Propex Landlok / Pyramat / Armormax

Range of new age turf reinforcement matts for soil stabilisation.

Description

Synthetic erosion mats and blankets have become a sensible choice for cost effective, technically proven, permanent solutions to promote stabilisation and control erosion. Propex products offer environmentally sensitive alternatives to hard armour solutions. Propex Turf Reinforcement Mats (TRMs) and High Performance Turf Reinforcement Mats (HPTRMs) offer maximum performance for the widest range of erosion challenges.

Propex Landlok® products and Pyramat® are designed to provide channel stabilisation, slope or bank protection, revegetation and for inlet and outlet control works. Propex ArmorMax® is ideal in steep embankments to protect against surface erosion and solve shallow plane instability using a patented system of ground anchors.

The most technologically advanced geotextiles available Each Propex solution is the result of a comprehensive innovation, design, production and testing process. A leader in research and market education, Propex products enable customers to find the right solution to difficult technical and environmental challenges.

Performance tested Extensive product testing at the University of Colorado (USA) Hydraulics Laboratory has quantified performance of Propex erosion products under a range of hydraulic conditions. Testing specifications follow ASTM standards for internationally recognised benchmarks. Use Propex software to help calculate shear capacity in channel flows.

Download it at www.geotextile.com Proven erosion solutions with X3® fibre technology All Propex TRMs use patented X3® fibre technology with a unique matrix of voids to promote revegetation and retain moisture. X3® fibre has superior UV resistance and offers enhanced performance in long term channel and slope protection.

Application

Soil loss through water borne forces is a major environmental problem today The use of appropriate ground stabilisation treatments in combination with appropriate vegetation re-establishment is a very useful technique. Propex products are designed to provide these highly-capable, cost-effective treatments.

Tough enough for arid conditions In Australian arid and semi-arid environments and where vegetative cover may be difficult to maintain, Propex product integrity is assured for long term performance against UV deterioration. Smart and sustainable Propex products, combined with sustainable design, are excellent erosion control alternatives to hard armour approaches. Propex can replace rock riprap, concrete channels, rock mattress or interlocking concrete block systems with more natural visual appearance, ground water recharge, sediment containment and overall cost reduction.

Landlok® TRMs are perfect for moderate flow storm water channels, banks and steep slopes where both immediate and long term erosion control are needed. A Landlok® TRM traps more seed, soil and water than traditional hard armour products, yielding faster and fuller vegetation. Landlok® TRMs are available in either 1st or 2nd generation material construction. Our TRMs are made of 100% synthetic, ultraviolet (UV) stabilised components and are completely non-degradable.

Propex 2nd generation HPTRMs feature a patented matrix of X3® fibre pyramids that keep soil in place under high flow conditions. Unique woven construction can provide up to 10 times the tensile capacity of 1st generation synthetic erosion mats with even greater shear capacity, improved UV resistance, longevity and improved flexibility for intimate ground contact to promote rapid seedling growth and minimal soil loss.

For non-structural applications The ArmorMax® system protects slopes, channels, levees and banks where extra measures of safety are required. The system can protect earthen levees from storm surge, wave overtopping and stream, river and canal banks from scour and erosion. Also ideally suited to protect storm water channels where vegetation density is not expected to exceed 30%.

For structural applications The system can be engineered to provide surficial slope stabilisation to resist shallow plane failures. Earth percussion anchors combined with the three dimensional HPTRM secure ArmorMax® for long term design life and protection with exceptional UV stability.

Product specification sheet

Manufacturer

Global Synthetics

Global Synthetics is a leading independent and manufacturer of Geosynthetics to the engineering, construction and building industries in the Australasia and Pacific region.