Design and manufacturing of solid detergent products

As a result of increasing demands on the product profile of solid detergent products, the requirements on the ingredients and the manufacturing process for these components are growing as well. A suitable way to achieve the objectives embraces the transformation to a granulated product with tailor-made properties. During development, a main focus has to be put on an optimum granule formulation to fulfill the manifold product and performance criteria. Due to the complexity of the product mixtures, the selection of suitable formulation components most often has to be done experimentally. Unfavorable physical and chemical product properties require additional efforts and multiply the complexity. Finally, the selection of a suitable granulation process which is capable of processing the materials has to be considered from the outset to deliver the desired product quality.