DETERGENT POWDER PRODUCTION PLANTS Model DGC for the manufacture of concentrated granulated / agglomerated detergents (no-tower process)

Very strong modifications into the detergent powders manufacturing technology have been introduced in the last years: non-tower processes utilizing granulation to obtain detergent powder are now standard in many places in Europe, USA and Japan, thanks to the many advantages they offer when compared with traditional spray drying plants:

• lower investment (approx. 30% less for the plant and 50% less for building
and installation)
• much lower energy consumption (approx. 50% less) hence reduced manufacturing costs and consequent lower product cost
• easier start-up and shut-down

Binacchi DGC granulation plants are suitable for high, medium-high and medium density powders, ranging between 700 and 1200 g/l. The product obtained is a free flowing, dust-free detergent powder of very constant granulometry, in line with the most modern market trends of ìcompactî or "ultra" products.
The products which can obtained are: washing machine powders, hand washing powders, dish washing powders, scouring powders. Binacchi welcomes you to carry out production tests of your formulations and your raw materials on a real production plants.

DGC plants can be operated 1, 2 or 3 shifts per day and they do not produce any liquid effluents while exhaust air is purified by a filter to permit its free discharge into the atmosphere.

The DGC plant produces synthetic detergent powders using the agglomeration-granulation technology, consisting of neutralization of LABS with soda ash (sodium carbonate) and other alkaline raw materials in a Continuous Granulator - Agglomerator - Neutralizer. Other powders (builders and fillers) like zeolite, sodium sulphate etc. are also introduced and granulated. The humid granules are then dryed in a fluid bed dryer. After it there is a post-addition section for the incorporation of thermo-sensitive materials, like perborate, enzymes, etc.