MECCANICHE MODERNE is a leading company in supplying machinery, plants, and technologies in the field of soap and synthetic detergents.
MECCANICHE MODERNE has a very good background in these areas and can give the customer full support during any stage of a project from the first preliminary plans till assistance to erection, commissioning and start up.
We also offer after sales service assisting the customer during all the life of his plant.

In case you are not familiar with the world of detergents we can give you some very general hints on the production of soap and of synthetic detergents.

Natural Soap

The raw material for the production of soap are natural animal and vegetable oils or relevant fatty acids that are saponified with caustic soda in batch or in continuous saponification plants.
In the soap-making plant is produced the so-called "neat soap" at ca. 63% TFM (Total Fatty Matter ca. 70% soap). The remaining components being water, salt, and traces of caustic soda and glycerine.
To produce high quality soap the "neat soap" has to be concentrated in vacuum drying plants to increase its TFM content to 65% for the production of laundry bars or to 78-79 % TFM for toilet soap.
After concentration the soap has to be finished to give it the final structure, color, perfume and shape that we are used to see in the market.

Synthetic Detergents

The raw materials for detergents are synthetic chemicals from the petrochemical industry or natural fatty alcohols.
These materials are processed in the sulph(on)ation plants and converted into "actives". After mixing with other materials these "actives" are becoming liquid or powder detergents.

The liquid detergent production requires just a simple mixing plant which can be used for manufacture of any liquid detergent as for dishwashing, household cleaning, or for personal care (shampoo and bath foam).

To produce powder detergents is necessary a more complex plant and there are two basic process:

• The spray drying process used to produce low density powder or, through the addition of other components, high density powder.
• The granulation process for medium density powder.