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Products & Applications

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BW-MAX

Foundry Bentonites

Premium quality natural sodium bentonite blended with activated calcium bentonite to achieve optimum foundry properties. Kutch bentonite yields green sand moulds with excellent flow ability, compactibility, and thermal stability.

Key Properties & Advantages:

  • High thermal durability
  • High wet tensile strength
  • Wide moisture tolerance
  • High swelling volume
  • Reduced risk of expansion defects
  • Clean finish to castings

Drilling Grade Bentonite

Drilling Applications

Used as a mud constituent in oil- and water-well drilling. Primary role is to seal borehole walls, remove drill cuttings, and lubricate the cutting head.

Advantages:

  • Easy to mix due to dispersed nature
  • Gives thin but sturdy wall to well formation
  • Cuttings separated easily for reuse
  • Protects drill bits by cooling
  • Protects pumps from abrasive damages

Pharmaceuticals Grade Bentonite

Pharmaceuticals

Widely accepted as a binding agent in tablet formulation. Also used as filler and for absorption/adsorption functions in calamine lotion, anti-irritants for eczema, and industrial protective creams.

Key Highlights:

  • Fine particles provide uniform suspension
  • High absorption property - excellent carrier
  • Non-toxic, non-abrasive
  • Neutral base to most pharmaceutical ingredients

IOP Grade Bentonite

Metallurgy

Acts as binding agent in iron ore pellet production. Kutch Bentonite has higher natural iron percentage, ideal for maximum iron content pellets.

Product Advantages:

  • Withstands higher temperatures
  • Higher metal content
  • High Mont values allow reduced bentonite additions
  • Maintains active clay levels efficiently

BW-CLASSIC

Paints, Dyes & Polishes

Natural 200 mesh high purity Wyoming sodium bentonite. Functions as thickening and suspension agent in varnishes, water, and solvent-based paints due to thixotropic properties.

Benefits:

  • Excellent thickener for water base paints
  • Low shear viscosity
  • Prevents settling
  • Excellent thixotropy reduces sags and drips