Bentonite Mining
Bentonite is mined from the best bentonite sites in India. The extraction is mechanized, increasing quality output.
Processing
Extracted bentonite is processed in our plant on state of the art machinery and equipment for high performance.
Quality Assurance
In process and end product quality checks are employed to make sure the best bleaching earth is dispatched to our valued customers.
Packaging and Dispatch
Protective quality packaging is carried out to ensure the bleaching clay reaches our customers in great condition.
Granulation
Crushed lumps are moved for granulating. Bentonite wet granules are converted from the lumps in granulation process. The quality is checked for batches ready for activation process.
Acid Activation
The granulated wet granules are through activation process with acid. Activation and washing of clay takes place. The 10 hours of acid action of bentonite is flowed by washing of activated bentonite granules with water. Washing is a 12 hr. cycle that helps reduce acidity in output. The helps in better shelf life of vegetable oils. This activation process leaches out impurities and heavy metal while increasing the surface are of bentonite.
Neutralisation
Spent acid/water is neutralized with lime in neutralization plant. The neutralized water after filtration and RO is reused again. While gypsum produced in process is supplied to cement industry.
Drying
The acid activated bentonite granules thus produced is very wet and not fit for further use. It is dried in high capacity driers to reduce moisture making them good enough for further processing and packing.
Milling and Packing
Milling and Packing of dry activated bleaching earth is carried out. Packing is with Paper, Jumbo Bags or in Bulker trucks which are directly supplied to oil refineries the end users of BENTON wash clay.