Paints, coatings, latex, polymers emulsions & admixtures

Protecting raw materials, intermediate products or final products quality thanks to real-time microbiological monitoring

Microorganisms growth in chemical industry products can be a major issue. Without monitoring of the installations, microbial contamination in raw materials and intermediate products can damage manufacturing processes performances and equipments operations. Also, if maintenance of the equipment is not satisfying, microbial contamination can impact final product quality. Problems of quality due to biological contamination can be detected either at the end of the last production step, either while the final product is stored before use. The sooner the problem is detected, the easier the management of defective products.

The best solution for chemical industry is:

1. the fast and early detection of microbiological drifts
2. setting up proactive actions instead of corrective treatments only

Because chemical products such as paints, polymers, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products are complex mixtures of suspended solids and/or organic compounds, it is difficult to quantify and monitor microorganisms in these matrices.

Fast microbial quantification is now possible in such matrices thanks to specific 2nd generation ATP-metry kits – the QG21S™ and QGO-M XLPD™ kits.
QG21S kits enable measuring living biomass in matrices loaded with suspended solids such as paints, coatings, polymers, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products.
QGO-M XLPD kits are specially designed to quantify active microorganisms in samples with organic compounds such as latex, polymers emulsions…

2^nd generation ATP-metry kits enable measuring the living biomass concentration through the quantification of intracellular Adenosine TriPhosphate. Intracellular ATP is the energy stock inside any living cell. In measuring intracellular ATP in samples, the total living microbial load, also called active biomass, can be determined in less than 5 minutes. Nowadays, intracellular ATP is the best indicator of total flora for a fast, interference-free quantification of all cultivable and non cultivable microorganisms in chemical products.

QG21S and QGO-M XLPD kits benefits

2^nd generation ATP-metry kits can be used as a preventive tool or an alarm to faster detect system malfunctioning in applications such as:

1. Paint
2. Polymers production
3. Coating
4. Polymers emulsions
5. Latex
6. Cosmetics industry
7. Pharmaceutical industry…

The QG21S and QGO-M XLPD kits are very sensitive and provide a result in few minutes while culture methods need days to obtain information. Besides, these kits measure all the microorganisms: cultivable populations and non cultivable ones.
Benefits of using these kits for the chemical industry are:

1. Real-time measurement of the microorganisms concentration in samples and immediate result about the biological contamination
2. Quick quality control for release of raw materials and final products batches
3. Microbial contamination monitoring from the raw materials to the final products including the industrial equipment
4. Early detection of product quality degradation and localization of critical points for development of biomass in the production system
5. Localization of the microbial contamination origins – raw materials, production equipments
6. Optimization of biological controls: fewer time consuming culture analyses
7. Optimization of disinfection and cleaning treatments in the installation
   • Assessment of set up treatments efficiency
   • Rectification and validation of cleaning, rinsing and disinfection actions
8. Quantification of all living organisms (heterotrophic and autotrophic bacteria, algae, sulfate-reducing bacteria, yeasts, moulds), while with the regulatory culture method only a small percentage (1%) of cultivable bacteria are detected (heterotrophic bacteria).

Regulatory culture method	QG21S or QGO-M XLPD kits

The first growth steps of bacteria represent the most important microbiological risk. Real-time measurement information and the kits portability enable operators to:

1. identify and localize critical points on site in establishing biological mapping in order to take immediate actions while drifts are taking place.
2. validate set up treatments efficiency.

While you will be able to:

1. save time
2. save money
3. reduce risks of contamination.