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Soap Manufacturing Technology
2nd Edition - October 17, 2016
Editor: Luis Spitz
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9781630670658
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eBook ISBN:9781630670665
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Soap Manufacturing Technology, Second Edition, is the most authoritative and up-to-date book on soap technology available today. Editor and contributing author Luis Spitz leads a w…Read more
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Soap Manufacturing Technology, Second Edition, is the most authoritative and up-to-date book on soap technology available today. Editor and contributing author Luis Spitz leads a world-renowned team in providing comprehensive information on all components of soap manufacturing including formulation, performance evaluation, cleansing systems, and more. This new edition includes two new chapters, Integrated Saponification and Drying Systems and Laundry Bars, and the others are completely revised and updated.
Includes new chapters and figures, tables, and text updated from the first edition
Serves as a technical reference book ideal for both experienced and beginning soap producers and suppliers
Provides an overview of the AOCS methods used for the evaluation of soap and soap products
Includes two new chapters on Integrated Saponification and Drying Systems and Laundry Bars
Soap producers, soap suppliers, home and personal care research and development, cosmetic chemists
Preface
1: Implications of Soap Structure for Formulation and User Properties
Basic Chemistry
Glycerides
The Importance of the Oleate:Laurate Eutectic Mixture
Soap Structure–Performance Models
Soap/Water Interactions
Mush and Cracking
The Source of Structure Weakness
Consequences of Structural Weakness
The Implications of Structure and Mush for Cracking
Effects of Formulation on Cracking
Appendix
2: Soap Structure and Phase Behavior
Introduction
Soap Molecular Structure
Soap Phase Structure
Conclusion
3: Formulation of Traditional Soap Cleansing Systems
Introduction
Properties of Soap Bases
Colorants
Fragrances
Additives
4: Chemistry, Formulation, and Performance of Syndet and Combo Bars
Design of the Dove Beauty Bar—A Development Showcase
Mildness Concept
Mildness Evaluation Methods
Market Development
Future Trends
5: Transparent and Translucent Soaps
Introduction
Soap Structure and Transparency Development
Typical Soap Phases, Their Properties, and Methods for Characterization
Translucency Development during Neat Soap Drying and Finishing
Cast-Melt Process and Transparency Development
6: Semi-Boiled and Integrated Saponification and Drying Systems
Introduction
Traditional and Current Technology
Total Fatty Matter (TFM) and Water Content
Integrated Saponification and Drying Processing Plants for SWING Soap Production
Binacchi MPSD Integrated Saponification and Drying Plant
Mazzoni LB Integrated Toilet Soap Pellets Production Plant
Mazzoni LB Tubular Reactor and Saponification Loops
SAS Saponification Plant with JET and Three-Stage Reactors
SAS JET Reactor
Soaptec Reactor
Crutchers
Acknowledgments
7: Soap Drying Systems
Soap Drying Systems
Process Flow Diagram
Appendix
8: Bar Soap Finishing
Introduction
Processing Steps and Equipment
Finishing-Line Equipment
High-Speed Presses and Packaging Machinery
Cooling Systems for Plodders, Roll Mills, and Soap Press Dies
Acknowledgments
9: Soap, Soap/Synthetic, and Synthetic Laundry Bars
Introduction
Laundry Bar Types
Laundry Soap Vacuum Spray Drying
Crutcher Applications
Laundry Bar Soaps Processing Plant
Extrusion Slugs Shaping and Engraving
Efflorescence
Combo Laundry Bar Production
Syndet Laundry Bar Production System
Laundry Bar Types
Laundry Bar Shapes
Acknowledgement
10: Multicolored and Multicomponent Soap Manufacturing Systems
Introduction
Multicolored and Multicomponent Soap Types
Handcrafted Artisan Soaps—An Old/New Niche Market
Manufacturing Systems, Methods, and Product Types
Solid–Liquid Systems for Marbleized Soaps
Solid–Solid System for Marbleized Soaps
Solid–Solid System for Two-Tone Soaps
Solid–Solid System for Speckled Soaps
Solid–Solid Co-Extrusion Systems for Marbleized, Striped, and Two-Tone Soaps
Recycling Methods and Stamping Options
Acknowledgment
11: Soap Bar Performance Evaluation Methods
Lather Evaluation
Rate of Wear and Mush
Wet Cracking
Wet-Bar Feel
Mildness to Skin
Fragrance
User Panel Evaluations
Bar Hardness
Rheological Characterization
Conclusion
12: Glossary
Soap Calculations
Terminology/Definitions
Selected AOCS Official Test Methods
Index
No. of pages: 308
Language: English
Edition: 2
Published: October 17, 2016
Imprint: Academic Press and AOCS Press
Hardback ISBN: 9781630670658
eBook ISBN: 9781630670665
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Luis Spitz
Luis Spitz has been a world-renowned expert in the soap industry for over 50 years. With a degree in chemical engineering from Wayne State University, he became an expert on soap processing while working at The Dial Corporation in Chicago. He has represented (the) Italian Manufacturers of Soap Processing Plants and Packaging Machinery and is currently an independent consultant in the soap industry.
From 1977-2015, Luis chaired and presented at numerous global conferences on soaps and detergents, including the first AOCS World Conference on Soaps and Detergents (1977) and several SODEOPEC conferences (2002, 2006, 2008, 2015). He has edited and contributed to 7 soap-related titles, including Soap Technology for the 1990’s, Soaps and Detergents - A Theoretical and Practical Review (1996), SODEOPEC (2004), the first and second editions of The Evolution of Clean - A Visual Journey through the History of Soaps and Detergents and the first edition of Soap Manufacturing Technology.