Gako UNGUATOR Q User manual
Operang Instrucons and Producon Recommendaons
Q
Dear UNGUATOR® user,
thank you for choosing the UNGUATOR® Mixing Technology,
a quality system
for advanced prescripon compounding.
Please read the operaons manual carefully.
For addional informaon about the use
and operaon of the
UNGUATOR® Mixing Technology,
please feel free to contact us at
contact@unguator.com
Table of content
1. Installaon informaon 1
2. Inial operaon 3
3. Display-operaon 3
4. Menu guide 3
5. UNGUATOR® Technology 4
5.1 UNGUATOR® mixing machines 5
5.1.1 UNGUATOR® B/R 5
5.1.2 UNGUATOR® e/s 6
5.1.3 UNGUATOR® 2100 6
5.1.4 UNGUATOR® Q 7
5.2 UNGUATOR® Assortment 7
5.2.1 UNGUATOR® Mixing Blade (MB) 7
5.2.2 UNGUATOR® Jar 10
5.2.3 UNGUATOR® Varionozzles 13
5.2.4 UNGUATOR® Applicators 14
5.2.5 UNGUATOR® Spindle 14
5.2.6 UNGUATOR® Coupling 15
5.2.7 AirDynamic® Pumpball System 16
6. General guidelines for the UNGUATOR® Technology 16
6.1 Preparing the UNGUATOR® Mixing System 16
6.2 Weighingporonoftheformulaon 17
6.3 The mixing process 17
6.4 Formulaonprograms 18
6.4.1 Quick-ID-Start 18
6.4.2 Auto-Q 20
6.4.3 Individual 21
6.4.4 Standard 22
6.4.5 Manual 25
6.5 Mixingme 26
6.6 SelecngtheUNGUATOR®Jarsize 27
6.7 Condionoftheingredientsforanyformula 27
6.8 Aerthemixingprocessiscomplete 29
6.9 Idencaonnumber 30
6.10 Operangerrors 31
6.11 Cleaning the UNGUATOR® Q 33
7. General notes on the UNGUATOR® Mixing System 34
7.1 Patentprotecon 34
7.2 Qualityassuranceoftheointments 34
7.3 Potenalsourcesofnonconformances 35
8. Service and warranty 36
8.1 Notesonmalfuncons 36
8.2 Manufacturer’sserviceandwarranty 36
8.3 Notesonmaintenance 36
8.4 Notesonsafety 37
9. Technical data of the UNGUATOR® Q 38
9.1 Quality and material 38
10. References 38
11. Bibliography 39
12. Manufacturer’s cercate 41
13. Distribuon, manufacturing and customer service 42
Index of pictures
Pic. 1: UNGUATOR® Q 2
Pic.2: Displaywithsplashscreen 3
Pic. 3: Select “display”, “language”, and “key sound” 4
Pic. 4: UNGUATOR® B/R 5
Pic. 5: UNGUATOR® e/s 6
Pic. 6: UNGUATOR® 2100 6
Pic. 7: UNGUATOR® Q 7
Pic.8: UNGUATOR®SMB 8
Pic.9: UNGUATOR®disposableblade 8
Pic.10: HandlingtheUNGUATOR®disp.blade 9
Pic.11: AssignmentoftheUNGUATOR®SMBwithdierentlengthofsha 9
Pic. 12: UNGUATOR® Jars 11
Pic.13: CercateofanalysisfortheUNGUATOR®Jarof50ml 12
Pic.14: DispensingwithregularUNGUATOR®varionozzle 13
Pic.15: DispensingwithUNGUATOR®1mmvarionozzle
or UNGUATOR® applicator short 13
Pic.16: DispensingwithUNGUATOR®2mmvarionozzle
or UNGUATOR® applicator long 13
Pic.17: DispensingwithUNGUATOR®varionozzles4mm 13
Pic.18: UNGUATOR®Varionozzles 13
Pic.19: UNGUATOR®Applicatorshort 14
Pic. 20: UNGUATOR® Applicator long 14
Pic.21: HowtooperatetheUNGUATOR®Spindle 15
Pic. 22: UNGUATOR® Spindle 15
Pic. 23: UNGUATOR® Coupling 15
Pic. 24: UNGUATOR® AirDynamic ® Pumpballsystem 16
Pic.25: Program“Quick-ID-Start” 18
Pic.26: Liingarminstartposionforthe“Manual”mixingprogram 26
Pic.27: IdencaonNumber 30
Index of tables
Tab.1: Qualityimprovementwithincreasingautomaon 5
Tab. 2: Number/Jarsizecorrelaon 19
Tab.3: Leer/Timecorrelaon 19
Tab.4: Number/Rpmcorrelaon 19
Tab.5: Minimumvaluesformixingmeat2150rpminmin:s 27
Tab.6: Minimumvaluesformixingmeat1650rpminmin:s 27
Tab.7: Number/Jarsizecorrelaon 30
Tab.8: Leer/Timecorrelaon 30
Tab.9: Number/Rpmcorrelaon 31
Tab.10: TechnicaldataoftheUNGUATOR®Q 38
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1. Installaon informaon
Select a suitable locaon for the UNGUATOR® Q.
CAUTION! The UNGUATOR® Q weighs almost 30 lbs (16,5 kg). It is recommended to have an
assistant while carrying and moving the equipment to the nal desnaon.
Ensure that there is enough space to operate the UNGUATOR® Q. This must include
sucient space around the UNGUATOR® Q to provide proper venlaon.
Select a proper environment:
• Solid, horizontal surface
• Away from direct air ow from air condioning systems, heaters, open windows or fans.
• Keep the temperature between 15°- 30° C (59°- 86°F) and maximum humidity of 80%.
• Clean, dry and dust-free.
Remove all components from the cardboard box. Check to ensure that the following
components are included in your shipment:
• UNGUATOR® Q mixing device
• Power cable
• Operang instrucons
Please contact your responsible UNGUATOR® dealer and/or supplier immediately in case
that components are missing or arrived damaged. Aerwards, we will not accept any claims
regarding missing or defect items, they will be for your account!
Please hold on to the original cardboard box and packing material in case you have to send
the UNGUATOR® Q in for service.
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display
“Esc” buon to
exit or abort a
program
“-” buon to select
“+” buon to select
liing arm
power plug
main power switch/
emergency o
Pic.1: UNGUATOR® Q
2. Inial Operaon
On the back of the UNGUATOR® Q you will nd the interface for the power cord. The power
switch “O/I“ is also the emergency switch and it is located at the base of the machine, on
the right side. Inially check if the power switch of the Unguator® is switched o. Second,
connect the power cable to the device, and nally connect the power cable to the outlet.
Now you can turn the power switch of the UNGUATOR ® QMS on using the “I / O”. The device
is ready to be used.
During cold weather condion, plan in advance 30 minutes to allow the UNGUATOR® Q to
acclimate.
3. Display-operaon
The face of the UNGUATOR® Q device shows both a panel with four keys “Esc”, “-”, “+”, ok”
for manual control or command input and a display screen. Aer turning the UNGUATOR® Q
on pressing the main power switch, a splash screen appears on the display. The splash screen
of your device might vary from brelow picture 34. The top bar shows the total number of
preparaons and current soware version code of the device. By pressing any key the “Start
Menu” will appear.
4. Menu guide
On the right of the UNGUATOR® Q face you will nd a panel with keys “Esc”, “-”, “+“ and “ok”.
By operang the keys “+” or “-” you may move up and down the navigaon bar. Pressing
“ok” you may select and conrm. Pressing the “Esc” key you move back one step.
Addional opons...
Pic. 2: Display with splash screen
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Pressing the “Esc” key you will move from the “Start Menu” to the seng opons. Here,
you may change the background color of your display, the operang language and ac-
vate or deacvate a key sound.
Changes in the language or in the color background might take a few seconds loading
prior being acvated. Aer pressing the “Esc” key you will reach the “Start Menu” again.
You will nd descripons of the “Start menu” programs in the following chapter 6.3,
“Formulaon programs”.
5. UNGUATOR® Technology
The UNGUATOR® Technology reduces the mechanical preparaon of formulaon ointments
to the least common denominator. The core of UNGUATOR® Technology consists of
the patented arrangement of the UNGUATOR® Mixing Blade adapted to the
requirements of prescripon ointments and the UNGUATOR® Jar that serves as both
a hygienic mixing jar and a hygienic dispensing jar.
The principle of the preparaon method using UNGUATOR® Technology in the closed
UNGUATOR® Mixing System is quick and easy to learn, true to the moo.
learning by doing
A lile experience will make it easy to prepare ointments though they may seem
rather complicated at rst. Using the UNGUATOR® Technology enables the pharmacy
to beer prepare prescripon ointments in a shorter period of me compared
to convenonal methods that were used prior to the invenon (1994). For the
rst me, it is possible to not only standardize ointments, but also validate them.
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Pic. 3.: Select “display”, “language”, and “key sound”
5.1 UNGUATOR® mixing machines
The current UNGUATOR® mixing machines - UNGUATOR® B/R, UNGUATOR® e/s,
UNGUATOR® 2100 and UNGUATOR Q - are useful and advanced improvements on the
rst UNGUATOR® launched in 1994. They are designed for a working capacity of approx.
500 work hours which corresponds to approximately 15,000 to 20,000 preparaons.
The UNGUATOR® mixing machines feature a high safety standard and were tested by
TÜV-Rheinland, Germany for safety. The devices are manufactured under license and
maintained by dened service partners.
Product quality, product uniformity and reproducibility of ointments prepared individually
and in batches were improved with the increasing automaon of the UNGUATOR® units
starng with the individual model B/R- through e/s-, Q- and 2100 model.
Method of
ointment
preparaon
Pharmaceucal
Quality
Uniformity of
ointment
Liing arm Mixing parameters
Mortar and
pestle
++ + n/a manual
UNGUATOR® B/R +++ ++ manual manually adjustable
UNGUATOR® e/s +++ +++ automac individually programmable
UNGUATOR® Q ++++ ++++ automac Totally automac
UNGUATOR®
2100
++++ ++++ automac fully automac
5.1.1 UNGUATOR® B/R
The UNGUATOR® B/R is the basic machine with controlled
mixing motor and manual jar guidance.
Tab. 1: Quality improvement with increasing automaon
Pic. 4: UNGUATOR® B/R
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5.1.2 UNGUATOR® e/s
The UNGUATOR® e/s machine was developed for ecient
individual and batch preparaons. The automated stroke
enables the user to leave the UNGUATOR® e/s during the
mixing process to serve a customer for instance or to prepare
the next formulaon at the same me.
The precisely set sensor for the automac oscillaon arm
will always ascertain at each upward or downward stroke
the exact posion of the UNGUATOR® Jar boom or lid. This
guarantees that the UNGUATOR® Jar is always accessible to
the UNGUATOR® Mixing Blade despite the inevitable vercal
moon during the mixing process. If the stroke length of the
rst stroke was taken as a constant value, then the acve
ingredient weighed out in the lower region of the UNGUATOR® Jar might not be included
in the mixing process by the UNGUATOR® Mixing Blade, geng „lost“ at the boom. The
liing technique of the UNGUATOR® Mixing System prevents this from happening, so that
the result of the mixing process is not just a homogeneous ointment, but also one with the
desired rao of acve ingredients.
5.1.3 UNGUATOR® 2100
The UNGUATOR® 2100 shows all the advantages of its
predecessors and can therefore automacally control the
mixing parameters for each UNGUATOR® Jar size and dierent
types of ointments. The user may program individual mixing
parameters with a maximum of 180 addional programs that
may be individually saved. The UNGUATOR® 2100 can be
connected to a PC via USB interface.
An integrated microprocessor measures the actual
revoluons of the UNGUATOR® Mixing Blade carried out by
the UNGUATOR® 2100. This guarantees that the selected
mixing program will always be idencal, even for paste-like
preparaons, which usually might demand more power from the mixing motor. This makes
it easy to develop new formulaons, cosmecs, etc. using the UNGUATOR® 2100, since
only the composion would change but not the mixing program. As a result, ointments can
now nally be reliably reproduced even in smaller quanes.
The adjustable stroke speed, or the speed of the upward or downward moon of the
automated oscillaon arm, is another unique feature of the UNGUATOR® 2100. This allows
Pic. 5: UNGUATOR® e/s
Pic. 6: UNGUATOR® 2100
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the UNGUATOR® Mixing Blade to rotate at lower speed while the UNGUATOR® Jar quickly
travels up and down and vice versa. This new funcon is parcularly useful using a low
rotang speed of the UNGUATOR® Mixing Blade since it allows the UNGUATOR® Mixing
Blade to mix an ointment homogeneously with a slow stroke.
5.1.4 UNGUATOR® Q
The UNGUATOR Q is the result of connuous improvement
of the UNGUATOR® e/s from the year 2003.
It combines both the mixing funcons of the UNGUATOR® e/s
and the operang concept of the UNGUATOR® 2100. The basic
funconality of the e/s - System, with the seng parameters of
the mixing rotaon speed and me are retained. A signicant
innovaon of the UNGUATOR® Q is the possibility of scaling
one mixing program already created automacally to another
jar size. This enables a constant quality of the formulaons
and as a consequence, has a tremendous me saving result,
since recalculaon can be very me consuming and complex.
5.2 UNGUATOR® Assortment
Appart from the UNGUATOR® Standard Mixing Blade (SMB), the UNGUATOR® Disposable
Blade (Disp. Blade) and the UNGUATOR® Jars, the UNGUATOR® Assortment provides
addional and useful components. These include dosing aids such as the UNGUATOR®
Varionozzles and UNGUATOR® Applicators, removal or transfer aids such as the
UNGUATOR® Spindle, the UNGUATOR® Coupling and the patented AirDynamic® Pumpball
System. All UNGUATOR® products are compable with all currently available UNGUATOR®
Mixing devices.
5.2.1 UNGUATOR® Mixing Blade (MB)
The UNGUATOR® Standard Mixing Blade and the UNGUATOR® Disposable Blade are
designated UNGUATOR® MB’s. The UNGUATOR® MB’s are steadily guided up and down
inside the UNGUATOR® Jar. Their special design results in a ght contact between the
mixing blade and the inside wall of the UNGUATOR® Jar, which serves, primarily, for
comminung the substances during the mixing process. Addionally forced mixing in
the whole mixing unit is achieved through the shape and vibraon of substances while
preparing the ointment.
Pic. 7: UNGUATOR® Q
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The lubricang eect of the ointment and substances generally protects the UNGUATOR®
Jars and the UNGUATOR® MB against abrasion. Discoloraons of the mixing blade are mostly
irreversible and therefore harmless. All UNGUATOR® MB’s are dishwasher safe.
UNGUATOR® Standard mixing blade (SMB)
UNGUATOR® SMBs are adjusted to the size of each
individual UNGUATOR® Jar. While the UNGUATOR® SMBs
for 100 and 200 ml and for the 300 and 500 ml jars have
the same mixing blade diameter, their sha length diers.
This must be taken into consideraon, parculary when
using the UNGUATOR® e/s and the UNGUATOR® 2100,
since the use of the wrong lenght may cause problems
with the automated stroke.
Always make sure the UNGUATOR® MB used is the right
lenght, and that it is clean prior use. (e.g. with isopropanol 70%).
The UNGUATOR® SMB is suitable for the producon of all formulaons. For suspension
ointments and glass cleaning operaons, we recommend the use of the UNGUATOR® Disp.
Blade.
UNGUATOR® Disposable Blade (Disp. Blade)
The UNGUATOR® Disp. Blade is suitable
for all UNGUATOR® devices. The
mixing blade of UNGUATOR® Disp.
Blade is connected to the UNGUATOR®
Disp. Blade sha by twisng the
blade counterclockwise and can be
disconnected aer the mixing process
with a clockwise turn.
The material contact in the ointment
is three mes as high as when using
the Disp. Blade compared to the UNGUATOR® SMB at the same mixing speed. The counter
rotang twist of the mixing blades causes intensive material vibraon in the material to be
mixed and achieves good product quality faster than using the UNGUATOR® SMB. We do
however recommend using the same mixing me as for the UNGUATOR® SMB.
In the process of nal quality control the mixing blade can be picked up and discarded with
the small end of the sha, or le inside the jar. Cleaning is limited to the UNGUATOR® Disp.
Blade sha. We recommend using the UNGUATOR® Disp. Blade for substances that may
Pic. 8: UNGUATOR® SMB
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Fig. 9: UNGUATOR® disposable blade
discolor the regular blade. This type of UNGUATOR® MB also
comes with dierent sha lengths. The range of UNGUATOR®
Jar sizes that can be used for the applicaon is marked for
orientaon on the weak end of the sha. (15-100 ml and 200 ml
respecvely)
Assignment of the UNGUATOR® MB
Please take care to use the correct UNGUATOR® SMB for the
corresponding UNGUATOR® Jar (see Pic. 8). Selecng the wrong
sha/blade may cause problems and failure messages.
Please also ensure that the right sha is used when working with the UNGUATOR® Disp.
Blade. Both available shas are marked for use with sizes 15–100ml or 200ml in the
UNGUATOR® Jar. They have to be combined with the correct UNGUATOR® Disp. Blade,
and while the same UNGUATOR® Disp. Blade is used for the 100 and 200ml UNGUATOR®
Jar sizes, it sll needs a dierent sha for each. See also the operang instrucons that
come with the disposable blade shas.
Pic. 11: Assignment of the UNGUATOR® SMB with dierent length of shas
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Pic. 10: Handling the
UNGUATOR® disp. blade
Flowing recesses of the UNGUATOR® SMB
The ow-adapted shape of the UNGUATOR® SMB generally cleans itself during the
rotang penetraon of the ointment. Unmixed ingredients may adhere to recesses of ow
of the UNGUATOR® SMB depending on ointment’s ingredients’ compability of weighted
formulaon and also if the UNGUATOR® Jar is considerably under lled (e.g. large volumes
of powder). These remnants should be transferred into the UNGUATOR® Jar using a
spatula when about half of the mixing me is complete. The air should be decreased again
following this process. When using the UNGUATOR ® Disp. Blade, however, there are no
recesses of ow and no remedial work is generally required.
Heang
The heat that develops from the fricon between the UNGUATOR® MB and the inside
wall of the UNGUATOR® Jar is required. Decreased viscosity increases the wetability
of powders and accelerates the penetraon of potenal powder pockets. Even the
emulsifying readiness of fats and oils is beneted by heat. A temperature of 54°C/129°F
was the maximum taken aer 6 minutes of mixing a highly pasty preparaon made of
vaseline and zinc oxide aa at full speed. This temperature increase is generally safe for the
substances used in the pharmaceucal eld. Ointments of low viscosity only heat slightly
[2]. Volale substances such as ethereal oils or alcohol do not evaporate from the closed
UNGUATOR® Mixing System.
Cleaning the UNGUATOR® MB
The UNGUATOR® MB is normally cleaned with a paper towel and, if necessary, held under
a hot water faucet and then dried with the paper towel. UNGUATOR® MBs can also be
cleaned in a dishwasher.
The UNGUATOR® devices as well as the UNGUATOR® line of products should never be
treated with sharp-edged objects or abrasive cleaning agents.
5.2.2 UNGUATOR® Jar
The UNGUATOR® Jar is both the mixing and the dispensing jar and is therefore designed
as an expendable or disposable jar. The UNGUATOR® Jar guarantees evaporaon-free and
contaminaon-free preparaon in the air-reduced mixing space.
The UNGUATOR® Jar Lid closes the UNGUATOR® Jar to ensure no loss of acve ingredients.
Used as a dispensing jar, the UNGUATOR® Jar corresponds to the guidelines for quality
assurance from the German Chamber of Pharmacists (“Apothekerkammer”).
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With its small dispensing opening, comparable to a tube and
without an environmental contaminaon surface, the UNGUATOR®
guarantees the minimizaon of negave quality interference
demanded by secon 13, ApBetrO (Pharmacist Operang
Regulaons); including those caused by germs on the ngers when
dispensing the ointment. Consequently, the user can remove the
prescripon ointment from the UNGUATOR® Jar very hygienically.
The UNGUATOR® Jar is resistant to hot-water baths and
microwaves with temperatures below 85°C/185°F. Higher
temperatures may alter the ghtness of the UNGUATOR®
Jar and the displaceability of the boom (“push-up process might be negavely impacted).
The UNGUATOR® material becomes brile at temperatures below 0 °C/32 °F. UNGUATOR®
Jars are available in the following sizes: 15/28 ml, 20/33 ml, 30/42 ml, 50/70 ml, 100/140
ml, 200/280 ml, 300/390 ml, 500/600 ml and 1000/1250 ml (rated volume/lling volume).
The standard color for the UNGUATOR® Jar housing is white and the UNGUATOR® Jar Lid is
red. The 300 ml, 500 ml and 1000 ml UNGUATOR® Jars come with white lids. In addion,
the 20 ml to 200 ml UNGUATOR® Jars are available in the pastel colors pink, light yellow,
light blue and turquoise. Furthermore, UNGUATOR® Jars from 20 to 200 ml are available
with special colors lids, green, blue and white. Upon special demand and dened quanty,
UNGUATOR® Jars from 20 to 200ml may also be ordered in customized colors.
All UNGUATOR® Jars come sealed in plasc packaging. Cleaning or disinfecon prior usage
could put the cered asepsis at risk. We would recommend storing the UNGUATOR® Jars
in its plasc packaging aer opening for protecon against possible dust contaminaon.
The UNGUATOR® Jar sizes 300 to 1000 ml are parcularly well suited as storage and
transfer vessels for semisolids and other preparaons. Since the contents dispensed
using the movable jar boom are always close to the lid, the UNGUATOR® Jar solves
the problem of the unsightly contents in tradional porcelain vessels used previously.
Evaporaon, formaon of crust, contaminaon and oxidaon processes can thereby
be avoided to a great extent. Furthermore, the contents of the UNGUATOR® Jar can be
moved close to the lid aer spatula dispensing using the UNGUATOR® Spindle or the
AirDynamic® Pumpball System.
The body of the UNGUATOR® Jar sizes 300 to 1000 ml can be cleaned in a dishwasher
as long as it has not le the pharmacy. Asepsis has to be ensured before reuse though.
The movable boom of the UNGUATOR® Jar is not suitable for the dishwasher and the
sealing lip of the UNGUATOR® Jar Lid may be destroyed aer repeated mixing. The
corresponding UNGUATOR® Jar Lids or jar booms can be ordered in sets of ve and
used for the economical reuse of the body.
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Pic. 12: UNGUATOR® Jar
The UNGUATOR® Jar is subject to periodic inspecons in accordance to the German “ZL”
packing regulaon DK II/94. All plasc materials, which come into contact with food are
manufactured according to the legal requirements of the EU plasc regulaon N° 10/2011
and N° 1935/2004 (version 01/2013).
A cercate of analysis is issued aer batch-dened examinaons. The documentaon
of primary packaging materials at the pharmacy spulates that the manufacturer’s
test cercate (cercate of analysis) is retained aer receiving visual inspecon. This
cercate is axed to the plasc packaging of the UNGUATOR® Jars. It may be removed
from the plasc packaging as needed and added to the records.
Analysenzerkat / Cercate of Analysis Dat. 01.03.2012
UNGUATOR® Kruke / Jar
EINWEGEFÄSS VOR GEBRAUCH NICHT SPÜLEN
DISPOSABLE / DO NOT RINSE BEFORE USAGE
NENN- / FÜLL- / NOMINAL- / FILLING -VOL.: 50/70 ml
PZN: 0471975 * INHALT / PACKING UNIT:10 ST / pcs
ART. / PROD.-NR.: 808 CHARGE: 1234/56P78
Geprü nach ZL-Verp.-Vorschri: DK II/94
Examined acc. to central lab. pack. regul.: DK II/94
Lichtdurchlässigkeit / Opaqueness :OK
Parkelgehalt / Parcle Concentraon :OK
Farbbeständigkeit / Color Fastness : OK
Dichgkeit / Seal Integrity :OK
Mikrobiologie / Microbiology :OK
gez/signed: Grieser (head of quality assurance)
GAKO® Konietzko GmbH * www.unguator.com
Notes on Dispensing Ointment
Each customer should be given specic instrucons at how to apply the UNGUATOR®
Jars when handing to the individual client. The use of the UNGUATOR® Spindle should be
explained for large UNGUATOR® Jars. Low viscosity ointments should be equipped with an
UNGUATOR® Applicator or an UNGUATOR® Varionozzle to reduce the dispensed volume.
Medium viscosity ointments can easily be extracted through the regular opening of the
UNGUATOR® Jar. Very pasty ointments (e.g. pasta zinc) may not necessarely be pressed
through the regular opening, even by using a spindle.
In this case, once the UNGUATOR® Jar lid has been removed, the ointment can be extracted
with the help of a spatula, similar to handling convenonal jars with a regular lid. If the
UNGUATOR® Jar Lid has been removed, the ointment should be pushed up close to the lid
aer each dispensing process, using the UNGUATOR® Spindle or the AirDynamic® System.
The diameter of the dispensing nozzle allows simple dosing of the quanty of ointment to
be applied using approximate values. The regular dispensing nozzle in the screw lid of each
UNGUATOR® Jar has a diameter of 8mm. The varionozzles or applicators reduce the
PIc. 13: Cercate of Analysis for the UNGUATOR® jar of 50 ml
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diameter to 4, 2 or 1 mm. The approximate values represented in the following diagrams may
also be helpful to weight out concentrated acve substances or regular trituraon from the
UNGUATOR® Jar.
5.2.3 UNGUATOR® Varionozzles
The UNGUATOR® Varionozzles with inner diameters of 1, 2
or 4 mm can be pressed into the dispensing opening of the
UNGUATOR® jar lid. They reduce the opening size, making
it possible to safely dose even low-viscosity formulaons.
The viscosity of the nished product normally species the
diameter of the UNGUATOR® Varionozzles. The soly rounded
surface allows ointment to be pleasantly distributed on the skin.
The coloring was selected corresponding to the wavelength of light:
• 4 mm: red (long-wavelength light)
• 2 mm: yellow
• 1 mm: blue (short-wavelength light)
Pic. 18: UNGUATOR®
Varionozzles
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Lenght of ointment rope in cm
Lenght of ointment rope in cm
Lenght of ointment rope in cm
Pic. 14: Dispensing with regular
UNGUATOR® varionozzle
Quantity of ointment in ml
Lenght of ointment rope in cm
Quantity of ointment in ml
Pic. 15: Dispensing with UNGUATOR® 1mm
varionozzle or UNGUATOR® applicator short
Quantity of ointment in ml Quantity of ointment in ml
Pic. 16: Dispensing with UNGUATOR®
2mm varionozzle or UNGUATOR®
applicator long
Pic. 17: Dispensing with UNGUATOR®
varionozzles 4 mm
5.2.4 UNGUATOR® Applicators
The UNGUATOR® Applicators reduce the dispensed quanty of low-viscosity formula-
ons and are parcularly helpful in cases where the ointment must
be applied precisely.
UNGUATOR® Applicator short
The UNGUATOR® Applicator short with a diameter of 1mm is
obligatory for nose and ear ointments. The UNGUATOR® Applicator
short comes with a cap to close the applicator
UNGUATOR® Applicator long
The UNGUATOR® Applicator long with a diameter of 2 mm allows
formulaons to be introduced into large orices of the body or
probes. Moreover, the UNGUATOR® Applicator long also comes
inside each UNGUATOR® 200 ml Jar to help pushing up the boom
of this jar size in full. The UNGUATOR® Applicator long is generally
available both with and without cap.
5.2.5 UNGUATOR® Spindle
The UNGUATOR® Spindle serves as a dispensing system for UNGUATOR® jar sizes 300 ml
or 500 ml UNGUATOR® Jars that come with UNGUATOR® Spindles. The spindle has to
be removed by rotang it clockwise prior the mixing process. The boom can be slid
up and down when the UNGUATOR® Spindle is screwed slightly (1/2 to max. 1 turn)
counterclockwise without perforang the movable boom (a slight resistance can be felt
before the boom is perforated).
Air can be decreased by placing the UNGUATOR® Jar onto the table and using both hands
pushing the jar against the table.
Before giving the UNGUATOR® Jar to the customer, the UNGUATOR® Spindle must be
screwed in the UNGUATOR® Jar counter clockwise from the boom ll it locks into place.
The UNGUATOR® Spindle must be turned clockwise to extract the ointment. To remove
Pic. 20: Applicator long
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Pic. 19: Applicator short
the ointment the UNGUATOR® Spindle must be twisted to the right. One turn dispenses
approx. 20 ml of the contents of the UNGUATOR® Jar.
Cauon! If the movable boom is accidentally perforated or the spindle is permanently
locked in the boom of the jar, the UNGUATOR® Jar may only serve as dispensing or
storage vessel and can no longer be used for the mixing process.
5.2.6 UNGUATOR® Coupling
The UNGUATOR® Coupling connects two UNGUATOR® Jars by
the threads of their dispensing openings and is very useful when
preparing ointments in larger batches. Transferring a formulaon
from a larger UNGUATOR® Jar into a smaller UNGUATOR® Jar using
the UNGUATOR® Coupling will ensure hygiene from the mixing
process to the end user.
The 200ml UNGUATOR® Jar becomes a convenient transfer
device to smaller UNGUATOR® Jars when their UNGUATOR® Jar
booms are carefully pressed towards the work surface using an
UNGUATOR® Applicator (long) screwed on a 30 ml UNGUATOR®
Jar.
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Fig. 23: UNGUATOR®
Coupling
Pic. 22: UNGUATOR® Spindle
Pic. 21 : How to operate the UNGUATOR® Spindle
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