss Sanitary Mixing Reactor Tri-Clamp
- Sanitary top mixer EXP motor, Gear Reduced, dual blade
- Lower Flush bottom 2” tri clamp Sanitary valve
- Lower 2” x 1.5” 316 sanitary stainless Tri Clamp piping
- 2 gallon rated Cone addition assembly to 1.5” sanitary piping
- High Sear 316ss Mixer / pump EXP motor
- Re-circulating 1.5” sanitary x 2” loop
- CFT Sanitary Dual Window Sight Tri-Clamp Sight Flow Indicator
- 304ss welded tubing structure , polished sanitary finish
- Elevated stainless diamond plate work platform with stairs & with hand rail
Secondary Storage Platform
- Quantity 2 100 Gallon Holding Tanks 316 Sanitary Stainless Steel Construction
- Sealed inlet and discharge nozzle
- Transfer Variable Speed Sanitary Lobe Pump
- 5” Sanitary transfer line with dual Isolation valves
- Elevated stainless diamond plate work platform with stairs & with hand rail
Instrumentation Package
- Central Control Panel stainless steel
- Mixer On/off
- Mixer VFD with RPM read out
- Temperature indicators Mixing reactor
- High Shear Pump On/Off
- Transfer Lobe pump On/off,
Hand Sanitizer Process and Formulation
Formulations may contain a variety of ingredients.
A hand sanitizer formulation may contain active ingredients such as:
- Ethyl Alcohol
- Isopropyl Alcohol
Other ingredients:
- Carbopol– provides gel-like texture. However, hand foams in pump bottle dispensers usually have lower viscosities to provide efficient dispersion.
- Humectants or Moisturizerslike Glycerin
- Fragrance(usually not included in non-scented hand sanitizers)
- Coloring(not included in clear hand sanitizers)
- Bitter-tasting compound– to prevent consumers from drinking the hand sanitizer
The most important sanitizing ingredient is Ethyl or Isopropyl alcohol at a very high concentration, say at 96% (WHO). This is to ensure that when mixed with the solution, the final product would be around 70 to 80% concentration, as required by the FDA and CDC.
Process
- Water and Carbopol are mixed, until it forms a viscous gel. To obtain a conglomerate-free mixture, it is ensured that aeration is prevented during mixing.
- Mixing #1, Top Reactor Mixer low shear
- Mixing #2 The high shear action inline mixer will rapidly wet out and disperse the powder, resulting in an agglomerate-free solution in a short mixing cycle and because the turbulence is all below the surface, aeration is minimized.
- Alcohol is then added in the second phase of mixing until the mixture forms a uniform product. Initially, the alcohol would have a 96% concentration. Mixing it with the other ingredients would dilute it to 70% to 80% concentration.
- Triethanolamine may be added to obtain the right PH of the solution, so it would not irritate the skin.
- Humectants can also be added and some preservatives, depending on your formulation.
In addition, an in-line mixer can efficiently recirculate the mixture in the mixing line to ensure uniformity of the end-product.
After which, the hand sanitizer solution is filled in individual containers with a filling machine (not Included)