Flowspec: Industry Leader in Manufacturing and Distributing Walnut Shells

Business success doesn’t happen overnight. It takes the right combination of people, product, and perseverance to become the best. At Flowspec, we don’t take our success for granted because we know just how much work it took to become the global leader we are today.

In the early 80′s, few people thought that walnut shells could compete with silica and chemical-based agents. Engineers and scientists spent vast amounts of time, and considerable resources developing everything from synthetic oil filters and blasting media to cosmetic exfoliating ingredients. While these efforts generated some remarkable products, the reality is that Mother Nature had already perfected the process and created a natural agricultural sub-product that was superior and less damaging to the environment.

 



At Flowspec, our crushed walnut shells can be ground to a wide variety of grit sizes without losing any of their effectiveness. This makes them ideal for use in the following applications:

•As an exfoliate within cosmetics and soaps.
•As a non-toxic pet litter for use within litter boxes or aquariums.
•As an abrasive blasting media safe for use on plastics, metals, and ceramics.
•As an effective purification agent ideally suited for oil drilling operations.
•As a porosity enhancer for use with grinding wheels and ceramics.

That’s just the short list of known and potential applications that stretches page after page. As more and more industries seek cost-effective and eco-friendly options for their operations, we are quite certain that this list will continue to grow. As engineers and scientists will no doubt continue to develop methods of using crushed walnut shells even more effectively, we look forward to supplying the raw product their industries require.

Since 1981, Flowspec has been supplying crushed walnut shells to industries around the world. We take great pride in the manufacturing and distribution networks we have built over the years, and we would be more than happy to discuss the many ways our products can benefit your business. We invite you to contact us with your questions and to schedule a time to speak with a representative in greater detail about your specific needs.

How Walnut Shells Can Improve the Quality of Soaps

From fragrances to colors, there simply isn’t a shortage of soap formulas available for consumers to select from. While most of the ingredients added to soap formulas are designed to make them smell good, there are a few that are included to make them more effective at getting people clean.

 

 

Among these ingredients, using ground walnut shells for soap production is one of the best decisions your business can make. This is because crushed walnut shells provide exfoliating benefits that are simply hard to beat by comparable options. In fact, the angular shape and MOHS hardness of 4-5 of shells makes them ideal for soaps. And, since walnut shells are not as damaging to skin as silica abrasives, they provide a better, more appealing product for your customers to enjoy. Additionally, shells are an effective abrasive regardless of if they are ground fine as flour, or large enough to be seen with the naked eye. Either way, they can be included without losing any of their abrasive properties.

Of course, including ground walnut shells is not as simple as taking the shells and mixing them into the soap formula. Because they are a natural product, the shells must be irradiated first to ensure that no bacteria make it into the batch. This sterilizes them and gives them an extremely long shelf life, which in turn helps to stabilize the finished soap without affecting the other ingredients that have been used in production.

Further, as consumers become more eco-conscious, the idea of washing thousands of tons of silica sand down their drains is becoming an increasingly unpleasant choice. This is causing more and more consumers to turn to eco-friendly options when it comes to their cosmetic products. Ground walnut shells give them the exfoliating benefits they want, without the toxic byproducts and environmental hazards that other silica based abrasive soaps create.

For more information about using ground walnut shells for soap, contact Flowspec and we will be happy to answer your questions and give you all the details you need.