Geotextiles
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Northlink Supply offers the highest quality geotextiles to our clients. With various strengths and sizes, Northlink Supply carries Woven and Non-Woven Geotextiles to meet your project needs. Northlink works closely with their supplier to meet or exceed project specifications.
- Woven Geotextiles
- Non-Woven Geotextiles
Woven Geotextiles
Northlink has partnered with a leader in the textiles industry to supply Woven Geotextiles to our valued customers. Woven Geotextiles are planar, permeable textile structures produced by interlacing two or more sets of yarns or fibers. Woven Geotextiles are used with soil, rock, earth, or any other geotechnical engineering-related material as an integral part of a human-made project, structure, or system.
High Performance / High Strength
Northlink’s High-Performance geotextiles are woven polypropylene products that are designed to provide separation, filtration, and reinforcement for a variety of soil stabilization conditions.
The difference High Performance (HP) Geotextiles make:
- Reinforcement Strength: Higher tensile modulus properties per ASTM D4595 than any comparable stabilization product.
- Separation and Filtration: Unique geotextile weave provides excellent separation factors with controlled filtration and drainage. Uniform openings provide the same filtration and flow characteristics as that of a fine to coarse sand layer.
- Durability: Superior damage resistance for moderate to severe stress installations.
- Soil Interaction: Superior soil confinement resulting in greater load distribution.
- Roll Sizes: HP geotextiles come in multiple roll sizes to fit your project requirements.
- Seams: Panels can be sewn together in the factory or field, providing cross-roll direction strength to facilitate installation.
Functions
Separation
The placement of a flexible, porous geotextile between dissimilar materials so that the integrity and intended functions of both materials remain intact or are improved.
Filtration
The equilibrium soil-to-geotextile system that allows for adequate movement of a liquid across the plane of the geotextile with limited soil loss over the service lifetime of the application.
Reinforcement
The synergistic improvement of a total system’s strength created by the introduction of a reinforcing geosynthetic (that is good in tension) into a soil and/or aggregate system (that is good in compression but poor in tension).
Confinement
The ability of a geosynthetic to restrain lateral movement from a soil or aggregate through friction or mechanical interlock.
Types
Non-Woven Geotextiles
Northlink Supply’s Non-woven Geotextiles are produced by mechanically bonding random fibers to create planar permeable fabrics. Non-woven geotextiles are used with soil, rock, earth, or any other geotechnical engineering-related material as an integral part of a human-made project, structure, or system.
Civil
Northlink’s Non-woven polypropylene geotextiles are used for soil separation, drainage in Transportation, Building Site, and Water Infrastructure projects such as subsurface drainage, permanent erosion control and roadway separation applications. Non-woven fabrics combine high water flow rates, high soil interaction and durability while providing excellent soil particle retention.
Northlink’s Civil fabric line increases performance, reduces costs, and delivers measurable results.
The Difference Civil High Performance Geotextiles Make:
- Construction: Civil non-woven geotextiles easily conform to the ground or trench surface for trouble-free installation.
- Strength: Civil geotextiles withstand installation stresses with high puncture and tear resistance.
- Drainage: High permeability properties provide high water flow rates while providing excellent soil retention.
- Environmental: Civil geotextiles are chemically stable in a wide range of aggressive environments.
- Cost Effective: Civil geotextiles provide economical solutions to many civil engineering applications including a cost-effective alternative to graded aggregate filters.
Functions
Separation
The placement of a flexible, porous geotextile between dissimilar materials so that the integrity and intended functions of both materials remain intact or are improved.
Filtration
The equilibrium soil-to-geotextile system that allows for adequate movement of a liquid across the plane of the geotextile with limited soil loss over the service lifetime of the application.
Drainage
The equilibrium soil-to-geotextile system that allows for adequate movement of a liquid across the plane of the geotextile over the service lifetime of the application.
Specs
Environmental
Northlink’s Non-woven polypropylene geotextiles are used for protection in Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Infrastructure projects such as liner protection in solid waste landfills, frac ponds, and other water management systems. Environmental Non-wovens provide exceptional durability along with high puncture resistance and permeability. Northlink’s Environmental line differs from the Civil line in the material weight and thickness.
The Difference Civil High Performance Geotextiles Make:
- Construction: Environmental Non-woven geotextiles easily conform to the ground or trench surface for trouble-free installation.
- Strength: Environmental geotextiles withstand installation stresses with high puncture and tear resistance.
- Drainage: High permeability properties provide high water flow rates while providing excellent soil retention.
- Environmental: Environmental geotextiles are chemically stable in a wide range of aggressive environments.
- Cost Effective: Environmental geotextiles provide economical solutions to many civil engineering applications including a cost-effective alternative to graded aggregate filters.
Functions
Separation
The placement of a flexible, porous geotextile between dissimilar materials so that the integrity and intended functions of both materials remain intact or are improved.
Filtration
The equilibrium soil-to-geotextile system that allows for adequate movement of a liquid across the plane of the geotextile with limited soil loss over the service lifetime of the application.
Protection
The action of protecting someone or something, or the state of being protected
Drainage
The equilibrium soil-to-geotextile system that allows for adequate movement of a liquid across the plane of the geotextile over the service lifetime of the application.
