Geo-Textile Fabrics
Introduction
Geotextiles are a major category in geo-synthetics and are mainly divided into three subcategories, woven, non-woven, and knitted. These are made from various types of yarns with varying properties, depending on the end application. Our expertise is in woven and knitted. The different functions of geotextile fabrics are: separation, filtration, drainage, reinforcement, barrier, and protection.
Geo-Textile Fabrics can be used in below application:
- Reinforcement on Weak Soils
- Separation/Filtration Layers
- Drainage
- Pavement Reinforcement
- Slope Protection
- Rock-fall Protection
Airfield
- Runway Reinforcement
- Drainage
Agriculture
- Soil Protection
- Protection against
- Unwanted weed and insects
Retaining Structures/ Containment WallsContainment Walls
- Reinforcement
Reservoirs/Canals/Dams
- Lining
Coastal Areas/River Bank
- Erosion & Sediment
Synthetic or natural fibers are used in the creation of geotextiles to produce a substance that resembles fabric. There are several ways to create geotextiles, such as:
- Needle punching: This technique makes non-woven fabric by punching needles through layers of fibers to bind and interlock them.
- Thermal bonding: This technique involves melting fibers together using heat to form a bond between them.
- Chemical bonding: By using chemicals to fuse the fibers together, a robust and long-lasting material can be produced.
- Weaving: To make woven cloth, strands are interlaced during the weaving process.
- Knitting: Using this technique, yarns are looped to create a knitted fabric.
After the geotextile is manufactured, it can undergo additional processing to form it into rolls or sheets.
The main component of geotextiles are formed of polypropylene, while other polymers such as polyester, high density polyethylene, polyamide (nylon), and polypropylene can also be used in combination.
- Woven Essentially, woven geotextile is made by weaving individual yarns on a loom to create a uniform length. Different materials such as slit films, fibrillated yarn, and monofilaments can be used, but the weaving technique is constant regardless of the material used.
- Knitted Knitted geotextiles are manufactured by the process of interlocking a series of loops of yarn together. All of the knitted geosynthetics are formed by using the knitting technique in conjunction with some other method of geosynthetics manufacture, such as weaving.
Our specialty lies in producing high-quality ground covers, shading nets, road covers, etc. of the highest quality. We have around 30 Sulzer looms dedicated to woven and knitted geotextiles for numerous applications.
With a dedicated production facility for Geotextiles, we can manufacture up to 300 Tonnes of Geotextiles in a month. This includes all the categories of Geotextiles that we are capable of producing.
Our decades long experienced in producing Geotextiles gives us an edge over the competition as we can manufacture the products more efficiently due to our big capacity.
