HOCl Production Control System
S5 Solutions helped create an HOCl production control system for COVID-19 disinfection
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The pandemic has brought many players into coordination to make a positive impact globally, and S5 Solutions client Briotech is one. Already manufacturing natural liquid-based skin products, Washington-based Briotech made a quick shift in 2020 into manufacturing commercial liquid disinfectant dispensers using organic, nontoxic and food-safe ingredients. Composed of salt, water and Hypochlorous (HOCl), Briotech HOCl unlike bleach, ammonias, and alcohol, is non-irritating for skin or lungs, nonflammable and requires no Personal Protective Equipment to use.
Under a production time pressure squeeze, Briotech called in the S5 team to assist with software development and coordination with its cloud-enabled HOCl-producing machine, the BrioWhish, that would be shipped globally with data-sharing and monitoring back at company headquarters in Washington State. “They took only a week to do a deep dive assessment and get us on the right track,” said Jennifer Wiens, Director of Product Management. “S5 Solutions is still iterating every design phase and constantly improving performance. They’re really best of class. You couldn’t ask for a better group of people.”
S5 improved the software interface with its components, defined processes and security, created implementation plans and fixed issues as they came up on the tight schedule Briotech battled. All combined in the end to have a successful product delivering value to help lessen COVID-19 spread, and official certification in Europe as a hand and surface disinfectant is even expected shortly. “We have countries around the world in the queue to get our machines,” added Wiens. “There’s no shortage of need.”
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[S5 Solutions] took only a week to do a deep dive assessment and get us on the right track. |
S5 Solutions is still iterating every design phase and constantly improving performance. They’re really best of class. You couldn’t ask for a better group of people. - Jennifer Wiens, Director of Product Management, Briotech |
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The Briotech model is environmentally conscious as well. Instead of shipping liquid cleaning products around the world, since they are heavy and mostly water, their vision is to make their product around the world close to the point of use.
The sustainable business model results provides turnkey production system capable of making their product in a small portable appliance -- essentially a portable factory they call a "WHISH." Just feed it power, water, and salt, and the produces some of the purest HOCl available. The Briotech/S5 Solutions teams’ recent accomplishments aren’t the end of the story. Briotech plans on developing a more portable, consumer-focused product for communities in need with capabilities for clean water and power sources in addition to the Whish existing sanitization features. “We’re really looking to elevate to a humanitarian product in the future and S5 Solutions will definitely help in that,” said Wiens. S5 Solutions is proud to be a partner with innovators like Briotech and looks forward to future collaborations in improving communities around the world.
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In different concentrations, HOCl is useful for a wide range of applications. Briotech has products that range from surface cleaners to skin care products and even mouthwash. HOCl is something your body makes. It is time-tested and safe for many uses.
HOCl is a bio-mimic of what human immune cells produce to heal and fight infection. The client has a range of products for skin conditions and disinfecting based off this single ingredient. With approval that it is effective against fighting COVID-19, they were scaling up production. |
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