Manufacture of hospital washing machines and consultancy to hospital laundries

• Grant number: 04/03028-4
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: March 01, 2005
• End date: November 30, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Choyu Otani
• Grantee: Choyu Otani
• Company: Ecowash Indústria e Comércio de Máquinas Industriais Ltda

Abstract

The aim of this proposal is to extend and deepen the knowledge acquired in the previous project financed by FAPESP, entitled Development of a High Performance Ozone Generator. During its implementation, good results were obtained with the use of ozone in the process of washing hospital linen. The current project aims to harness the necessary scientific and technological support in order to endorse the process of the ozone-assisted laundering of hospital linen, thus opening the way to achieving the most relevant specific objective, which is the building and ratification of a new washing machine, called the EW 100, which will be integrated with an ozone generator. To be able to achieve these objectives, the company’s researchers and technicians will pool the necessary multidisciplinary knowledge and experience for: 1) production of ozone generators; 2) production of hospital washing machines; and 3) Development of innovations in hospital laundry processes. Both the process and the machine should incorporate technological innovations. (AU)