Industry/gilsonite’s role in industry
Gilsonite Usage in Industry
these uses have changed over time with new technology and industrial needs. Current uses of that are discussed in the following subsections.
Gilsonite has different usage in industry as:
- for road construction and asphalt
- for roof insulation and isolation
- for oil drilling as drilling mud and in cementing
- for Ink, Paint and coating
- in Pipe coating
- Gilsonite is combined with coal to produce coke that has usage in different
industries such as foundry sands, glass industry, …
Gilsonite For Road Construction and Asphalt
High-performance road surfaces have long been made possible with the use of Gilsonite. Gilsonite’s superior properties make it the go-to modifier for hot mix pavements and pavement sealers.
Gilsonite is used in asphalt mix as an agent for increasing the efficiency and
productivity. The asphalt mixed with high content of Gilsonite without adding any other balancing materials so that it becomes a highly solid material. Gilsonite as an aditive in total of or portion regarding value and cost can replace SBS polymers in asphalt modifiers. Asphalts modified by Gilsonite have a higher stability, lower shape changes,stability against low temperatures and higher resistance against water compared to asphalts void of Gilsonite.
Gilsonite for Roof Insulation and Isolation
Gilsonite is the best material to mix with bitumen and make composite roof insulation sheets for roofing and isolation with high flexibility and cheap price.
advantages
- Excellent Adherence
- Long Durability
- High Impermeability
- Light weight and high insulation characteristics
Gilsonite for Oil Drilling as Drilling Mud and Cementing
Gilsonite is used in drilling mud fluids and oil well cementing. Gilsonite, in a range of softening points and particle sizes, is a standard ingredient in oil-based drilling muds used in shales and other difficult geological formation.The addition of specially-treated Gilsonite to water-based drilling fluids helps minimize hole washout by stabilizing troublesome shales, and seals off highly permeable sands while reducing torque and drag. The addition of Gilsonite to oil well cements reduces slurry weight without loss of compressive strength and acts as an effective bridging and plugging agent to seal fractures in weak formations while cementing.
Gilsonite for Ink, Paint and coating
When you read a newspaper or magazine, you touch the benefits of Gilsonite. The jet black in many heatset printed magazines and high-quality publications simply would not be possible without the excellent carbon black dispersion properties of Gilsonite. Gilsonite resin will bind the pigments to the paper and one of the most important reason of using gilosnite in ink industry productions is its resin application.
suprior binding and unique qualities of Gilsonite make it an ideal additive for ink and paint.Because of the unique properties of Gilsonite, it gives paint an excellent bond to almost any material that needs to be protected from the elements. It is a critical high-performance, low-cost paint additive for anticorrosive paints, underbody paints and pipe coatings. Coating and painting by is a high quality coating with a brilliant, durable finish that is ideally suited for exterior surfaces such as metal and composition roofs, fire escapes, storage tanks, piping, structural steel, and all types of iron. It can also be used on concrete, masonry, or metal sidewalls. Coat and paints by Gilsonite is blend of gilsonite with oil based solvent, thus it provides excellent protection from water, sunlight and snow.
Gilsonite Usage in Foundry sand additives
for high value iron castings, gilsonite performs like no others. Foundries around the world have known for decades that when put to the fire of molten iron Gilsonite brings high performance to your foundry sand. For your complex, high value iron castings, Natural Bitumen performs like no other carbon additive. Gilsonite s naturally superior properties mean high quality castings with better finish and fewer imperfections. Three times as much gas generated as sea coal for better mold release ,High lustrous carbon for better finish, Reductive atmosphere for less reaction between mold and casting for fewer imperfections.
Gilsonite in chemical productions
Gilsonite(natural bitumen) combines with many other chemicals and materials that take advantage of its unique physical and chemical properties. Binder and coating applications in metallurgical, wood product, refractary and other industries further demonstrate the versatility and usefulness of this remarkable material.For many years, Gilsonite has been successfully used to produce sealant and adhesive. Since it cracks into smaller molecules through the cracking process, it is used to produce gasoline and diesel fuel. In combination with various resins, Gilsonite is used in products such as graphite pencils, graphite electrodes, and batteries. It is also used in the production of paints resistant to sunlight, cold, heat and rain. it is also used in the production of nano-carbon substances such as graphene and graphite.
Gilsonite in lump form like rock packed in 500~1000 kg jumbo bag
Gilsonite 200 mesh packed in 500~1000 kg jumbo bag
Gilsonite 300 mesh packed in 500~1000 kg jumbo bag
Gilsonite 30-40 mesh packed in 500~1000 kg jumbo bag
Gilsonite 100 mesh packed in 500~1000 kg jumbo bag
Gilsonite 300 mesh packed in 25 kg pp bag
Gilsonite 200 mesh packed 25 kg multi-paper bag
Gilsonite 200 mesh packed 50 lbs multi-paper bag
Gilsonite 30-40 mesh packed pp bag on pallet
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