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Moisturizer and Sunscreen Manufacturing
 

Moisturizer is a skincare product used to hydrate and nourish the skin, whereas Sunscreen cream and lotion are both types of skincare products designed to protect the skin from the harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. They are formulated to provide a barrier against UV rays, preventing sunburn, premature aging, and reducing the risk of skin cancer. Here's a closer look at each of these products:​

  • Sunscreen Cream: Combines sunscreen ingredients with a moisturizing cream base. This formulation provides both sun protection and hydration to the skin. 

  • Sunscreen Lotion: Sunscreen lotion is a lighter and more fluid formulation that contains sunscreen agents mixed with a lotion base. Sunscreen lotions provide sun protection while offering a more lightweight and non-greasy feel compared to cream

Market Size of Sun Care Products

The global sun care products market grew from $12.96 billion in 2022 to $13.85 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.9%. Sun care products refer to sunscreen products that come in a variety of formats, including creams, lotions, lip balms, hair tonics, and gels.

Ingredients used in Sunscreen/Moisturizer Manufacturing

  • Humectants:
    Keep the skin moist and plump

  • Occlusives:
    Increase the water content of the skin by slowing evaporation

  • Emollients:
    Function as lubricants, maintaining the soft, pliable appearance of the skin 

  • Topical antioxidants:
    Reduce cell damage caused by oxidation

  • Fragrances

  • Functional ingredients (synthetics, emulsifiers, and preservatives)

  • Sunscreen Actives

  • Liquids (Distilled Water)

High Shear & High Viscosity Mixing Technology
for Sunscreen/Moisturizer Manufacturing

High-shear mixers or high-shear homogenizers are used to produce standard mixtures of ingredients that do not naturally mix. This industrial machinery disperses, or transports, one phase or ingredient (liquid, solid, gas) into a main continuous phase (liquid), with which it would normally be immiscible. A rotor, together with a stationary component known as a stator, or an array of rotors and stators, is used in a mixing tank containing the solution to be mixed, and in a pipe through which the solution passes, to create shear. A high-shear homogenizer mixer is used to create emulsions, suspensions, lyosols (gas dispersed in liquid), and granular products. It is used in the food, pharmaceutical, adhesives, chemical, cosmetic, and plastics industries for emulsification, homogenization, particle size reduction, and dispersion.

Key design factors in the high shear mixers include the diameter of the rotor and its rotational speed, the distance between the rotor and the stator. 

Sunscreen/Moisturizer Manufacturing Plant

United Group's Sunscreen/Moisturizer Manufacturing Plant uses the high shear and high viscosity mixing technology for production of various sun care products.

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During the manufacturing of creams, lotions, moisturizers, sunscreens, hydration of thickening and suspending agents is one of the most difficult of all mixing operations. In order to manufacture a product with desired properties, and free of agglomerates, the High Shear Mixers and Homogenizers are incorporated into the production.

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Advantages of United Group's Sunscreen/Moisturizer Plant

For production of Sunscreens and Moisturizers, United Group offers mixers and homogenizers for a stable, homogenized product with consistent viscosity.

  • Short Batch Times

  • Consistently High Product Quality

  • Excellent Homogenization

  • Rapid Emulsification

  • User-Friendly Operation

  • Used to Manufacture a Wide Range of Product

  • Stirrer and Dispersion Device with Speed Control

  • Prevention of Lump Formation & Clumping

  • Controlled Dosage Rate

  • Suitable for Highest Viscosities

  • Long-time Stability of Emulsions

  • Fine Particle Size Reduction

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