SoaneAdd™
PRODUCT CATALOG: SOANEADD
Lowest Cost NFC Solution in the Industry
90-98%
Currently, NFC must be stored in 90-98% water, making the weight a costly logistical burden.
Cost & Logistics
Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer on earth and is found in a wide variety of sources including trees, biomass residues, and other plants. NFC is produced by isolating individual microfibrils that are bundled together in a cellulose fiber. The fibrillation process yields both nano and micro-scale fibers with a high aspect ratio and high surface area. This structure gives NFC its unique characteristics so that it can be utilized as a strengthener, viscosifier, emulsion stabilizer, matrix carrier, and more for enhanced material performance.
NFC’s high surface area has many advantages but they are offset by one pronounced disadvantage: self-adherence. The high concentration of exposed surface area causes fibers to strongly adhere to one another, forming irreversible bonds that render the fibers useless.
Our Solution
SoaneAdd™ offers a cost-effective high-solids alternative for storing and shipping NFC across the globe. Our proprietary additive package enables the drying of NFC by blocking the formation of irreversible bonds between fibers.
Implementing our process allows any type of nano/micro fibrillated cellulose to be transformed from a high water to a high solids form.
NFC treated with SoaneAdd™ contains more active fibers per unit volume and can be easily transported and stored at manufacturing sites. High solids NFC can be combined with water at any time and reconstituted to its original form with all its enhanced properties intact. The SoaneAdd™ eliminates the logistical challenges and high cost associated with current market NFC sources by offering a new and improved form factor.
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SoaneAdd™ provides an alternative form factor for NFC as a raw material for manufacturers to incorporate into their formulations and final products.
Since NFC has a variety of performance-enhancing properties, the material can be integrated across various industries.
In the pulp & paper industry, NFC is used to enhance the strength of specialty paper, cardboard boxes, molded fiber, and more.
Additional industries for NFC applications include coatings, biomedicine, adhesives, electrical, textile, building materials, and more.
Technical Application
