TenCate receives patent for Geoport geotextile tube filling system

October 24, 2012 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on TenCate receives patent for Geoport geotextile tube filling system
TenCate Geoport geotextile tube-filling system

TenCate Geoport geotextile tube-filling system

Geotextile tubes are filled by pumping material in slurry form into the tube to form structures that can be used as breakwaters, levees, or other containment structures. TenCate has a new product that much improves what was a weak point in the system, the connection between the geotextile tube and the injection system. Their newly-patented Geoport mechanical injection system reduces stress at the injection point, and makes sure that the final closed connection is as strong as the geotextile itself. [Source: Geosynthetics. Image: Geosynthetics]

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