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Contie PU100/101

Contite PU100/101 is a low viscous water reactive single component polyurethane resin. When injected into leaking joints and cracks it reacts immediately with water to foam up and stop the leakage. Contite PU100 cures by reaction with ambient water yielding a polyurethane / polyurea foam. The expansion rate of the foam depends in the first place on the backpressure effected by the propagation of the resin into the structure to be sealed, i.e. wide cracks / gravel result in a high foaming factor, narrow cracks / fine sand in a low expansion rate and high strength.


USES & ADVANTAGES

Contite PU100/101 is used to seal high water flow through cracks, joints, voids, soil stabilisation and back grouting. Contite PU100/101 is ideal for situations where the live leaks need to be stopped before further repair works. Typical applications include leaks in tunnels, subways, basements and sheet pile walls before repair and injection into joints of leaking water pipe lines, concrete lined waterways, sewer liner and manholes.

Advantages include:

• Foams in contact with water sealing the passage of water.
• Low viscosity penetrates very narrow cracks.
• Tough, withstands normal movement.
• Free of V.O.C.s, C.F.C. and phthalate plasticisers.
• Reacts also with saline water.
• No shrinkage.
• Good adhesion to wet or dry surfaces.
• Once cured does not shrink nor swell with water

The data below is laboratory data. Results may vary in practice due to thermal exchange between the resin and strata, surface properties of the stone, humidity, pressure, and other factors.
Reaction Data
Initial Temperature 5oC 10oC 15oC 25oC
Reaction times * measured with 10% Contite PU101
Start of foaming 0’10”            0’10”           0’08”           0’07”          +2”
End of foaming 0’59”            0’50”           0’41”           0’38”          +10”
Foaming factor (free rise) 40-45           40-45          40-45         40-45
Reaction times * measured with 15% Contite PU101
Start of foaming 0’09”            0’08”           0’07”           0’06”          +2”
End of foaming 0’42”            0’37”           0’32”           0’28”          +10”
Foaming factor (free rise) 40-45           40-45          40-45         40-45
*Note : the reaction is effected by addition of 10% water to the freshly prepared blend.

 

Prior to application, Contite PU101 is added to Contite PU100 to increase its reactivity. The reaction mix thus obtained maintains its state for at least 8 hours without significant viscosity increase. After mixing with Contite PU101, a skin may be formed on the surface of the liquid by reaction with the humidity contained in the air but this does not affect the pumping operation.

Contite PU100/101 products are injected as a single component via packers into the waterbearing zones using manual or motor-driven pumps. When in contact with water, the reaction mix foams up strongly and hardens. If the zone to be sealed contains insufficient water, a full hardening of Contite PU100 mass can be achieved by preliminary or subsequent water injection.

In contrasts to the two-component systems, Contite PU100 will not harden in the injection pipe for hours since contact with the water contained in the ground is neccessary for hardening.
Immediately after ending the injection work flush the pump with Contite Solv, in order to prevent clogging. For standstill periods of more than one day, fill the pump with Contite Solv afterwards.

For the consolidation of soil Contite PU100 is used without Contite PU101 and has to be injected via sleeve pipes or other injection pipes into natural moist or wet sand.
The maximum radius of injection is approx. 30 cm.; with a bigger radius the core is left uncured. The injectionpressure should be no greater than the overburden pressure in order to avoid fracturing of the ground.

Contite PU100/101 contains cements which may cause skin irritation. For personal precaution, protective gloves and goggles are recommended to be worn during handling of this product. If product contacts with eyes, flush immediately with clean water and seek medical assistance is symptoms prolong.