THE PROCESS
Quality begins at the mine-site, where the raw clay is selectively mined under the watchful eyes of our mining Engineers. We carefully select our raw materials to ensure that they do not contain any harmful levels of silicas, fibrous materials, heavy metals, catalytic metals, chlorine compounds, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, dioxins or other know undesirable materials.
The quality of the material in the stockpiles is verified and approved before it is packed into containers, and then sent to the Acid Activated plant in Bhuj, Gujarat for further processing.
Our laboratory is well equipped to test our products which are primarily controlled according to their Moisture Content, Surface area, Bleachability, Oil-Filtration Time (filterability) and their bleaching performance. Other parameters such as Bulk Density, Acidity and pH are also assessed.
APPLICATIONS
- Refining of edible oils (cotton seed,Soybean,Sunflower,Rapeseed,Mustard,Peanut,Coconut, Corn,Olive,Rice Bran,Palm, Palm-Kernel,Linseed,Castor, Jojoba & Canola Oils )
- Refining of Mineral Oils
- Refining of Solvents
- Refining of Fuels
- Refining of Wines
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
The Group adheres faithfully to strict quality controls reinforced by the awareness that a substantial portion of its products are used in the refining of oils and fats for human consumption.
Quality control measures, beginning from the extraction of raw materials up to the delivery of the finished products to customers, are implemented and monitored closely by the Group’s Product Assurance Team.
Testing is carried out by the Group’s in-house laboratories on every batch produced for bleaching performance, speed of filtration, residual acidity, moisture content, apparent density and particle size. Samples are also regularly sent out to independent laboratories to verify the accuracy of in-house tests.
External testing is carried out to determine the dioxin and dioxin like PCBs, non-dioxin like PCBs, Lead, Cadmium, Mercury and Arsenic content to comply with the European Union FEDIOL code of practice for the purchase of fresh bleaching earth for oil refining.