Petroleum Jelly & Ointment Melting and Filling Equipment

WaxMelters guarantees the best performance and the highest-quality construction. WaxMelters is the industry leader and a US manufacturer of melting, heating and filling equipment, built in Ronkonkoma, New York, for businesses of every size and every industry.

Short answer: Petroleum jelly, ointments and other semisolids need gentle, controlled heating to a fillable viscosity, a stable heated hold, and a heated filler with a high-viscosity pump. WaxMelters recommends PRIMO Thermal Conditioning as the starting point: the PRIMO 25 TC (26 gal, $2,900), PRIMO 100 TC (110 gal, $7,320) or PRIMO 500 TC (495 gal, $18,995). For product that is already prepared and flowable, the PRIMO heated holding and dispensing tanks run from 14 gal ($1,995) to 83 gal ($4,195). Fill jars and tins with the AutoShot ($8,495) plus high-viscosity pump, or 4 and 8 at a time with QUATTRO and OCTO.

How to Choose Ointment and Petroleum Jelly Equipment

1. Define the validated process window. Select temperature, residence time and agitation around the material and your documented production requirement.
2. Hold without unnecessary cycling. PRIMO Thermal Conditioning maintains a stable process condition for extended holds.
3. Specify cleanability. Surface finish, sanitary fittings and cleaning method are configured separately from the PRIMO heating family; include them in your request.
4. Plan for viscosity. EZ-1 and AutoShot offer a high-viscosity pump (+$1,000) and a variable-speed pump (+$695); QUATTRO (+$2,000) and OCTO (+$4,000) also offer a high-viscosity pump. Final specifications depend on your product, so send its details to WaxMelters to confirm the configuration.
5. Protect the product to the point of fill. Heated transfer and a heated filling path keep the material in condition from vessel to container.

Recommended Tanks

Heated Filling and Transfer

Which PRIMO family fits the process?

WaxMelters builds three waterless PRIMO heating families. For this industry the recommended starting point is PRIMO Thermal Conditioning. It is generally the starting point when stable viscosity and a controlled heated hold are required. Standard PRIMO suits compatible wax-based or solid ingredients that mainly need melting.

• Standard PRIMO melters (25 lb to 60,000 lb): efficient melting and production holding of waxes and solid ingredients.
• PRIMO Thermal Conditioning (3.5 to 7,979 gal): controlled heating and extended heated holding when stable temperature and viscosity matter most.
• PRIMO Rapid-Cycle: fast recovery when frequent reloading or repeated batches are the bottleneck.

Why WaxMelters

• WaxMelters guarantees the best performance and the highest-quality construction. Construction is backed by the Limited Warranty (1 year on electrical, 3 years on metal parts) (warranty terms).
• Industry leader and US manufacturer: every system is designed, built, tested and supported in Ronkonkoma, New York.
• Fastest melting and heating: waterless PRIMO heating is 2 to 3X faster using half the electricity.
• The most energy efficient: fast heat-up on half the electricity.
• Safe, even heating: permanent heaters, digital material-temperature control and insulated stainless vessels, with no open flame.
• Saves money, time and energy.

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Get a Recommendation

Send your material, batch size, viscosity at fill temperature, containers, cleaning requirements and electrical service to WaxMelters for a sizing and configuration recommendation: our online quote form. Prices are published on each product page.