Industrial
Sands
Bucbricks’ product
range enables our sands and grits to have many uses – especially
in the industrial sector where quality and regularity of supply
are vital.
Water
Filtration: Bucbricks’ products are widely
used in both water filtration and purification. The round
grain nature
of the Ardleigh Sands, mineralogical composition and high silica
content makes it ideal as a filter media, especially for portable
water filters. Many of the UK’s top water companies are
Bucbricks’ customers.
It is used by Water Authorities and by manufacturers of specialist
filtration equipment for use on board ships etc. The company
also supplied sand to water companies and authorities in Portugal,
Qatar,
Bahrain, Oman, Russia and the Falklands Islands.
Water
Abstraction: In further links with the British Armed Forces,
Bucbricks sands – due
to their grading and grain shape – are
used by the Royal Engineers to provide filters for newly
sunk bore holes to abstract water in military areas. The
Royal Engineers
are NATO’s only specialist well-drilling unit.
Boreholes: Our graded dried sands 1-2mm (8/16) 1.7/4mm (4/10) and
3-6mm are used in boreholes throughout the UK and are
regularly exported to the third world by our customers.
Environmental
Monitoring: Increasingly stringent regulations concerning
the operation of filling stations have seen
Bucbricks sands being
used as a monitoring agent to prevent oil contamination
of both land and water and as a filtration medium for
borehole monitoring.
Sands can be tailored to meet local requirements.
Horticulture: Ardleigh sands, with their excellent grain roundness – are
ideal for use in drainage composts. The sands and grits
produced are added to soil and compost to make an ideal growing
media. The
1.7/4 (4/10) is used specifically by nurseries and
individuals for growing Bonzai trees. Not only does Bucbricks
supply
the horticultural sector, but it also delivers to some of
the UK’s best-known
stately homes.
Resin
Bonded Surfaces: The amber colour of the Ardleigh Sands 1.7/4
(4/10) makes it a very sort after
product
for resin
bonded decorative
surfaces, i.e. paths and driveways, throughout the
UK. An example of this can be found at Kensington
Palace where the
paths for
the Princess Diana Memorial Gardens were laid using
this
method and
our 1.7/4 (4/10) grade sand.
Industrial
uses: Fillers in high-grade plasters for squash courts.
Filler in a free flow product for use on the London
Underground railway.Bronze Statue production.
Brushing
In Sand: Bucbricks 0/.5 (30D) sand is widely used in the south-east
for brushing
in on
block paving.
Swimming
Pools: Bucbricks graded dried sands are widely used in swimming
pool filters in leisure
centres and
domestic pools throughout
the UK, Jersey and Ireland.
Other specialist
uses for our sands can be found in the production of:
• Floor-levelling compounds
• Simulated Spanish mosaic floorings
• Resin-coated fillers
• Sound insulation Bucbricks
products also comprise or are used in:
• Sand for fish tank filters
• Wet scouring of stone buildings
• Dry scouring of metal structures
• Restoration of ancient monuments |
