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Trial Number 3

Client Number 318

Project Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate performance of supplied automatic dishwashing formula for three soil types.

Date Run:

07/06/2009

Experiment Procedure:

A supplied product and rinse aid and a traditional automatic dishwashing formulation were tested to determine cleaning efficiencies for three soils from three substrates. The first two soils were taken from ASTM D3556. The third, Hucker's soil, was the all purpose soil the lab uses for janitorial testing.

Standard Food Soil Preparation: A mixture of 80 weight % of margarine and 20 weight % of powdered milk was prepared. The margarine was warmed until fluid and the powdered milk was mixed thoroughly.

Use of this optional soil makes the test more realistic by adding another difficult-to-remove component. Optional Food Soil Preparation: This mixture consists of 70 % margarine, 15 % powdered milk, and 15 % cooked cereal. The cooked cereal was separately prepared as follows: Add 45 g of cereal to 228 g of water, heat to boiling, and boil for 5 min. Dissolve 100 g of powdered milk in 500 g of water and stir this solution into the cooked cereal. Continue stirring as portions are removed to be combined with margarine and powdered milk that have been blended as in the previous soil preparation. This mixture was made up as required.

Hucker's Soil Formulation: Jif Creamy Peanut Butter 9.2%, Salted Butter 9.2%, Arrowhead Mills stone ground wheat flour 9.2%, Egg Yolk 9.2%, Evaporated milk 13.8%, Distilled water 45.8%, Printer's ink with boiled linseed oil 0.9%, Shaws saline solution 2.7%

Preweighed ceramic (3), glass (3) and stainless steel (3) coupons (representing plates, glasses and silverware) were coated with each of the three soils and allowed to dry overnight. A second weight was recorded to determine the amount of soil added. All nine coupons were loaded into a VWR International Under-counter Glassware Washer (model 82020-922) and run on the light cycle (120 F wash, 140 F rinse). Total cleaning time lasted 2 hours. At the end of the cleaning, coupons were removed and weighed a final time to determine the amount of soil remaining. Percent efficiencies were calculated for each coupon cleaned. Observations were made for spotting or filming.

Trial Results:

When the ceramic coupons were weighed after cleaning, the final weights were greater than the initial weights. The weight changes may have bee due to excess moisture being soaked into the uncoated side of the coupons, increasing the final weights. Visually, all the ceramic coupons for both cleaners were as clean as the glass and stainless steel coupons. Due to the weight change discrepancy, the gravimetric analysis of the ceramic coupons were not included in the overall efficiency calculations. The first table below lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining and the efficiency for each coupon cleaned. The second table summarizes the cleaning performance of both product for each of three soils.

Cleaner  Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Alpha Chemical Solid dish wahsing_Food soil 1_ glass 0.2085 0.0001 99.95
0.2807 -0.0001 100.04
0.5622 0.0000 100.00
Alpha Chemical Solid dish wahsing_Food soil 1_ stainliess steel 0.8854 0.0001 99.99
0.9548 -0.0003 100.03
0.6165 0.0046 99.25
Alpha Chemical Solid dish wahsing_Food soil 2_ glass 0.2707 0.0039 98.56
0.1393 0.0000 100.00
0.0534 -0.0002 100.37
Alpha Chemical Solid dish wahsing_Food soil 2_ stainliess steel 0.5788 -0.0002 100.03
0.2865 0.0001 99.97
0.2415 0.0001 99.96
Alpha Chemical Solid dish wahsing_Hucker soil_ glass 0.0791 -0.0003 100.38
0.0302 -0.0006 101.99
0.0475 0.0004 99.16
Alpha Chemical Solid dish wahsing_Hucker soil_ stainliess steel 0.0981 0.0725 26.10
0.0537 0.0171 68.16
0.1447 0.0746 48.45
Alpha Chemical Liquid Detergent_Food soil 1_ glass 0.4110 0.0001 99.98
0.3998 -0.0001 100.03
0.9635 0.0000 100.00
Alpha Chemical Liquid Detergent_Food soil 1_ stainless steel 0.4895 -0.0002 100.04
0.6650 0.0066 99.01
0.4965 -0.0003 100.06
Alpha Chemical Liquid Detergent_Food soil 2_ glass 0.4606 -0.0004 100.09
0.3331 0.0002 99.94
0.3463 0.0000 100.00
Alpha Chemical Liquid Detergent_Food soil 2_ stainless steel 0.4074 0.0011 99.73
0.5840 -0.0025 100.43
0.6832 0.0587 91.41

Visual

Ceramic Observations Food Soil 1  Food Soil 2  Hucker's Soil
Alpha Chemical Solid dish washing Good Good Good
Alpha Chemical Liquid Machine Detergent Good Good Good
Alpha Chemical Liquid Machine Detergent HW Good Good Good

All three products had effective removal of the soils from ceramic coupons as determined by visual analysis.

Success Rating:

A follow up test, usually based on company input.

Conclusion:

The supplied products worked as well as the traditional cleaning product removing close to 100% of each of the three soils.

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