The firm needed equipment that would package powder and liquid in a flexible film sachet having side-by-side compartments separated by a frangible seal to keep powder and liquid separate until the moment of application. But when research revealed that the machine required was not commercially available, the firm set out to develop its own. Shown here is the result, a machine built by a firm that company founder Jean-Jacques Jaouen prefers not to identify. He notes that his firm has exclusive rights to the equipment for a period of five years.
Running at a speed of about 15 two-compartment sachets/min, the machine incorporates an auger filler on one side and a volumetric liquid filler driven by a peristaltic pump on the other. Flexible film from Glenroy is fed from two rolls on opposite sides, but precisely how the tooling in the middle produces the two-compartment sachet isn’t revealed. Jaouen says that the location of the frangible seal can moved left or right if a product requires a larger or smaller compartment for either powder or liquid. Integrated into the machine is a Videojet thermal-transfer printer that prints whatever product identification, application directions, and net weight information is required. As filled sachets come out of the machine, they’re hand packed three per folding paperboard carton. Also included is an instruction sheet and a spatula for application of the mask on one’s face after the frangible seal is broken and the two ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
Sales of these products, priced at about $52.00 per three-count carton, is done primarily through the Jaouen Beaute Website, www.jaouenbeaute.com.
