Ozonised Water Heating Skid

Global Industry Analyst Inc. In their new report stated that the global toothpaste market is forecast to reach US$12.6 Billion by 2015 with the advent of new biotechnologies that help curb many tooth problems like sensitivity and enable the re-growth of teeth. Europe, garnering the single largest global market share & dominates the toothpaste market followed by Asia-pacific & US worldwide.

Increase in toothpaste sales in Europe can be ascribed to the domestic industry’s success in segmenting the market to meet individual consumer requirements. Whereas In terms of growth, Asia-Pacific propelled by regions including Australia, China and India, is forecast to expand at the overall highest compounded rate for the period 2007-2015. The Whitening segment captures the largest share of the global toothpaste market, trailed by the Regular and Tartar Control segments. With respect to fastest growing product segment, the Multi-benefit market is expected to take the lead through 2015.

The global toothpaste market comprises of several large and medium international and domestic players. Major players seek to position their products on the basis of value addition, functionality, price premium and to a certain extent packaging. Leading market participants include Church & Dwight, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Colgate-Palmolive Gmbh, Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited, Gaba Holding AG, GlaxoSmithKline, Henkel AG & Co. KgaA, Johnson and Johnson, Procter & Gamble Company, Unilever N.V., and Hindustan Unilever Limited.

INOXPA is a global company that closely understands the requirement of toothpaste production and, therefore, offers the best solutions to our customers.

One such instance of the same is as given:

Customer

Manufacturer of a renowned Toothpaste Brand

Application

This skid is used by our customer for the process of heating of ozonised water used in toothpaste production. Ozonised water is one of the key ingredients in preparation of toothpaste. Ozone destroys bacteria and other germs on contact and breaks downs harmful chemicals into less damaging molecules. It has also characteristics to kill microorganisms by rupturing their cell walls.

Solution

In the production process of toothpaste the skid used to heat a prescribed volume of water and to keep it in a recirculation for a while at the required temperature. This water is supplied to the process line when necessary for further process.  An external signal of 4-20mA is used to initiate the delivery.

Skid description is as follows:

1. 2000 litre jacketed tank
2. Centrifugal pump used for recirculation and supply to the process
3. Plate heat exchanger
4. Steam circuit
5. Stainless steel control panel with PLC