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Applications
Tunnelling
Bentonite slurries are used in large bore tunnels down to directional drilled micro-tunnels.
Curtain Walling ( Slurry Walls )
Curtain ( or Slurry ) Walls, underground impermeable and flexible barriers.
Sealing and void-filling
KM Granules and Pellets are used in particular for sealing drilled boreholes to protect the environment.
Cat Litter
Macromin supplies cat litter for resale by independent packers, supermarkets, wholesalers, multiple retailers, and overseas importers
Case Study - READIGROUT Wall
The client required an impermeable hard/soft slurry wall to be constructed to separate a site where new dwellings were to be constructed from possible below ground contamination from another site next door where a service station had stood for many years.
BES ( Bentonite Enhanced Soil ) Landfill Liners
Bentonite Powder is used in BES mixes to impart the necessary impermeability to the lining of landfill sites.
Directional Drilling
Directional Drilling ( HDD )
Also known as Horizontal Directinal Drilling ( HDD ) this technique is frequently used to drill accurate small bore tunnels to pass services, such as pipelines and cables, under difficult obstacles, such as rivers and major trunk roads.
Soil Remediation
Soil Remediation
Bentonite is used in Soil Remediation because of its principal properties:
The ability to form a waterprof seal
The ability to adsorb and bind certain contaminants
The ability to be pumped and placed over long distances
Zeolite is used because of its strong affinity for many contaminants, and its abiity to bind these for removal or filter them out of flowing water