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Unpaved
Road Stabilizer
The Need
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Many roads cannot be paved due to geological, environmental or
economical reasons. However, unpaved roads may cause environmental
concern from residents and users of the roadway. The fugitive dust that
generates from an unpaved roadway presents respiratory health concerns as well as having an affect on the agricultural environment around the roads. Unpaved roads can also cause safety problems due to the irregular riding surface drivers contend with. Natural Solutions Corporation's Roadbind products can reduce unpaved road maintenance costs by up to
95%, and help provide for a safer and healthier environment by eliminating hazardous fugitive dust and unsafe driving conditions.
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The Technology
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One of the primary ingredients in Roadbind products is lignin, a natural binder found in plants that provides strength and rigidity to the cell wall thus enabling trees to grow in an upright fashion. About one-quarter of dry wood is lignin, making it the second most prominent component of the wood part of a tree, with cellulose being the principal component. In the pulp mill process, cellulose is separated from the lignin and recovered for use in a variety of different products. Using lignin as one of the primary ingredients, Natural Solutions Corporation has blended it with other environmentally safe proprietary agricultural ingredients. These blended products are known as RB Ultra™ and RB Ultra Plus™. When properly mixed and applied, Roadbind
products are more resilient, durable, long lasting, and will increase load
bearing ratios two to three times. While Roadbind products are
water-soluble and are rinsed from equipment and clothing easily, it takes
heavy and prolonged rains and traffic to effect the treated surfaces.
RB Products are naturally adhesive when moist. When applied to dirt
roads, the RB Products solutions coats individual road particles with an adhesive-like film that binds the particles to adhere closer together for a stronger road surface. Consequently, water uptake by the roadbed surface is greatly reduced and the binder is less likely to be washed away by rain. |

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The Benefits
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The benefits from
applying this products are:
- Cost
effective solution for maximum Dust Control and Road
Stabilization
- Reduces
road maintenance Cost (blading/grading, watering and
gravel replacement)
- Ease
of application
- Prevents
costly destructive wind erosion
- Environmentally
safe, non-toxic, and biodegradable
- Effective
with most road materials
- Provides
an inexpensive, smooth, firm driving surface
- Increases
load bearing capacity
- Creates
a denser, firmer road cap at less cost than traditional
treatments
- Dust
suppressant (may eliminate up to 100% of dust on treated
roads)
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Status
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Natural
Solutions Corporation began operations in January of 1997 and currently
produces and markets its environmentally friendly unpaved road
stabilizers and dust suppressant through out the U.S. and
South America. |
Barriers
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- Limited
information on life-cycle
- Possibility that re-application may be needed after heavy
rain.
- Evaluation on the weather condition of the area where it is
to be applied is needed
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Points of Contact
Natural Solutions
Corporation, SunTrust
Bank Building, 100 Volvo Parkway, Suite 200 Chesapeake, VA 23320
Phone: (888) 423 - 2261 Fax: (757) 547 - 7564 Email: Info.nsc@naturalsolutionscorp.com
References
- News Release, 2000
Nova Award Nominations
- Roadbind America,
Inc. <http://www.roadbind.com/>
Disclaimer Statement
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Neither the Construction
Industry Institute nor Purdue University in any way endorses this
technology or represents
that the information presented can be relied upon without further investigation. |
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