Advantages of needle-punched
BENTOFIX®
Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCLs)
The Inventor of needle-punched Geosynthetic Clay Liners.
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BENTOFIX - The Original!
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BENTOFIX®
Bentofix® Thermal Lock geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) - also known as geosynthetic clay barriers (GBR-C)
- are needle-punched, reinforced composites that combine two durable geotextile outer layers and a
uniform core of high-swelling powder sodium bentonite clay. This forms a uniform, multi-directional,
shear-resistant hydraulic barrier with self-sealing and re-healing characteristics.
Bentofix® geosynthetic clay liners (GCL) exemplify
how geosynthetics perform best: by interacting with
natural elements to create something stronger or
more secure.
Needle-punching revolutionised
The needle-punched manufacturing technology
greatly increased the internal and external shear
strength of GCLs and expanded the range of applica-
Versatile sealing applications possible
tions in which GCLs could be used. The needlepun-
ching process firmly bonds the three unique layers
Excellent sealing efficiency due to high of Bentofix® – two outer encapsulating geotextiles
swellable sodium bentonite powder and the core of sodium bentonite. This bond creates
a single, engineered barrier that utilises the best of
both synthetic and natural materials.
Immediate sealing and long-term
performance with sodium bentonite
The Power of Powder Bentonite
powder
Bentofix® GCLs outperform significantly thicker lay-
More cost-effective and withstands ers of compacted clay. The exceptional, immediate
differential settlement better than swelling characteristic of powdered sodium bento-
compacted clay liners nite provides a long-term barrier that can “self-seal
and re-heal” (e.g., swell to fill potential punctured/
damaged zones) and rehydrate to renew the barri-
Robust geotextiles encapsulate
and contain the bentonite
er even if it has been exposed to desiccation. The
highly engineered geotextile outer layers provide
outstanding protection against piping of the ben-
Uniform needle-punching provides tonite, durability to resist damage, and strength to
multi-directional shear strength manage the challenges inherent in barrier designs,
such as for security on slopes and against fluctua-
ting heads.
Thermal Lock process increases
internal shear strength and
interface friction angles The Thermal Lock process permanently locks the
needle-punched fibres of the nonwoven geotextile
layer with the Bentofix® carrier layer of GCL-types
Self-sealing length overlaps; with BFG without PE coating and improves the hydraulic con-
types all overlaps self seal ductivity performance at low confining stresses. It
also increases the pullout resistance of the fibres - a
durability-improving measure that increases interfa-
Installation advantages with up
to 5.0m wide rolls
ce friction, ensures long-term shear resistance and
immediate fibre-strength during hydration.
Quick, easy and cost Bentofix® “X” types are additionally extrusion-coated
effective to install with a polyethylene liner ensuring an immediate and
enhanced barrier to gas and radon while protecting
against desiccation and critical substances.
ADVANTAGE 1
Bentofix® Thermal Lock replaces other GCLs as well
as other soil barriers on steep side slopes and assures
low permeability without sacrificing slope stability.
Explanation: Bentofix® is uniformly needle-punched
with over 2 million fibres/m². This results in a uni-
form, directionally-independent shear stress trans-
fer. Thermal Lock additionaly improves the pull-out
resistance and the interface friction.
Figure 2
Performance of
(1) The nonwoven protects against installation stress powdered Bentofix®
bentonite compared
and increases the interface friction performance. to granular bentonite
in correlation to
(2) The bentonite powder acts as an immediate barrier. water content and
(3) The slit-film woven gives the product the dimension gas permittivity
stability and makes the product stable for installation Figure 3
handling. The result of this trio, combined with the Precipitation,
drainage run-off and
needle-punching and Thermal Lock: a durable, low-per- permeation values
of GCLs under 1m
meable sealing system. cover soil in German
climate
Figure 1
Conservative ADVANTAGE 2
correlation
of internal Bentofix® acts immediatetly as a sealing element. The
shear stress, explanation: high-swelling bentonite powder, uniform-
dependent on
the Bentofix® ly distributed bentonite powder, large bentonite swel-
peel strength
(hydrated under ling surface and smaller air voids to close.
low confining
stress)
ADVANTAGE 3
Bentofix® utilises the advantages of three high-perfor-
mance components in one geocomposite:
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Bentofix® Sealing Applications:
- Landfill caps, closures and base seal
- Environmental protection under roads,
railways, airports
- Dams and dykes
- Water containment and pond applications
- Structural waterproofing
- Secondary containment
- Mining applications
- Tunnels
BBA certified waterproofing
systems (Bentofix® BFG 5000 +
Bentofix® X2 BFG 5300)
LAGA application assesment for use as
mineral sealing system in German land-
fill caps and closures for the landfill
class I and II for Bentofix® types:
Bund/Länder-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Abfall BZ 6000 LAGA, B 4000 und NSP 4900
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