BIOTRANS UK - Biotrans Field Liners (Internationally patented field liner protection)

<BODY bgproperties="fixed" BACKGROUND="biotrans-back.gif" TOPMARGIN="0" LEFTMARGIN="0" BGCOLOR="#FFE3CE" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#101010" ALINK="#606060" VLINK="#606060" HLINK="#00FFFF"> <table width=770><td> <img src="biotrans-main.gif" align="right"><br> <img src="biotrans-prevent.gif" align="left"> <b><font face="sheer beauty" color = "#396846" size = "6">T <font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "3"> he <a href="biotrans-calc/biotrans-calc.php" TARGET="MAIN">cost of failure</a> of unprotected wooden poles can run into millions. Preservatives that leach into soil and water systems are environmental disasters.</b> <br></font><font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "2"><br> The solution is a simple protective sleeve, which is easily fitted and meets international environmental requirements. <br><br> <a href="./biotrans-about/biotrans.php" target="MAIN">Biotrans scientists</A> have developed and <a href="biotrans-patented.php">patented</a> Field Liners. A simple and elegant solution that prevents the failure of both untreated and preserved poles in soil. Acting as an inert physical barrier, they prevent pole failure and protect the environment. <p> Four years after installing poles with Field Liners on an electrical distribution line, no leaching of creosote or microbial decay was found. However, as expected, the Field Liners caused the creosote to be concentrated in the pole sub-soil regions, providing added protection. (<a href="./biotrans-literature/biotrans-index.php">a case study</a>) <p> In contrast, H4 poles without Field Liners leached their creosote, leaving them substandard at H3 levels and incipient decay had already started. (see below.) <br><br> <div align="center"><img src="biotrans-schematic.jpg"></div><br> <font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "4"> <div align="center"><a href="./biotrans-about/biotrans.php" target="MAIN">Company Profile</A></div> </td></table> <BR>   <BR> <BODY bgproperties="fixed" BACKGROUND="../biotrans-back.gif" TOPMARGIN="0" LEFTMARGIN="10" BGCOLOR="#FCE3CA" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#101010" ALINK="#606060" VLINK="#606060" HLINK="#00FFFF"> <font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "+2"> <div align="center">BIOTRANS SITE MAP</div> </font> <br> <font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "+1"> <a href="http://www.biotrans-uk.com" target="_top">Biotrans Home Page:</a><font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "-1"> <b> After a decade of research and development, Biotrans scientists produced a patented method of pole preservation which is both technologically sound and meets international environmental requirements. The Biotrans Field Liner is a unique product which protects the pole, without doing harm to the environment. The Field Liner is manufactured in such a way that chemicals with an insecticide or fungicide action and confined within the Field Liner to proect the pole and lengthen pole service life without these chemicals leaching to the soil around the pole. The Biotrans Field Liner is patented in several countried around the world and manufactured under licence. <br><br> </b> <font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "+1"> <a href="http://www.biotrans-uk.com/biotrans-products/biotrans-index.php" target="MAIN">Biotrans Products - the Field Liner:</a><font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "-1"> <b> The Biotrans Field Liner can be used by Utility companies for electricity and telephone distribution, in the Agricultural sector, especially where wooden poles are used in the production of export crops. Field liners can also be used on wooden poles used to construct fences, verandahs and pergolas. The preservation of poles by the use of a Biotrans Field Liner results in a saving in the cost of pole replacement and creates a 'superpole' which can be re-sold at the end of its service life. <br><br> Field Liners can be fitted manually in a matter of minutes, or by machine. In the USA, engineers designed an automatic heat-shrink machine to fit Biotrans Field Liners to wooden poles for an electrical distribution line. Fitting the Field Liners manually requires no special skills or technical knowledge. <br><br> In countries where the use of Creosote is still allowed under environmental regulations, the Biotrans Field Liner prevents any leaching of the preservative into the ground around the wooden pole. In many countries, medical research has found components of preservatives used in wood to be carcinogenic <br><br> </b> <font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "+1"> <a href="http://www.biotrans-uk.com/biotrans-about/biotrans.php" target="MAIN">About Biotrans:</a><font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "-1"> <b> Biotrans International's vision and mission statements are based on a firm belief by the company's founders that woodpoles would remain the best alternative to steel, fibreglass or concrete in cost, performance and environmental terms. <br><br> Biotrans International environmental biotechnologists and wood preservation microbiologists were driven to find a permanent solution to the problem of so-called 'preserved' poles rotting long before their service lives had elapsed. <br><br> With a strong in-house research and development base, and by working with utility companies and research organisations to conduct scientific feasibility tests in Africa, North America, Europe and Australasia, Biotrans perfected the Field Liner solution to woodpole decay. <br><br> </b> <font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "+1"> <a href="http://www.biotrans-uk.com/biotrans-calc/biotrans-calc.php" target="MAIN">Costs & Savings using the Biotrans Field Liner:</a><font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "-1"> <b> In a case study for a Biotrans customer which was undertaken by UNISA MBA students, the annual costs of pole replacement was significantly reduced on poles fitted with the Biotrans Field Liners. In addition, annual and accumulated savings were considerable using these Biotrans Field Liners. <br><br> </b> <font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "+1"> <a href="http://www.biotrans-uk.com/biotrans-literature/biotrans-index.php" target="MAIN">Biotrans Field Liner Literature:</a><font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "-1"> <b> Over the past decade, the founders of Biotrans, AA Baecker and MR Behr have produced research papers which have been presented at various conferences around the world, and published in Industry and Environmental journals in South Africa and overseas. <br><br> </b> <font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "+1"> <a href="http://www.biotrans-uk.com/biotrans-faq/biotrans-faq.php" target="MAIN">Biotrans Field Liner - Frequently Asked Questions:</a><font face="verdana" color = "#396846" size = "-1"> <b> Among the questions asked and answered, the most queries are related to the life of poles fitted with the Biotrans Field Liner; the cost of the Field Liner; where immediate cost savings can be effected and questions relating to the technical process of fitting the Biotrans Field Liner either by the Pole Treater in the Pole Yard or by the End User on site. Questions regarding the presence of phthalates (often found in plastics) was answered decisively as all elements in the Biotrans Field Liner are approved as 'Food Grade'. </b><br><br><br> </BODY> </BODY>