Industries & Machines

Cosmetics

Summary

Cosmetic powder has the effect of not only improve the appearance of skin, but increase the softness and smoothness. For example talcum powders protect baby’s delicate skin from external stimulus like diaper rash. Hosokawa Micron provides total system including grinding, mixing and formulation process.

Contents

Complete dry processing systems

Hosokawa supplies complete systems for the formulation of powdery cosmetics. This includes systems for fine grinding the dry raw and base materials needed for skin care products and toothpaste, etc. Case studies of where Hosokawa is instrumental in the processing of dry materials for cosmetics and also contributes essential know-how are:

  • Systems for talcum powder, baby powder, eye shadow, base materials for dental care products, etc.

No two cosmetic products are alike. The manufacturing processes are always many and various. Dependent on the required specification, the following machines are used:

  • Hammer mill
  • Fine impact mill UPZ
  • Contraplex wide-chamber pin mill CW
  • ACM Pulverizer
  • Cyclomix CLX
  • Spiral Jet Mill AS

Fig.1 Spiral jet mill 315AS

Fig.2 Fine impact mill 250UPZ

Fig.3 Cyclomix CLX-5L

Wide product range

An enormous number of base materials are needed in powder form for cosmetics. Hosokawa fine impact mills have established themselves on the market for dry powder processing.

Examples

  • Silica gels
  • Magnesium stearate
  • Zinc stearate
  • Silica
  • Dicalcium phosphate
  • Tricalcium phosphate
  • Chalk, talc
  • Titanium dioxide
  • Paints
  • Inorganic pigments, such as zinc oxide, ochre, ultramarine, etc.
  • Thickening agents, etc.

 

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