Syrris Orb Pilot improves commercial laundry sustainability
Xeros Technology Group – a company specializing in sustainable polymer solutions for the commercial laundry industry – approached Syrris with a requirement for a scale-up jacketed reactor system with a custom stirrer capable of mixing 50 KGs of their novel XOrb™ beads to aid in their research and development.
Syrris’ Custom Parts Team worked with Robert Bird, R&D Project Manager at Xeros, to develop a custom double-helix stirrer and gearbox, specifically designed to fit a 50 L Orb Pilot scale-up jacketed reactor vessel.
Robert Bird explained: “One of our missions at Xeros is to improve the sustainability of industrial laundry washing by providing technologies that dramatically reduce water consumption. I work within the Polymer Development Team, where we have produced novel XOrb™ beads. These spheroidal balls can be added to a wash load to create a gentle mechanical action, helping to remove dirt and stains using less detergent and at lower temperatures, which saves water and reduces cost.”
“We have been using Syrris’ Orb Pilot – a pilot-scale jacketed reactor – to aid the development of our XOrb beads since early 2018, and it has increased our production capabilities immensely. This system allows us to produce XOrb beads in the volumes required for use in large industrial washing machines, rather than having to manufacture many smaller batches to yield the necessary quantities, as we did previously.