COIR GEOTEXTILES

Description

Coir is a biodegradable organic fiber material which is coarse, rigid and strong. The constituents of coir have been found to be mostly cellulose and lignin. Coir fiber is weather resistant and resistant to fungal and bacterial decomposition. The rate of decomposition of coir is much less than any other natural fiber. These characteristics are attributed due to the high lignin content in the fiber. Coir in the form of woven mesh mattings or non woven stitch bonded blankets are used in engineering applications in the
geotechnical field.

Coir geotextiles are best for controlling soil erosion and conditioning soil. Made from coir fiber, they are naturally resistant to rot and moulds and is cheaper than synthetic geotextiles. They hold soil in place and prevent erosion, dissipating the force of heavy rains and run of water. It provides good soil support for years, allowing natural vegetation to become established. Coir geotextiles promote the growth of new vegetation by absorbing water and preventing the top soil from drying out. As it has strength and durability, it protects slopes and help natural vegetation to take root, coir geotextiles are available as woven, meshes and nets and non woven. They have varying densities depending on their application. Over a period of time the eco friendly and biodegradable coir disintegrates completely, leaving only humus.

Coir Geotextiles;

• Can dissipate the energy of following water and absorb the excess solar radiation.
• Can be successfully utilized in controlling even the steepest of slopes from erosion.
• Can absorb water, allowing re-vegetation in low rain areas

Benefits of coir Geotextiles:

• 100% Natural fiber, extracted from coconut husk
• Adds organic material to soil
• Promotes vegetative growth
• 100% Bio-degradable and environmentally friendly
• Tough, durable, versatile and resilient
• High tear-strength resistance
• Easy to install/maintain/ patch-up.
• Follows the contour of the soil surface. Hygroscopic properties
• (absorbing or attracting moisture from the air) High tensile strength

•   has a better absorption rate. When the  animals urinate on the bedding it is only required to replace a small portion of Cocopeat bedding which can be easily identified with its changing color, with urine. Hence it will be cheaper to replace bedding.
•  Removed used cocopeat with Manure can be re-used directly for the crop production as a soil conditioner in farm fields. Here the cocopeat mixed with manure does not required to be modified by addition of any chemicals before been spread in the farm fields like Saw Dust and Shavings, which incurs an additional expenditure. Hence used COCO BEDDING can be re-sold at a higher price than purchased.
• Due to its resistant to Bacterial and Fungal Growth it Protect the animals getting caught to Diseases due to bad bedding.
•  Stocking of cocopeat bales are made easy due to its method of packaging that compresses the cocopeat to a ratio of 2:1 and made it into a shape of a cube of 20 kg and packed in a white polythene cover.
• This low compression ratio supports the user to de-compress the bales manually. And its low weight (20 kg) allows a single person to handle a job manually