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| NUTRA-BOND PLUS |
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Nutra-Bond Plus is a complex non-bacterial concentrated multi-enzymatic formulation that alters the properties of earth materials, providing one of the most cost-effective methods to stabilize roads and seal ponds and landfills. Throughout human history, roads have been inseparable components of civilization whether in remote villages or vibrant cosmopolitan cities. We have tirelessly maintained and rebuilt roads and bridges for centuries, a demanding and, at times, futile task. Nutra-Bond-Plus is an environmentally friendly, high-tech product and a revolutionary way of building and maintaining the roads so vital to our every day life. Durable, water reistant, safe, environmentally and user friendly, Nutra-Bond Plus has a number of fascinating features. |
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Conventional road construction can only achieve 90% soil compaction. NUTRA-BOND-PLUS can compact road base up to 105%. Even a motor grader’s blade cannot penetrate a road surface paved with NUTRA-BOND-PLUS, a characteristic which easily translates into reduced maintenance costs. Rain that normally revives plants is devastating to road surfaces. NUTRA-BOND-PLUS can minimizes damages caused by water penetration, even in lakes, ponds, building foundations, or toxic waste containment pools. Derived from vegetable enzyme, NUTRA-BOND-PLUS is a catalyst safe enough for human consumption. It is sold in a concentrated formula. In addition to being non-flammable and biodegradable, it is completely safe to humans and wildlife, owing to its non-toxic and non-corrosive nature. With environmental concerns being foremost on the national agendas of most modern countries, NUTRA-BOND-PLUS is specifically designed to minimize the impact of road building on the environment. NUTRA-BOND-PLUS acts upon organic fines contained in the soil through a catalytic bonding process, which causes the soil to bond during compaction into a dense permanent base which resists water penetration, weathering and wear. NUTRA-BOND-PLUS is easy to use as it bonds with soil, which is widely and readily available. Simply blade exciting bed to a depth of 6-7 inches, windrow the loose material. Spray both the bladed surface and the windrow to obtain optimum moisture. Blend the NUTRA-BOND-PLUS mixture into the soil with the blade. Extend and crown the surface and dress it with a blade. Compact with a compactor such as a sheepsfoot, steel or pneumatic roller. The road is now ready for use. NUTRA-BOND-PLUS is an inexpensive way to
eliminate gravel based road maintenance. No matter |
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WHAT IS NUTRA-BOND PLUS? |
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NUTRA-BOND-PLUS
is one of the world’s finest products for
road stabilization and pond and/or landfill sealing. Although it has been
available for the past 10 years on an experimental basis, due to a recent major
expansion in manufacturing capacities, NUTRA-BOND-PLUS is available for
the first time to the commercial and industrial marketplace. NUTRA-BOND-PLUS,
a concentrated enzyme formulation, alters When mixed with water and applied prior to compaction, NUTRA-BOND-PLUS acts upon organic fines contained in the soil through a catalytic bonding process, producing a strong cementation action. Unlike inorganic or petroleum based products which temporarily hold soil materials together, NUTRA-BOND-PLUS causes the soil to bond during compaction into a dense permanent base which resists water penetration, weathering and wear. This process takes place in 72 hours under normal summer conditions. In addition to creating a new and better way of building and maintaining roads, NUTRA-BOND-PLUS is being used successfully in the construction of lake beds, mine leach pads, ponds and landfill liners, wherever there is a need to increase the load-bearing capacity of the soil and to reduce the plasticity and permeability. |
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NUTRA-BOND-PLUS ADVANTAGES |
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NUTRA-BOND-PLUS
lowers the surface tension of water which
promotes fast and thorough penetration and dispersal of moisture. This action
causes hydrated clay particles to be pressed into and to fill the voids
throughout the soil, thus forming a tight, dense permanent stratum. The
increased lubricity of soil particles NUTRA-BOND-PLUS reduces, by as much as 25%, the amount of water required to reach the optimum moisture level of the soil since it promotes rapid saturation and inhibits surface evaporation. The NUTRA-BOND-PLUS cementation action increases the soil bearing characteristics by promoting a closer bonding of soil particles. This reduces the tendency of the soil to expand after compaction and results in a strong, stable earth layer. By achieving greater bonding density, soil materials resist migration of water. A properly treated NUTRA-BOND-PLUS base becomes almost impervious to water penetration and much more resistant to frost heaving. If sufficient fines are present, road builders can now construct a new road base using
existing soil materials without trucking in additional aggregate. Mixing NUTRA-BOND-PLUS with the top 5 or 6 inches of soil
will produce a road base that has more strength and less permeability than can
be attained with any other treatment. If imported material is needed, less
expensive, dirty aggregate can be used. The dirty fines are needed to bond
the material together. "Dirty" here means 15% to 20% cohesive fines
passing a 200-mesh screen. The best part is that only 15 gallons of NUTRA-BOND-PLUS
is needed to treat one mile of a 25-foot-wide roadway at NUTRA-BOND-PLUS can be applied over a wide weather and locale
range. From near freezing to hot summer days, from a rain forest to a desert,
from lake bottom to an earthen dam, NUTRA-BOND-PLUS NUTRA-BOND-PLUS is sold in liquid concentrate form. This eliminates the bulk
storage, pre-mixing and handling of large amounts of materials. It will not
corrode equipment. NUTRA-BOND-PLUS is non-toxic. |
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Application Illustration |
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Add Nutra-Bond
to water |
Apply the
mixture to the prepared surface |
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Testing Longevity |
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Check
undelayment with a saw |
A haul road
is still crack free after 5 years |
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