Dust Suppression

Zycobond and Terrasil

Zycobond is a UV and heat stable reactive bonder. It is a Nano Acrylic Co-polymer dispersion. It offers water resistance, strong bonding and imparts flexibility to soil surfaces. It also gives excellent dust control and erosion resistance for unpaved roads and shoulders.

Terrasil is a water soluble, UV and heat stable, reactive soil modifier to waterproof soil.

The combination of Terrasil and Zycobond ensures improved water resistance, dust control and erosion resistance. Mixed together, it is a one-step solution for waterproofing and bonding of compacted soils.

Advantages

Eliminates Capillary rise and water ingress from top

Maintains dry CBR under wet conditions

Easy to apply

Controls erosion of soils in side shoulders and slopes

UV resistant

Reduces water permeability of soil bases while maintaining 100% vapor permeability

Styrene-Acrylic Polymer

Our environmentally-friendly product is a biodegradable liquid copolymer which is used for soil stabilisation and dust control. When diluted with water, it produces either a topical or mix-in stabilising liquid that will control between PM2.5 and PM10 particulate, ensuring a safe environment.

The product has proved extremely successful and economical internationally, including the African continent. Many large international companies such as Anglo American, Sasol, BHP Billiton and Exxaro use a product with similar qualities and characteristics.

Advantages

Easy-to-apply

Non-corrosive and safe for all equipment

Non-hazardous and non-toxic

Water resistant

Non-leaching

UV resistant

Non-slippery

Ecologically and environmentally safe

Dries flexible/elastomeric

Non-dissipating

Biodegradable

Non-tracking once cured

The product can be used as a dust suppressant, and a soil stabiliser that converts an ordinary dirt road into a rock solid wearing surface that rivals asphalt and concrete. When correctly installed, it can produce a natural soil pavement that has more than twice the supportive strength as asphalt. Under normal conditions of low frequency traffic and moderate weather, a 50 mm mix-in for the wearing course can provide a maintenance-free all-weather surface for approximately 5 to 10 years. Simply apply spray-on maintenance applications periodically to prevent deterioration.
Nano-Dust

Nano-Dust is a sustainable, environmentally-friendly, simple to apply, easy to maintain solution to the problem of dust suppression in the mining, tourism and agricultural sectors. It is a brown coloured dispersion of bitumen particles in water containing a mildly alkaline anionic emulsifier. The chemical formula is a mixture of heavy hydrocarbons, high molecular weight organic compounds which are obtained from processing residue streams from the refining of petroleum crude oils.

Penetrates surface

Inhibits ingress of water

Retards erosion

Binds aggregate particles in soil

Provides cohesion to dust particles

Having dust free haul roads provide lower cost per haul, better visibility, safer trips and extended tyre and equipment life which in turn leads to a reduction in overall expenditure and better service for users. After application roads and other dust-bearing surfaces are dust and mud free and functional in all weather conditions.

Improved health and safety

Savings of up to 75% in water use

Fuel savings

Reduction in vehicle down-time and maintenance

Roads open to traffic during construction, quick and easy to repair

Reduction in grading cost

Increased tyre life

Improved hauler cycle times

All weather road surface