Abstract: A substantially water-free detergent mixture comprisinga) alkyl or alkenyl sulfates corresponding to formula (I):R.sub.1 OSO.sub.3 X (I)in which R.sub.1 is a linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing 16 to 18 carbon atoms and X is an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, ammonium, alkylammonium, alkanolammonium or glucammonium,b) alkyl or alkenyl sulfates corresponding to formula (II):R.sub.2 OSO.sub.3 X (II)in which R.sub.2 is a linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing 12 to 14 carbon atoms and X is an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, ammonium, alkylammonium, alkanolammonium or glucammonium, wherein components a) and b) are present in a ratio by weight of 90:10 to 70:30, andc) a hydrophobic structure breaker corresponding to formula (III):R.sub.4 O(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n H (III)in which R.sub.4 is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical containing 12 to 18 carbon atoms and n is 0 or a number of 1 to 5.

Abstract: A process for the production of compacted granules for use in a detergent composition by providing a homogeneous, solid, free-flowing premix to which a plasticizer or lubricant is added, and extruding the mixture through a perforated die under a pressure of from about 25 bar to about 200 bar to form strands of the mixture. The perforated die has an opening width corresponding to a predetermined size of the granules. After emerging from the perforated die, the strands are cut to the predetermined size of the granules by means of a cutting unit. The process enables the preparation of detergent compositions containing increased contents of surfactant components.

Abstract: The invention is a process for manufacturing granules of a washing or cleaning agent from an at least partly solid mixture of granules by admixing plasticizers or lubricants with the granules and passing the mixture through a mixing zone at an elevated temperature and pressure to form a plastic flowable material and passing the plastic flowable material through a plurality of orifices of small diameter and cutting the extruded material at predetermined lengths to form a particulate washing or cleaning agent.

Abstract: This invention relates to an extruder having a granulating head for the granulation of a plastic molding compound which does not flow under gravity, more particularly an enzyme concentrate suitable for detergents, to granules having a particle size of at most 1 mm and, more particularly, at most 0.8 mm. To obtain uniform distribution of the molding compound to be processed over the entire cross-section of the molding plate, the granulating head has an externally arranged die plate support carrying perforated disks, a displacement cone arranged behind the die plate support and a preliminary distributor in the form of a perforated plate arranged between the die plate support and the displacement cone.

Abstract: The present invention is for a process for the preparation of alkali metal salts of acyl cyanamides, especially those of aliphatic carboxylic acids by reacting carboxylic acid esters of lower alcohols with monoalkali metal cyanamides. The reaction results in a process which is simple and efficient and one which can be used in commercial scale batch or continuous operations.