We have been active in the geosynthetics market since the early 1990s. Over the years, INOVECO has successfully completed many projects in Romania using high quality geosynthetic materials. We offer a wide range of special products and systems, based on state-of-the-art technologies and manufactured by world-renowned manufacturers.
Benefits of geosynthetic materials:
- Reduction or replacement of traditional building materials (aggregates, clay, concrete, steel);
- Reduction of excavation works and quantities of transported materials;
- Significant reduction in installation time;
- Reducing Co2 emissions;
- Reducing costs.
Full range of geosynthetic materials
Triaxial geogrids are the newest generation of geogrids and are obtained by extrusion and drawing from a continuous PP plate. They are perforated to a specific pattern and then drawn, resulting in a special and very stable joint shape and high joint strength.
Benefits of triaxial geogrids:
- Easy to handle;
- Ergonomic design;
- Robust and strong enough to be installed on low load-bearing terrain.
Applications:
- Provides exceptional performance in soil stabilization applications;
- Reinforcement of foundations on roads and areas with heavy traffic.
Installation and handling:
- It can be handled by mechanised machinery or carried by two people;
- It runs on site.
More details here: https://geosintetice.ro/produse/geogrile-triaxiale/
Biaxial geogrids are produced from PES or PP or PVA by weaving, bonding or extrusion and drawing. They offer high-performance solutions that meet financial and environmental requirements. The shape of the openings is square and the dimensions vary from product to product.
Benefits of biaxial geogrids:
- Reducing the thickness of the granular layer by up to 40%, without loss of performance;
- Reducing the amount of excavated soil together with the storage of natural aggregates;
- Reducing deformations and displacements in the foundation;
- Good compaction of filling materials;
- Extending the service life;
- Control of differentiated settlements.
Applications:
- They are used for reinforcing foundations;
- In areas at risk of collapse in the mining industry;
- Tunnels;
- When making geocellular mattresses from geogrids.
Mono-axial or uniaxial geogrids are produced from PES or HDPE or PVA by weaving, bonding or extrusion and drawing. They are manufactured and sold in rolls of various sizes (1 - 6 m wide). Uniaxial geogrids fulfil the function of reinforcement.
Benefits of monoaxial geogrids
- Long-term stability;
- The possibility of using the excavated earth;
- Increased resistance to dynamic loads and seismic shocks;
- The efficient connection between the façade and the geogrids has a special feature that does not require maintenance costs;
- TW1 modular blocks do not require mortars for fastening, and its geometry allows for the realization of curves and angles, including corners of 900 at the support structures;
- Also, the TW1 modular block being solid, it decreases accidental losses through handling, which is common in other traditional modular blocks or concrete panels.
Applications of monoaxial geogrids
- Realization of reinforced earth structures;
- Making geocellular mattresses from geogrids;
- Reinforcing high embankments built on weak ground;
- At landfill sites - for taking up loads on long and steep slopes.
More details here: https://geosintetice.ro/produse/geogrile-uniaxiale/
Geotextiles offered by Inoveco are permeable textile materials made of polypropylene, polyethylene or polyester used in construction works in contact with the ground or other materials. According to the way they are manufactured, they can be classified in the following categories: woven, non-woven (mechanically or thermally reinforced), heat-set, special.
Geotextile benefits:
- Long service life (minimum 100 years)
- Designed to provide optimal performance/specific weights
- Lower transport costs due to the thermal and mechanical fixation process that ensures superior performance at a lower weight and a lower thickness
- High mechanical robustness and hydraulic properties
- Significant reduction in carbon footprint and costs compared to traditional methods
Geotextile applications:
Geotextiles are used for filtration and separation:
- Between the aggregate layer and soil at the roads and railways foundations
- Between the foundation soil and the body of the dams and embankments
- In different types of constructions: retaining walls, drainage tubes in granular layer covered in geotextile.
Geotextiles are used for drainage:
- Drainage systems of various constructions: dams, retaining walls, roads, landfills
- Drains, in order to accelerate the consolidation
With a protective role, geotextiles are used :
- To protect geomembranes or other materials against static or dynamic perforation.
Geotextiles are used as reinforcement:
- To execute retaining walls from reinforced soil
- At road works, railways and embankments
With the role of container is used:
- Consolidation and banks protection
- Protection of underwater foundations
- Execution of dams
- Coastal protection.
More about:
- woven geotextiles: https://geosintetice.ro/produse/geotextile-tesute/
- geotextile netesute: https: //geosintetice.ro/produse/geotextile-netesute/
Geomembranes are a sealing and/or barrier material used in contact with soil or other materials.
Geomembrane benefits:
- They have excellent chemical resistance to environmental factors and high temperatures;
- It is sold in a range of thicknesses;
- They are chemically inert, not toxic or polluting;
- No danger to the environment or human health;
- They have remarkable resistance to UV radiation;
- They can be installed in various conditions;
- They are very flexible membranes with smooth or rough surfaces.
Geomembrane applications:
- Waterproofing of wastewater storage, treatment and purification tanks;
- Waterproofing of water accumulations, artificial lakes, helestee;
- Protection of underground or above ground concrete construction elements against ground moisture, water with and without hydrostatic pressure;
- Waterproofing of industrial, agricultural and household waste landfills;
- Waterproofing of canals, tunnels, earth dams;
- Protection of metal constructions in the petrochemical industry;
- Hydrotechnical and water management constructions;
- Construction for land improvements.
More details here: https://geosintetice.ro/produse/geomembrane/
Geocells are three-dimensional systems, made of perforated and textured strips of HDPE, joined by ultrasonic welding to form a honeycomb system. By filling them with these, the confinement of the filling material is achieved.
Geocell benefits:
- It allows to obtain very steep slopes or even almost vertical surfaces, structurally stable under its own weight and against external imposed factors, and minimizes erosion phenomena;
- The efficiency of the system is not only technical, but also economic, compared to conventional solutions;
- Costs can be 25% to 30% lower than old concrete solutions;
- Durability and resistance to physical and chemical factors;
- This system eliminates any potential for cracking, peeling, gravel, ballast, concrete, topsoil.
Geocell applications:
- Increasing the bearing capacity of low bearing capacity soils;
- Realization of reinforced earth support structures;
- Slope protection and erosion control;
- Bank protections and defences;
- Stabilization of foundations.
More details here: https://geosintetice.ro/produse/geocelule/
Gabions or gabion mats made of wire mesh are produced in a wide range of standard sizes allowing easy paneling of the structure and combining standard sizes to obtain any size required by the job.
Advantages of gabions:
- The advantage of wire frames is especially visible in the works performed in whites with continuous erosion, where gabion mattresses can easily track the section of the profile of the bed.
- The weapon has a lifespan of between 60 and 80 years, depending on the type of protection, until aggressive agents break through the protective coating;
- Hexagonal mesh wire mesh gabions are provided with internal diaphragms from metre to metre to increase the rigidity of the gabion and to increase the elasticity of the gabion structure as a whole;
- Gabions and gabion mattresses are provided with covers for any size;
- The webbing should be double twisted, thus increasing the strength and elasticity of the net;
- Due to the double twisted wire mesh is prevented from breaking the entire net in case of local breakage of a few stitches.
Features gabions:
Gabions are made of wire mesh with hexagonal mesh. The wire is made of soft steel and has a protection based on zinc in three variants:
- double galvanized wire covered with a quantity of Zinc of 240 – 290 g/m2 depending on the diameter of the wire, by passing the wire twice through the Zn bath according to EN 10244-2.
- wire with galfan protection (alloy composed of Zinc + 5% Aluminum)
- double-protected wire with galfan and polymer.
More details here: https://geosintetice.ro/produse/gabioane/
Bentonite geocomposites (GCL) are products made from a layer of bentonite (granules or powder) encapsulated between two layers of geotextile (one woven and one non-woven). The function of Bentonite Geocomposites is sealing.
Advantages of bentonite geocomposites:
- Competitive cost and factory controlled quality;
- Good behaviour on slopes and at differentiated gradients;
- Easy installation, by overlapping, in unfavourable climate and terrain conditions;
- Self-healing in case of accidental perforations;
- No welding required;
- Synergistic effects when associated with geomembranes in composite seals;
- Reduced thickness - approx. 1 cm - leads to increased storage space;
- Considerable reduction of carbon emissions – reducing the number of trucks needed to transport clay and compacting it.
Bentonite geocomposite applications:
- Base sealing and landfill cover;
- Sealing dykes for flood defence;
- Sealing of reservoirs and tank farms to prevent land contamination in case of damage;
- Mining works;
- Construction and transport works;
- Isolation of contaminated land.
More details here: https://geosintetice.ro/produse/geocompozite-bentonitice/
Geocomposites with cement have a three-dimensional structure made of fibres and a dry cement mixture, with a hydrophilic filter on the top and a water-resistant polymer film on the bottom. They are mainly used as a direct replacement for poured, sprayed (torcrete) or precast concrete, in applications including channel waterproofing, slope protection, lagoon waterproofing of reservoirs, as secondary waterproofing in tank farms or under pipelines, and in remedial works.
These materials are flexible, are delivered in easy-to-handle rolls of variable widths and lengths, and harden after hydration to form a thin, strong layer of concrete. The functions performed are waterproofing and erosion control.
Advantages of geocomposite with cement:
- Rollers of various sizes allow quick and easy installation in hard-to-reach areas;
- The flexibility of the products prior to hydration gives the ability to mould to the work surface profile;
- Cost savings and installation time;
- Environmentally friendly - the special concrete mix has a low alkalinity reserve and low washout rate which makes it safe for use in active waterways and environmentally sensitive areas;
- Logistics demands are drastically reduced, leading to a substantial reduction in carbon emissions compared to existing alternatives.
Geocomposite applications with cement:
- Rigole
- Channel
- Slopes requiring torching
- Book
- Bazine
- Pipeline
More details here: https://geosintetice.ro/produse/geocompozite-cu-ciment/
Drainage geocomposites with minitubes are made by combining two layers of interwoven geotextiles and a network of chemically inert polypropylene minitubes to ensure cost-effective performance, time-saving, construction optimisation, durability and long-term efficiency.
Geocomposite drainage functions with minitubes
The combinations of these materials are diverse: geotextiles + perforated minitubes, geotextiles with geotextiles, geotextiles with monofilaments, geotextiles + minitubes/geotextiles + geomembranes, etc. Geotextiles, in general, fulfil the functions of separation - filtration, and minitubes or the draining core (geotextiles/multifilaments) fulfil the function of transport.
Geocomposite drainage applications with minitubes
- Household waste landfills;
- Tunnels;
- Support structures.
More details here: https://geosintetice.ro/produse/geocompozite-drenaj/
Geocomposites for erosion control are flat or three-dimensional materials made of high-density polyethylene. They are two-dimensional meshes with hexagonal meshes of 10 x 10 mm, produced from UV-stabilised HDPE by extrusion processes. They are supplied in rolls of 25 m length and 1.0 m or 1.2 m width and colours black, grey or green. The geogrids successfully fulfil the function of erosion control. They are used as such, installed on the ground or in combination with other geosynthetic materials: geotextiles, pre-bonded geocomposites, geogrids, etc.
Geocomposite advantages for erosion control
- Cheaper method than construction
- Pleasant appearance
- Long-term solution
- Easy to install
Geocomposite applications erosion control
- Erotic control;
- Landfill covers;
- Channel;
- Artificial lakes;
- Ornamental ponds.
More details here: https://geosintetice.ro/produse/georete-si-geocompozite-control-erozional/
Biodegradable mattresses (pre-woven mattresses) prevent erosion by absorbing the energy resulting from the impact of precipitation, isolating the siphoning of water and allowing water to pass through the material into the soil beneath, thus cancelling both erosion forces.
Advantages of pre-sprung mattresses:
- The result is a strong and flexible mattress with a thin texture that creates a barrier against wind and precipitation;
- Provides total soil and seed protection, contributing to long-term growth and development;
- The natural constituents and the mattress degrade biologically without affecting the environment;
- The polymer grille remains intact for a longer time, protected against ultraviolet radiation by the vegetation, ensuring the reinforcement of the roots of the lawn.
Applications of pre-sprung mattresses:
- Landscaping of slopes with fresh soil;
- Protection of natural embankments;
- Development of newly excavated embankments;
- Aesthetising lakeshores;
- Waterways development;
- Making gutters at the road;
- Execution of waste dumps and quarrying;
- Obtaining vegetation on ski slopes;
- Planting areas planted with wild flowers;
- Balancing lakes and ponds;
- Facade design of reinforced earth structures.
More details here: https://geosintetice.ro/produse/saltele-preinsamantate-biodegradabile/
Mattresses filled with concrete are made of geotextiles woven in two layers from PA or PES, the concrete filling is made only after they have been cut, positioned and fixed on the surface to be protected. The main function of concrete-filled mattresses is erosion control.
Advantages of concrete-filled mattresses:
- Quick installation that doesn't require draining lakes or severe shoreline cleaning;
- Possibility of installation in marine or aggressive environments (waste water);
- Adaptation to the shape of the slope or area to be repaired.
Concrete filled mattress applications:
- Reinforcement/stabilisation of steep embankments and channels
- Return and repair of poles, pillars, dowels
- Various projects to support and protect pipelines
- Projects for repairing and protecting other concrete constructions.
More details here: https://geosintetice.ro/produse/saltele-cu-beton/
