Neoloy® Tough-Cells are Revolutionizing Haul Road Reinforcement

The Challenge for Haul Roads

Haul roads and haul trucks are the lifeline of mining and natural resource extraction industries. That’s why Neoloy Tough-Cell designed for heavy duty pavements can keep your mining haul trucks rolling with soil stabilization and reinforced haul road bases – even in rainy seasons and freeze-thaw cycles.

The Neoloy Solution for Haul Roads

Neoloy Tough-Cells meet these challenges by stiffening haul road pavements using marginal infill material. Keep the haul trucks rolling by stabilizing soft subgrade soils and reinforcing roads with rigid Neoloy geocells for all-weather use. Neoloy Tough-Cell reinforced haul roads resist cuts, impacts and degradation. The result is less wear and tear to tires and vehicles and more efficient, safe and economical mining operations.

The unique, validated properties of the Neoloy Tough-Cell reinforcement factors provide high dynamic stiffness, resistance to permanent degradation and tensile strength. These properties enable Neoloy Tough-Cells to improve the structural and functional behavior of infill materials, offering the following benefits:

• Construction of durable haul roads on soft subgrade (sand, peat, organic silts)
• Use of locally available materials (e.g., sand, quarry waste) for structural infill
• A reduction in pavement thickness by 50% with equivalent performance
• Excellent drainage for all weather-construction and all-weather access

These benefits contribute to a lower environmental footprint: less aggregate and hauling, decreased in-situ earthworks and faster construction. Fuel use, fugitive dust and the carbon footprint are all reduced as are construction time and costs.

Why Neoloy Tough-Cells for Haul Roads

Neoloy Tough-Cells is a 3D honeycomb mattress made from Neoloy®. Unlike soft geocells made of HDPE, Neoloy Tough-Cells are a rigid geocell made from Novel Polymer Alloys (NPA) and designed for durable road solutions – suitable for the mining, logging and energy industries. The high elastic stiffness and creep-resistant properties of the NPA material (exceed international standards for rigid geocells) guarantee reliable haul road soil stabilization for heavy-duty loading. Neoloy’s mechanical confinement locks aggregate and binds soil particles This prevents lateral soil movement resulting from vertical loading and increases shear resistance and stiffness (Read more about Neoloy technology here). Neoloy Tough-Cell reinforced haul roads resist cuts, impacts and degradation. The result is less wear and tear to tyres and vehicles and more efficient, safe and economic operations for mining operators.

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