Bentonite Suspension
The Premium Clay
System Overview
A bentonite suspension system is a mixture of bentonite clay and water, forming a gel-like fluid that exhibits thixotropic properties, meaning it thickens when at rest and becomes more fluid when agitated. This suspension is used primarily in industries like construction, drilling, and geotechnical applications for its ability to provide stability and lubrication.
Applications
Bentonite suspension is used as a drilling fluid to stabilize boreholes, cool equipment, and transport cuttings to the surface, ensuring efficient and safe drilling operations.
In projects involving excavations, such as diaphragm walls, piling, and trenching, bentonite suspension stabilizes soil, preventing collapses and enabling safe, continuous work in challenging soil conditions.
Applied as a sealing agent, bentonite forms a waterproof barrier around foundations or retaining walls, protecting structures from water infiltration and minimizing fluid loss in permeable soils.
Benefits of Bentonite Suspension
Reinforces soil structures and may be used with advanced polymers, enhancing strength and stability.
Its high capacity to suspend solids during excavation forms cake by deposition of particles on the excavation walls constituting a block to the empty pores between the soil grains, mitigating percolation. Without requiring high attention, it allows to mitigate or eliminate fluid losses effectively even in the most open soils and without a matrix.
Enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of slurry used in geotechnical applications
Bentonite Suspension System Products
GFiller
Natural Bentonite Power for Robust Excavation Support.
GFiller is a natural sodium montmorillonite mineral with strong colloidal properties, high water absorption, and the ability to increase viscosity and thixotropy. It forms a gel-like cake on excavation walls to transfer hydrostatic pressure and stabilize excavations.
High-Quality Sodium Montmorillonite
High Water Absorption
Hydrostatic Pressure Transfer
Enhanced Suspension of Cuttings
Compatibility with Polymer Systems
GFiller is used in civil engineering applications like piles, diaphragm walls, secant walls, and tunnelling to stabilize soil. It increases slurry density and reduces fluid loss when combined with polymer fluids, especially in permeable soils.
Diaphragm Walls
Bored Piles and Tunnelling
Horizontal Directional Drilling
Secant Walls
High-Permeability Soils
Super D-Sand
Effortless Desanding for Clean, Reusable Slurries.
Super D-Sand is a patented liquid polymer that facilitates the removal of excessive soil particles in slurries. It does not affect the slurry’s properties and aids in sedimentation and cleaning of suspended particles.
Patented Polymer Solution
High Sedimentation Efficiency
Compatibility with Polymer and Bentonite Slurries
Extends Slurry Life
Easy Application
Slurry Desanding
Soil Sedimentation in Slurries
Recycling Slurry in Drilling
Cleaning Slurry for Piling Work
Bentonite Elimination
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GEO provides its clients with a methodology with proven international success composed by several client assistance oriented programs.
GEO will provide our customer’s technical teams a professional certification that ensures the necessary ability for correct application.
