Pumping Soap, Not Bubbles

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The Challenge: Product Flexibility and Operational Versatility

Therefore, an underlying challenge for any large-scale soap and detergents manufacturer is perfecting a production process that can handle a wide variety of raw materials and finished products, while also performing a unique range of loading, unloading, transfer, packaging and filling operations.

The global nature of the industry also creates challenges for manufacturers. Numerous changes in the global supply chain for raw materials, the creation and use of new chemicals, along with expensive fragrances, colorants, preservatives and advanced soap formulations combine to keep manufacturers increasingly ready to react. That is a difficult task, especially considering the complexity of soap and detergents manufacturing.

Hundreds of Raw Materials With Different Characteristics

A typical soap and detergents plant that produces products for all four of the main market segments will handle hundreds of different raw materials during the course of a 24-hour production cycle. These raw materials can include many different types of natural and synthetic feedstock, such as animal fats, vegetable or fish oils, fatty acids, brines, tallow and glycerine, caustic soda, enzymes and many, many more.

The uniqueness of these materials means that all of them may have different handling characteristics, which can strain the operational ability of the pumps that are used to transfer them throughout the production process. Specific soap and detergents transfer or production operations include truck or railcar loading/unloading, pre-mix, blending, batching, filling, packaging and bottling.

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