How to make my production line more efficient? (Melting/Cooling Oils)
I own a natural skincare brand where most products contain just 2 or 3 ingredients.
Our current process looks like this-
We melt hard oils/butters in a large oil melter
We dispense these oils into small bowls and mix with a liquid (carrier) oil
We let the mixture cool and we blend with a hand mixer
We do this across dozens of small bowls (more surface area for cooling)
When 4-5 of the smaller bowls are at a similar consistency we add them to a large mixer
The large mixer blends the smaller mixes into one mix of the same consistency
We then dispense this larger mix into our dispensing machine and fill the jars
This smaller bowls part is coming really inefficient at scale and dispensing straight into the large mixer creates too much condensed heat and takes forever to cool down enough.
We have tried to blend the hard oil as a solid with the carrier oil as a liquid and it creates an awful texture.
We have found that when the carrier oil is colder, it is almost solid and cools the solution down quicker but still isn't hugely efficient.
Ideally I need a way of cooling down the large mixture of even just avoiding the mixture getting too hot.
Does anyone have a solution?
