Facial Mask Filling Machine: Essential Buying Guide

What steps does a facialmask go through from scratch? And how does its production line shape the final cost and quality? This is not only the core concern of beauty entrepreneurs and brands, but also the focus of savvy consumers. In this article, we will take the two steps of “raw material production” and “filling production” to dismantle the whole production process of sheet masks in depth, and provide you with a practical guide for decision-making, from technical details to equipment selection.

1.Raw material production (mask liquid preparation) 

The core equipment of mask liquid production line includes reverse osmosis water purification system, stainless steel dosing tank (equipped with stirring and temperature control function), vacuum homogenizing Emulsifier (suitable for emulsification of oil-containing formulas), plate heat exchanger (rapid cooling) and precision filter (0.22μm sterilizing grade). Mask liquid is the key to sheet masks, and the specific preparation steps are as follows:

1.1 Reverse osmosis water purification system: water quality guarantee for mask liquid

The water content of mask liquid is usually more than 70%, and the water quality directly affects product safety and stability. Raw water through multi-media filtration to remove suspended solids, and then by activated carbon adsorption of organic matter, into the reverse osmosis membrane system to remove more than 98% of the ionic impurities, and ultimately through the electrodeionization (EDI) module purification, to get in line with the production standards of pure water, laying the groundwork for the preparation of mask liquid.

1.2 Stirring tank and emulsifier: adapt to the mixing requirements of the formula according to the needs

According to the differences in the formula of the mask liquid, choose the corresponding equipment to realize the fusion of ingredients:

Mixing tank: if only water-soluble thickening agents (such as xanthan gum and hyaluronic acid) are included, an ordinary stirring tank can satisfy the needs of dissolution, and a complex process is not required;

Vacuum Emulsifier Mixer  : it is used for mixing the components of the oil phase and the water phase evenly to form a stable emulsion. Vacuum homogenizing emulsifier ensures material particle refinement and uniform dispersion through high-speed shearing and stirring action, enhancing product texture and stability. Vacuum emulsifier can realize mixing, defoaming and sterilizing simultaneously (with CIP) to improve product stability and shelf life.

1.3 Plate Heat Exchanger + Precision Filter: Guarantee the quality of mask liquid

After mixing the mask liquid, it needs to control the quality through two key processes:

Plate Heat Exchanger: The material liquid will be cooled down to below 30℃ through plate heat exchanger to prevent the degradation of heat-sensitive components;

Precision Filter: The impurities and microorganisms will be removed by 0.22μm microporous filters, to ensure that mask liquid is free of bacteria and impurities. Precision filter: impurities and microorganisms are removed by 0.22μm microporous filter to ensure that the mask liquid is sterile and free of impurities.

2.How It Works: 3-Step Safe Filling (No Complex Operations)

After the preparation of mask liquid, it needs to be combined with the film cloth and through the packaging, quality inspection, and ultimately become a saleable finished product. This stage covers the film cloth processing, filling and sealing, quality inspection to the packaging of the whole process, the steps are interlocked: 

2.1 Facial Mask Folding Machine

Mask Folding Machine to fold the film cloth (optional 3-fold or 4-fold), and then the folded film cloth into the inside of the mask bag, in preparation for the subsequent filling.

2.2 Facial Mask Filling Machine

The bag filled with the film cloth for sterilization, the bag inside and outside and the film cloth are sterilized. When the bag, film cloth sterilization is completed, artificial placement of the mask bag, mask filling machine for mask liquid filling, sealing, coding, out is a piece of finished product mask.

2.3 Weighing Machine for Piece

Filling completed out of the finished product, weighing and elimination of the integrated machine (piece weighing) will be underfilled, leakage of the mask products to ensure that the quality of each packet of products within the specified range.

2.4 Turret Counting Machine & Cartoning Machine:

The selected finished masks flow into the next step, which is to pack a piece of mask according to the product requirements, count and organize and carton; or it can be manually counted by the workers and then loaded into the box of the masks, the operation mode is chosen according to the production requirements.

2.5 Weighing Machine for Box

The finished mask box will be weighed to confirm the finished product, and eliminate unqualified products, to avoid the lack of pieces, leakage of the box into the market.

2.6 Shrink film machine

The final packaging of the mask box, the regular use is wrapped transparent film. Completion of the final packaging can be s

3.The production line selection proposal

sheet mask production process, some equipment can be replaced by artificial, so that the initial investment is not a good reference for customers; but if you want to save labor, improve efficiency, or recommended to choose fully automatic mask production line, according to the scale of production and budgetary decision-making:

artificial substitution scenarios: suitable for start-up brands, small batch production. Folding the film cloth, manual counting and cartoning, etc. will be handed over to manual, only retain the core equipment (such as mixing tanks, filling machines), to reduce the initial investment;

Fully automated production line scenarios: suitable for large-scale production, choose the equipment from the film cloth folding, filling and sealing to the point of counting and cartoning, outer packaging of the whole process of automation, reduce manual error, improve efficiency.

If you need to know more about mask production line, or want to customize the production plan, get the parameters of the equipment, you can contact us at any time, we will provide one-to-one technical support and solutions!