Process for sterilising absorbent sanitary products

摘要

A process for treating used absorbent sanitary products, comprising the steps of:
- providing a rotary cylindrical autoclave having an inner surface (22) and two ends, at least one of which terminates in a hatch (18, 20) that can be opened to enable access to said autoclave (14) and sealably closed to enable pressurization of said autoclave (14);
- loading said autoclave (14) with closed absorbent sanitary products;
- heating to a sterilization temperature and pressurizing said autoclave (14) and at the same time driving the autoclave (14) in rotation about a longitudinal axis (A) thereof; and
- providing inside said autoclave (14) a load of high-density tearing elements designed to facilitate thermal and physical destructuring of said absorbent sanitary products.