RAW MATERIALS RANGE GUIDE
Raw Materials for Drywall and Gypsum Putty
Bisley have been suppliers to the drywall/plasterboard industry for over three decades, offering a range of dispersants / wetting agents, accelerators, air-entrainers, de-foamers, retarders and specialty additives for gypsum putty.
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Accelerators
Potassium sulfate is a highly soluble accelerator in gypsum systems.
Defoamers
TIBP is a highly soluble defoamer and anti-foaming agent. Excellent ability to both destroy foam and act as a foam inhibitor.
Dispersants/ Wetting Agents
The perfect choice when flow and pumpability are of high importance. Melamine Sulfonate works extremely well with gypsum systems, offering faster set times. Bisley distributes the Plastyn SP range in both liquid and powder form.
With excellent dispersing and wetting properties, naphthalene sulfonates have been a workhorse of the building chemistry industry. Bisley exclusively market the BISPLAS range of naphthalene sulfonates, available as both a calcium and sodium salt, with a variety of sulfate grades available. Formaldehyde free grades are also available.
Bisley exclusively markets and distributes the Bisflow™ Ultra range of PCE for the gypsum industry. Bisflow™ Ultra is a high range superplasticizer with low dose efficiency, optionally available with an added defoamer for easy formulation.
Foaming Agents
Bisley carries a range of powder additives for air-entrainment and foam generation. Foaming agents can play a major role in reducing the density of the drywall (gypsum board), which allows for ease of handling, thermal insulation, sound proofing, shorter drying times and savings in raw material costs.
Functional Fillers
E-Glass chopped strand fiber is composed of a calcium aluminoborosilicate glass and is widely used as an additive to reinforce composite materials such as gypsum and fiber glass composites. Its high temperature stability makes it useful in fire resistance materials. Bisley supplies 6mm and 12 mm fine chopped E-glass fiber, other fiber sizes may be available upon request.
E-Glass gun roving is composed of high-quality glass with excellent breaking strength and high temperature stability. It is highly compatible with unsaturated polyester, vinyl ester and polyurethane resin. Bisley supplies a range of grades with various linear densities and coupling agents to promote adhesion.
Extremaspheres™ are expanded foam glass spheres ideally suited for light color and light weight renders, mortars and concrete. Extremaspheres™ are a lightweight aggregate made from recycled glass, chemically resistant, low in density, resistant to pressure and act as a thermal insulation, acoustic absorption. Highly suited for use in insulation, fireproof renders and cement board.
Microspheres, also known as cenospheres, are thin-walled hollow ceramic spheres that can be used to modify rheology, reduce weight and shrinkage and improve thermal insulation. With high crush strength, suitable for all lightweight mortar and render applications. Bisley supplies a range of microspheres known as Biscil.
Modified starches are effective thixotropic agents which impart anti-sag properties, improving cohesion of the gypsum matrix. Modified starches are suitable for use in renders, tile adhesives and gypsum putties. Bisley supply tapioca and maize derived starches, others are available upon enquiry.
Gypsum Starch (Maize) TDS Gypsum Starch (Modified Tapioca Starch) TDS
Retarders
Synthetic L+ and DL tartaric acid are available as a free-flowing powder (with anti-cake) and in granular form. Tartaric acid is an extremely effective retarder (especially for alumina cement systems) at very low dosages.
Specialty Additives
Cellulose ethers extend the open time / workability of mortars and glues. With extremely low addition rates, cellulose ethers can modify the flow properties of the cement mortar water retention, making water available to the slurry over time. Bisley supplies a full range of MCs, HECs and HPMCs.
Dispersible polymer powders are easily dispersed in water and form stable emulsions. RDPs can improve adhesion, flexural strength and workability of modified compounds. Bisley supplies the Neolith range of RDPs.
Neolith P1550G TDS Neolith 9450L TDSEVA Dispersible Powder 603 TDS EVA Dispersible Powder 604 TDS
Plaster mixtures containing STMP can improve compressive strengths of the boards as well as mechanical stability. STMP has been shown to have an excellent effect on reducing sag deflection. STMP does not have the effect of retarding the setting, meaning it does not increase the re-conversion rate of calcined plaster into calcium sulfate dihydrate.
Sodium Trimetaphosphate Technical Grade TDS Sodium Trimetaphosphate SDS