Abstract: For the manufacture of an abrasive bristle, a plastic material is melted, and a granular material made of abrasive particles is mixed into the melt. The melt is extruded together with the abrasive particles into a filament, and the filament is subsequently treated and cut up. The plastic material may be a high-temperature-resistant polymer with a continued use temperature of ?150° C. and for the melt with the abrasive particles to be extruded at a temperature of ?280° C. A brush equipped with corresponding abrasive bristles can be used for the surface treatment of a workpiece, whereby the brush is rotated with a speed in the range of 3,000 rpm to 12,000 rpm and is brought into contact with the surface to be treated.

Abstract: An enzyme granule is made by a process comprising the steps of: (a) providing an aqueous enzyme concentrate; (b) contacting the concentrate with an ion exchange resin to decolorize and deodorize the concentrate; (c) adjusting the enzyme concentration in the concentrate from step (b); (d) forming enzyme granules from the concentrate from step (c). The granules are particularly suited for further processing, in particular, for blending into suitable formulations, such as, for example, in detergents or cleansing agents.

Abstract: An anhydrous liquid washing or cleaning agent, which contains a bleaching agent and a particulate peroxycarboxylic acid that is enveloped with a water-soluble material.

Abstract: A method for production of solid granulates with improved storage stability and abrasion resistance, based on the addition of hygroscopic polyols. The solid granulates have improved storage stability and abrasion resistance and are, in particular, enzyme granulates, most particularly, those of admixture components for washing and cleaning agents and washing and cleaning agents comprising said granulates.

Abstract: A granulate for particulate detergents or cleaning agents, the granulate containing a detergent or cleaning agent active ingredient and an outer encapsulation layer formed of polyvalent metal salts of an unbranched or branched, unsaturated or saturated, mono- or polyhydroxylated fatty acid having at least 12 carbon atoms or a mixture of the salts. Also, a process for making the granulate by applying to the granules an encapsulation material that comprises one or more polyvalent metal salt or salts, preferably in the form of an aqueous dispersion in a fluidized bed process.

Abstract: Concentrated enzyme solutions are refined by a process comprising the steps of: (A) providing a concentrated enzyme solution comprised of insoluble solids; (B) separating the insoluble solids to produce a solids-free supernatant solution and (C) contacting the supernatant solution with a strongly basic anion exchanger carried out with a bed volume of from 1 to 10 to produce a decolorized protein solution. No precipitation takes place in the process. Instead, the target enzymes remain in solution throughout the entire process, for which purpose certain concentration ranges are particularly advantageous in regard to the yield to be obtained.

Abstract: A granulate for particulate detergents or cleaning agents, the granulate containing a detergent or cleaning agent active ingredient and an outer encapsulation layer formed of polyvalent metal salts of an unbranched or branched, unsaturated or saturated, mono- or polyhydroxylated fatty acid having at least 12 carbon atoms or a mixture of said salts. Also, a process for making the granulate by applying to the granules an encapsulation material that comprises one or more polyvalent metal salt or salts, preferably in the form of an aqueous dispersion in a fluidized bed process.