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Boral Cement manufactures and distributes a range of dry graded specialty sands and gravels for use in high performance industrial and commercial applications.
Boral Cement manufactures and distributes a wide range of dry graded specialty sands and gravels for use in high performance industrial and commercial applications. Our raw materials are specifically sourced from high purity quartz deposits to enhance durability, then thoroughly washed, kiln-dried and sized to exacting measures to ensure consistency of finished products and ease of application.
Whilst there are many uses for our dry aggregates they are ideally suited for use as a water filtration medium, an inert filler for epoxy resin and cement-based systems, as well as a decorative pebble for exposed aggregate pool lining renders.
NATURAL PRODUCTS CAN VARY – Boral specialty sands and gravels contain aggregates and other materials that originate from natural quarry products. As such, some variation in appearance and consistency may occur from batch to batch, and the photographs on this page are representative only.
Our Products
Boral Cement's filter sands are produced from high purity quartz creating an extremely hard, durable particle which resists physical degradation by attrition. The purity of our filter sands also enables them to resist chemical attack in the harshest conditions. Our filter sands are precisely graded to ensure consistent size and enable uniform filtration with low silt and clay content to reduce pre-washing and the ongoing waste of water.
Domestic and commercial applications
Specified and recommended by many of Australia's leading pump and filter manufacturers, Boral Cement's filter sand is used in all facets of water filtration from backyard swimming pool filters to commercial and municipal aquatic centre filtration systems.
Industrial and government applications
Boral Cement has a range of specified filter sands that are widely used by water authorities in sewage treatment and water filtration plants on the eastern seaboard of Australia. These products are manufactured and tested in accordance with the American water works association guidelines AWWAb100 and comply with each individual treatment plants' tight specifications around effective size and uniformity coefficient.
Boral Cement's dry graded sands are produced from high purity quartz ensuring a hard, durable particle for use as an inert filler in cement and epoxy resin systems.
Epoxy resin systems
Our dry graded sands and gravels are ideally suited for use as inert fillers in epoxy resin flooring and repair systems, resin based waterproofing systems and textured paint coatings, as well as line marking applications.
Cement systems
Our dry graded sands and gravels are ideally suited for use as inert cement fillers in dry packaged products such as construction grouts, renders, repair mortars, tile adhesives and shortcrete blends as well as topping and bedding mixes. Utilising some of our complete range of grades enables the ability to build the required sand grading to suit any application while maintaining performance and optimising the cement binder content to reduce costs.
Boral Cements' dry graded sands can be used in a wide range of other applications including rail traction sand, synthetic turf infill sand, and as a drilling medium for ground water testing.
Rail Traction Sand
Many rail operators use Boral dry graded sands as traction sand in locomotives to aid grip on rails in wet weather conditions and in steep incline situations. The dry tightly graded nature of the sand allows easy transition of sand from the locomotive sandbox to the wheels without obstruction.
Drilling Medium
Boral dry graded sands are commonly used in water monitoring drill wells as a filtration medium to pack the well sleeve and aid water ingress from the surrounding water table for sampling.
Synthetic Grass Infill Sand
Several different grades of Boral dry graded sands can be used as infill for synthetic turf applications such as tennis courts, playgrounds, golf greens, sports arenas and other recreation areas.
Blue Circle® Uni Sand is a dried and processed high purity fine washed sand. It is ideal for use around the home such as sand pits, barbecues, and more.
Made in Australia, this multi-purpose washed sand is clean and dried for ease of use.
Applications Around the Home
- Sand pits
- BBQ’s
- Aviaries
Building Applications
- Paving
- Rendering
- Tiling raw material added to cements and limes