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How Urine Test Strips Are Made?

The urine test strips consist of a ribbon made of plastic or paper of about 5 millimetre wide, plastic strips have pads impregnated with chemicals that react with the compounds present in urine producing a characteristic colour. For the paper strips the reactants are absorbed directly onto the paper.

How do urine dipsticks work?

A dipstick — a thin, plastic stick with strips of chemicals on it — is placed in the urine. The chemical strips change color if certain substances are present or if their levels are above typical levels. A dipstick test checks for: Acidity (pH), glucose, protein, ketones, bilirubin, microalbumin, leukocytes, nitrite, urobilinogen, ascorbate, creatinine, calciu, red blood cell, etc.

Types of urine tests:

Single type urine test strips:

Red blood cell urine test
Glucose urine test strips
Protein urine test
Urine pH level test.
Ketones urine test.
Bilirubin urine test.
Urine specific gravity test.
Microalbumin urine test
Leukocytes urine test
Nitrite urine test
Urobilinogen urine test
Ascorbate urine test
Creatinine urine test
Calcium urine test

Combination urine test strips:

2 parameters urine test strips: Testing Item: Glucose,Ketone
2 parameters urine test strips: Testing Item: Glucose,Protein
3 parameters urine test strips: Testing Item: Glucose,PH,Protein
3 parameters urine test strips: Testing Item: Leukocytes,Nitrite,PH
4 parameters urine test strips: Testing Item: Glucose,PH,Specific Gravity,Protein
5 parameters urine test strips: Testing Item:Glucose,PH,Protein,Ketone,Blood
10 parameters urine test strips: Testing Item: Leucocyte, Nitrite, Urobilinogen, Protein, PH, Blood ,Specific Gravity, Ketone, Bilirubin, Glucose
11 parameters urine test strips: Testing Item: Leucocyte, Nitrite, Urobilinogen, Protein, PH, Blood ,Specific Gravity, Ascorbate, Ketone, Bilirubin, Glucose
11 parameters urine test strips: Testing Item: Testing Item: Bilirubin, Urobilinogen, Ketone, Blood, Protein, Nitrite, Leukocytes, Glucose, Specific Gravity, PH, Microalbumin
12 parameters urine test strips: Testing Item: Leucocyte, Nitrite, Urobilinogen, Protein, PH, Blood, Specific Gravity, Ketone, Bilirubin, Glucose, Creatinine,Microalbumin
14 parameters urine test strips: Testing Item: Leucocyte, Nitrite, Urobilinogen, Protein, PH, Blood, Specific Gravity, Ascorbate, Ketone, Bilirubin, Glucose, Microalbumin,Creatinine,Calcium

How to manufacture urine test strips?

Here is simple illustration of flowchart how to manufacture urinalysis strips.
There are two options to start your own business
Option 1:
Everything complete produce by youself, request below materials & equipment.
Materials: multiple types chemicals
Machines: 
1. Paper Slitting Machine
2. Drying & Soaking Machine
3. Laminating & Cutting Machine
4. Assembling & Cutting Machine
5. Strips Cutting Machine

Option 2:
Start from uncut, only need strip cutter machine enough.
1. Urine test uncut sheet
2. Strip cutter machine
Option 1
Every steps produce by self
how to manufacture urine-test-strips

Paper Slitting Machine
Step 1: cut raw paper materials into small roll to bath chemical

equipment for urinalysis-tests manufacturing
equipment for urinalysis-test-strips manufacturing

Drying & Soaking Machine
Step 2: Chemical bathing and drying

equipment for urine-strips manufacturing
equipment for urine-routine-test manufacturing

Laminating & Cutting Machine
Step 3: Laminating the chemical paper with double side tape and cut into small roll 5mm width

equipment for urine-dipstick-test manufacturing
equipment for urinalysis-strips manufacturing

Assembling & Cutting Machine
Step 4: Assembly uncut sheet, some types chemical roll stick on one backing card, become big uncut sheet, for example, if making 10 types urine test strips, then in sequence stick 10 types urine chemical roll (5mm/roll) on backing card.

equipment for keto-urine-strips manufacturing
equipment for urine-protein-test manufacturing

Strips Cutting Machine
Step 5: Cutting the uncut sheet to get strips

strip cutter for ketone-urine-test manufacturing
strip cutter for ph-urine-test manufacturing

Step 6: Packing into bottle

urine-dipstick manufacturing

How to choose equipment for urine test strips manufacturing

Plan A

Annual capacity: 12,000,000 urine strips
Working day: 300 days
Working hour daily: 8 hours 

Total need 5 machines:
1 unit Paper cutter (Step 1)
1 unit Dry cabinet (Step 2)
1 unit Laminator (Step 3)
1 unit Assembler (Step 4)
1 unit Strip cutter (Step 5)

Plan B

Annual capacity: 24,000,000 urine strips
Working day: 300 days
Working hour daily: 8 hours

Total need 6 machines:
1 unit Paper cutter (Step 1)
2 units Dry cabinet (Step 2)
1 unit Laminator (Step 3)
1 unit Assembler (Step 4)
1 unit Strip cutter (Step 5)

Formulas for urine test strips manufacturing

Formula of urine ph test strip

Total 14 formulas, 2022 new update formulas for urine test strips production
IngredientContentCAS
Ethanol absolute40g64-17-5
Bromocresol green0.05g76-60-8
Methyl Orange0.06g547-58-0
Bromothymol Blue0.25g76-59-5
Phenolphthalein0.5g77-09-8
Ultrapure water100g
100 degree Celsius to dry till finish.

The chemicals (partial) widely used in urine test strips manufacturing

ChemicalsCAS
Sulfuric acid7664-93-9
Hydrochloric acid7647-01-0
Sodium chloride7647-14-5
D-(+)-Trehalose Anhydrous 99-20-7
Ethanol64-17-5
TWEEN 209005-64-5
... ...... ...
Here is only partial chemicals to show
Option 2
Start from uncut sheet, easy for a startup company
For beginning, use a manual strip cutter enough, here is catalogue: Strip Cutter Machine
urine-test-strips-uncut-sheet
Urine test uncut sheet
Strip cutter machine (fully automated)

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