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07.10.2025  |  599x
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Product Design for High-Performance Detergent Applications

Optimize formulations for detergent components, ensure specific functions and protect valuable ingredients

Do you want to make your detergents more sustainable with new formulations, improved cleaning efficacy while reducing the consumption of raw materials and packaging materials?

Fluid bed technology and spouted bed technology, with a wide range of process options, enable defined adjustment of bulk densities, stabilization of mixtures and, of course, separation of active ingredients – such as bleaching agents, perfume oils or enzymes – by coating the individual components.

There are many adjusting screws and leeway, from specific particle shapes and sizes to the release of individual ingredients. Synthesis by chemical reaction is also possible. The different processes in the fluid bed are used specifically to spray different liquids simultaneously. Due to the variety of options, a wide range of end product properties can be achieved. These are influenced by the properties of the starting materials, the plant geometry and the selection of the process parameters

We improve the solubility of your detergents. We ensure that ingredients are homogeneously distributed in particles with a broad, selectively adjustable particle size spectrum. In addition, the refined substances can be compacted and dosed better, more specifically and more reliably. They are more stable in storage and can be color-matched to the product design.

We will be pleased to support you in the realization of your product innovations. At the Glatt Technology Center in Weimar, we work with you to determine the optimum process conditions for your product in feasibility trials for product development. Various laboratory facilities and comprehensive analytical equipment are available for this purpose. On our pilot plants, we optimize the process and scale it up reliably to a stable and economical production scale. The results from this form the basis for the design and construction as well as the erection of your fluid bed or spouted bed plant, tailored to your requirements. As an alternative to our own process technology, we offer you the outsourcing of your production by means of contract manufacturing at Glatt.

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Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH
Glatt is specialized in intelligent particle design for the generation and functionalization of powders and granulates with defined, adjustable properties. The focus is on particles and powders for pigments, catalytic, ceramic or battery materials as well as for granules and pellets as additives for e.g. industrial salts, detergents and cleaning agents, fertilizers, pesticides, food, feed, dietary supplements and pharmaceuticals. Encapsulation of flavors, enzymes, vitamins, microorganisms, probiotics or fatty acids (PUFA) is just as possible as encapsulation of essential oils and other active, sensitive substances to be protected. With Glatt APPtec®, a unique technology for spray calcination, it is possible to generate, coat and then calcine particles in a pulsing hot gas stream in a single process step. As a pioneer in fluid bed and spouted bed technologies, Glatt masters these important processes for the formulation and optimization of particle properties through defined spray agglomeration, spray granulation, spray coating or (micro)encapsulation as well as through combinations of these processes. Also in the high temperature range. Glatt supports the product idea from the early phase of product formulation through process development to scale-up to production scale. Under the leadership of the Glatt Process & Plant Engineering teams, customized production plants for nutrition, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biotech applications are successfully planned and commissioned. Worldwide. Whether based on powder synthesis, fluid bed or spouted bed technology, Glatt also offers certified contract manufacturing for customers without their own production capacities.
Last update: 28.10.2025

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