GeNANO NME
(New Age Modified Emulsions) and Resins.
Soil Stabilisation
A Nano Modified Bitumen Emulsion which is a lipophilic (Firm attachment to Bitumen), water resistant (Hydrophobic) with greater aggregate adhesion.
Bituminous Based NME – Anionic Bitumen emulsion which is lipophilic (Firm attachment to bitumen) and Hydrophobic (Water resistant)
Polymer based NME – Which is a clear setting agent that attaches within the polymer matrix to create superior binding and Hydrophobicity
NME Resin – Anionic Slow setting modified Emulsifying Resin created to increase compression and tensile strength as well as water resistance and RC (Retained Cohesion) in Bitumen Emulsion.
Benefits
NME’s (New Age Modified Emulsions
Road infrastructure is absolutely essential for promoting and sustaining national economy and socio-economic of any country, as well as for facilitating access to essential social service facilities for its population, but construction and maintenance of road infrastructure using current conventional technology is so expensive that most countries, particularly third-world countries, cannot afford adequate routine maintenance of their roads or construct sufficient new roads. This environmentally-friendly technology, from which many countries around the world are already benefiting is essential to facilitating more extensive provision and maintenance of both rural and urban road infrastructure than can be achieved with conventional road technology for the same available funds.
The implementation of NME’s for roads engenders the following economic and engineering benefits over conventional technology:
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NME’s and NMP’s maximizes the use of local in-situ and nearby soils and rocks, thus reducing adverse environmental impacts and the expensive process of excavation, disposal and haulage involved in the replacement of poor quality local soils with good quality foreign soils and rocks.
2.
NME’s and NMP’s specifically targets problematic materials, particularly clays to counteract their destructive potential to roads.
3.
Roads constructed using NME’s and NMP’s. have higher load-bearing capacities and significantly higher flexibility, elasticity, durability, heat-resistance, solar radiation-resistance, moisture-resistance, water-proofing, and therefore, higher performance and longer service life, and subsequently, the potential for longer rehabilitation intervals.
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NME’s and NMP’s are applicable to the construction and maintenance of all classes of roads, i.e., rural, urban and national roads.
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NME’s and NMP’s are fully compatible with conventional equipment and road-construction materials. Nano-technology agents are used together with conventional road-construction materials or as customized additives to conventional road-construction materials, such as cement and bitumen stabilizers, primers, and aggregate binders to make the modified chemicals more effective on the location where it is applied.
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Only very small proportions of Nano-technology additives are needed to modify a bulk road-construction substrate, e.g., typically 1% or less of volume of substrate, which is equivalent to one or two teaspoons of additive to a litre of substrate, combined with lots more water than conventional dilution, thus leading to a much larger volume of enhanced substrate for application over a larger extent of road.
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Due to the aforementioned benefits, NME’s and NMP’s lead to significantly reduced construction, maintenance and rehabilitation costs.
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Nano-technology has been subjected to extensive research and development and it is approved and adopted in many countries around the world in all sorts of climates and soil types, since it is customizable.
The ultimate economic and performance results of using nano-technology is much lower costs of construction, routine maintenance and repair and enhanced performance, durability and service life for roads, which leads to longer intervals between rehabilitation and reconstruction, which are the most costly and disruptive aspects of providing sustainable roads.
Further Advantages of Genano
NME’s
• Savings of between 20-40% (Proven)
• Can be used for all road categories from gravel roads to Super Highways
• Technology Approved for use by top Road Authorities and Academics globally
• NO cement required, therefore no special curing requirements
• NO thermal or stabilisation cracks are introduced into the pavement layer
• Conservation of natural aggregates and a reduction in transport, material wastage, noise, exhaust, dust emissions and traffic disruptions.
• Lower dosage of stabilising agent and greater distribution of the agent throughout the pavement layer
• Reduced nozzle clogging of watercarts or Recyclers
• Greater CBR, UCS and ITS values than traditional stabilisation methods using naturally available materials
• Creating moisture resistant, stronger, longer lasting, flexible roads!