Dip Cleaner cum Brightener For Gold and Diamond

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Title of Product/Design/Equipment.

Dip Cleaner cum Brightener For Gold and Diamond

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IPR Status

Patent/Abroad IPR Details

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Application/Uses

Coating

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Salient Technical Feature including Competing Feature

Gold & diamond jewellery dip cleaner developed at CSIR-NML can be used to clean, brighten and enhance glitter of used gold & diamond jewelleries at home.The advanced formulations is free from harmful mineral acids and other harsh chemicals making it safe for domestic use.Cleaning is performed by dipping the jewellery in cleaning solution for 30 minutes followed by washing in water.Metal loss during cleaning is negligible even if gold items remain in solution for several hours.

Gold jewellery with embedded precious stones can be safely cleaned using the dip cleaner.Rubbing is not required for cleaning and hence difficult to access areas in jewellery can be cleaned quickly and efficiently by simply dipping it into the solution.The cleaning solution can be used as the medium in ultrasonic cleaning bath to clean bulk quantity of gold jewellery in short time without affecting the embedded precious stones.

Same cleaning solution can be used several times and can be safely disposed off without any environment pollution.

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Level/Scale of Development

100 litres/batch

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Environmental Consideration

No solid or liquid waste is generated during the production and cleaning process.

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Status of Commercialization

Product Commercialized by M/S. Mahashraya Chemicals (P) Ltd., Balasore, Odisha

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Major Raw Material to be Utilized

Sodium hypochlorite, sodium hydroxide 

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Major Raw Plant Equipment and Machinery Required

Stirring unit 

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Techno-Economics

Capital cost: Rs. 2 Lakh Unit price: Rs. 300/litre

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Technology Package

Process-Know-how, (b) Details of equipment, (c) Plant Layout &

(d) Quality Assurance Methods. Assistance in setting up the plant on separate terms.