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Bentonite Swellgel Plus

Bentonite Swellgel Plus

Swellgel Plus is a modified premium grade bentonite, designed for usage in all types of trenchless technologies. Especially in long-distance HDD projects and tunneling.

Application

May be used for the production of drilling fluid for:

  • Horizontal direction drilling,
  • Water well drilling,
  • Exploration drilling.

Benefits

  • One bag product, no other additives required to boost up its performance,
  • Mixes quickly and easy,
  • Quickly reaches maximum viscosity,
  • At the low concentration, Swellgel Plus has a very high carrying capacity to remove sand/gravel andkeeps suspended cutings in suspension when the pumps are stopped.

Properties

Appearanceyellow-beige soft powder,
Moisture content:max. 12 %
Bulk density:850 kg/m3
pH (3% suspension)9,3

Rheological properties 3% suspension

Marsh Funnel53 s
App Viscosity27 cP
Plastic Viscosity12 cP
Yield Point26 lb/1OOft2
10” gel12 lb/1OOft2
Filtration 30’16 ml

Applications

Recommended concentrations for HDD applications:

SoilConcentration, kg/m3
Clays, loams15-25
Sands: small and medium25-30
Large sands, gravels30-35
Stones35-40




Packaging

Swellgel Plus is packed in 25 kg bags, 600kg and 1000kg Big Bags.

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