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

Baecker, AAW; and Behr, MR (2003)
Primary Protection that creates extra wealth from distribution pole inventories
energize (Power Journal of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers)
May 2003, p.13-16.

Baecker, AAW; (2003)
Post liner protects soil.
Grape Grower, New Zealand (Spring 2003) p53.

Baecker, AAW; and Behr, MR (1999)
Field Liners prevent pole failure and environmental pollution.
Urban Management the Engineering Journal Promoting Responsible Management in Local Government, 30, 24-25.

Howgrave-Graham, AR; and Baecker, AAW (1998)
A unique device for preserving soil and groundwater biodiversity from the effects of pole preservatives.
Paper presented at Environment Conference, Perth, Australia, December 1998.

Editorial Feature (1998)
Preserving distribution poles for the next millenium.
ESI Southern Africa the Journal of the Electricity Industry 1, 19.

Baecker, AAW; and Behr, MR (1998)
Field Liners eliminate maintenance and replacement budgets by securing pole performance and protecting the environment.
Paper presented at International Conference on Utility Line Structures (Ed. Lisa S. Nelson), Fort Collins, Coloradao, USA, March 23-25, 1998.
Pub.Engineering Data Management, Fort Collins, USA. pp 45-54.

Editorial Feature (1997)
Biotrans Field Liners - preserving distribution poles for the next millenium.
Energise Journal of the Electricity Supply Industry of Southern Africa.
Distribution Feature, July-August 1997.

Behr, MR; Shelver, GD; and Baecker, AAW (1997)
Transmission poles with sub-standard creosote retentions protected by Filed Liners outperform standard poles in service.
Paper presented at IRG 28, 28th Meeting of the International Research Group on Wood Preservation, Whistler, Canada, 1997.
Int. Res. Grp. Wood. Pres., Doc.No. IRG/WP/96-40095. 7pp.

Baecker, AAW; Shelver, GD; Behr, MR; and Planting, DS (1997)
Preserving distribution poles for the next millenium.
Paper presented at Applitech '97, ESKOM Conference and Exhibition Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 15-16, 1997.

Baecker, AAW; Behr, MR; and Shelver, GD (1997)
Biotrans beskermingsomhulsels 'n vindingryke metode om die lewe van wingerdpale te verleng (Biotrans Field Liners - an innovative method for extending vineyard trellis pole service life).
Wynboer, Jan., 1997, T10-T12.

Baecker, AAW (1997)
Preserving distribution poles for the next millenium.
Paper presented at Workshop on Utility Poles: Environmental Issues, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, October 13-14, 1997.

Behr, MR; Shelver, GD; and Baecker, AAW (1996)
Field Liners prevent creosote migration from transmission poles to soil during service.
Paper presented at IRG 27, 27th Meeting of the International Research Group on Wood Preservation, Guadeloupe, West Indies, Carribean Islands, 1996.
Int. Res. Grp. Wood. Pres., Doc.No. IRG/WP/96-40067. 12pp.

Baecker, AAW; Shelver, GD; and Behr, MR (1996)
Hardwood poles benefit from Field Liners.
Wood South Africa and Timber Times, 21 (11), 30-31.

Shelver, GD; Behr, MR; and Baecker, AAW (1995)
BIOPLAST protects untreated wooden poles in soil.
Paper presented at EMSSA 33, 33rd Annual Conference of the Electron Microscopyl Society of Southern Africa, Warmbaths, RSA, 1994.
Proc. Electron Miscrosc. Soc. South. Afr., 25, 60.

Editorial Feature (1995)
New Field Liners for cresote and CCA poles.
Wood South Africa and Timber Times, 21 (1), 58-60.

Baecker, AAW; and Behr, M (1995)
Biostatic film as a primary treatment against pole failure in soil.
Paper presented at IRG 26, 26th Meeting of the International Research Group on Wood Preservation, Helsingor, Denmark, 1995.
Int. Res. Grp. Wood. Pres., Doc.No. IRG/WP/95-40053. 7pp.

Baecker, AAW (1995)
Future trends in formulations for wood preservation (2):- Hazard Class 4.
Wood South Africa and Timber Times, 21 (1), 64-65.

Baecker, AAW (1995)
Biostatic film as a primary treatment against pole failure in soil.
Wood South Africa and Timber Times, 20 (7), 44-46.

Behr, M; and Baecker, AAW (1994)
Quantification of cresote migration down wooden poles and the prevention of its depletion during flood irrgation.
Paper presented at IRG 25, 25th Meeting of the International Research Group on Wood Preservation, Bali, Indonesia, 1994.
Int. Res. Grp. Wood. Pres., Doc.No. IRG/WP/94-50032. 17pp.

Baecker, AAW and Behr, M (1994)
Field liners prevent fungal decay of wooden poles in soil.
Paper presented at EMSSA 32, 32nd Annual Conference of the Electron Microscopy of Southern Africa, Port Elizabeth, RSA, 1994.
Proc.Electron Microsc. Soc. South Afr., 24, 59.

Baecker, AAW (1994)
Prevention of creosote and leaching from vineyard poles.
Wood South Africa and Timber Times, 19 (12), 27-29.

Baecker, AAW (1994)
Future trends in formulations for wood preservation.
Wood Southern Africa and Timber Times, 19 (12), 27-29.

Baecker, AAW (1993)
Non-toxic decay prevention. Part II.
Wood Southern Africa and Timber Times, 18 (11), 39-42.

Baecker, AAW (1993)
Non-toxic decay prevention.
Wood Southern Africa and Timber Times, 18 (11) 39-42.

Baecker, AAW (1993)
Innovative treatment options.
Wood Southern Africa and Timber Times, 18 (9), 30-31.

Baecker, AAW (1993)
The prevenation of premature failure of preservative-treated poles in soil contact.
Wood SA, 18 (6), 32-34.

Baecker, AAW (1993)
A non-pressure method of protection based on hurdle theory to control the spectrum of internal environmental factors which affect the decay of poles in soil contact.
Paper presented at IRG 24, 24th Meeting of the International Research Group on Wood Preservation, Orlando, USA, 1993.
Int.Res.Grp.Wood Pres., Doc.No. IRG/WP/93-20005. 20pp.

Baecker, AAW (1993)
A non-toxic method to combat incipient decay of CCA- and creosote-treated poles in soil-contact.
International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 32, 289-303.

Baecker, AAW (1993)
Control of microorganisms which mobilise preservatives in wood and pollute soil.
Paper presented at BIOTECH '93, First South African Biotechnology Conference, Grahamstown, RSA, 1993.

King, B; Smith, GM; Briscoe, PA; and Baecker, AAW (1989)
Influence of redistributed soluble nutrients in wood on adsorption, permanence and toxicity of copper-chrome-arsenic preservatives.
Material und Organismen, 24, 179-192.

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Biotrans Home Page: 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.

Biotrans Products - the Field Liner: 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.

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.

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

About Biotrans: 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.

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.

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.

Costs & Savings using the Biotrans Field Liner: 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.

Biotrans Field Liner Literature: 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.

Biotrans Field Liner - Frequently Asked Questions: 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'.