クニミネ工業 List of Products and Services

Kunimine Industries handles "Organic Smectite." By improving dispersibility, transparency can be achieved, allowing functionality for products that require permeability. Additionally, the unique thixotropic properties of inorganic materials can be obtained through card house structure formation. Our company offers a variety of products including "Kunibis-110, 127," "Moistnite-WO," and "Smecton-SAN, SAN-P, STN, SEN." [Features] ■ Thickening properties ■ Gas barrier properties ■ Transparency ■ Dispersion stability ■ Unique thixotropic properties of inorganic materials obtained through card house structure formation *For more details, please refer to the PDF materials or feel free to contact us.

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Kunimine Industries handles "bentonite." This product has various characteristics, such as swelling by absorbing water underwater and the ability to adsorb various cations using its cation exchange capacity. Our company offers a variety of products, including "Kunipia-F, G," as well as synthetic smectites like "Smecton-SA, ST, SWN, SWF," and "Moistnite-S." For more details, please contact us. 【Characteristics of Kunipia and Smecton】 ■ Unique thixotropic properties of inorganic materials obtained through card house structure formation ■ Gas barrier properties expected by utilizing a high aspect ratio ■ Very high heat resistance ■ Unique adhesion of inorganic materials obtained through moisture *For more details, please refer to the PDF materials or feel free to contact us.

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A new waterproofing material to prevent water leakage from scaffolding! Just lay it down at the bottom! It prevents water leakage from holes in the scaffolding that occur after pouring the pressure-resistant concrete on site!

• Water stop

Kuni Sleeve TP is a water-stopping material for pipe perimeters that is a hybrid of bentonite and butyl rubber. Since it does not generate expansion pressure, cracks do not occur under normal construction. It absorbs leaking water and swells. It penetrates even to the microscopic level, completely blocking the water path. For more details, please contact us or download the catalog.

• Bentonite
• Waterproofing work
• Roof and gutter construction

Kunimine Industries has consistently worked towards the effective utilization of underground resources, which are a common asset of humanity, since its founding. With a sense of mission to provide products and services that benefit society, we have steadily progressed to this day. Kunimine Industries operates a comprehensive business from the mining of bentonite to production, sales, and aftercare, and has now advanced to become a top manufacturer in the industry. In recent years, as global environmental issues have come to the forefront, the demand for environmentally friendly bentonite is expected to increase further. Moving forward, we will continue to refine our knowledge of bentonite, cultivated through years of corporate activities, to meet the diverse needs of our customers, while maximizing the unique properties of bentonite, which holds infinite potential, and actively expanding into new business areas. For more details, please contact us or download our catalog.

• Bentonite
• Turbid water and muddy water treatment machines
• Civil Engineering Company

"Kunipia" is a refined and productized form of a clay known as bentonite. Bentonite is said to be a clay with "a thousand uses," and it is utilized in a wide range of fields across various industries, as well as in our everyday lives. Its characteristics include the ability to absorb moisture and expand to several times its volume, strong viscosity, resistance to settling even after long periods, and being gentle on the human body, making it applicable in various domains. Kunipia enhances these properties, making it more reliable and user-friendly. [Features] - High viscosity, swelling capacity, and thixotropic properties - Safe, non-decaying, and stable inorganic colloid - Capable of creating promising intercalated compounds For more details, please contact us or download the catalog.

• Safety and consumables
• Bentonite
• Soil improvement material

The synthetic inorganic polymer thickener "Smecton ST" has a colorless and transparent dispersion, allowing you to use it without worrying about color changes after addition. Being an inorganic polymer, it is heat-resistant, difficult to modify, and has excellent long-term stability. Since it is a synthetic clay, customization is possible according to your specific applications. 【Features】 - The dispersion is colorless and transparent, allowing for use without concern for color changes after addition. - As an inorganic polymer, it is heat-resistant, difficult to modify, and has excellent long-term stability. - Being a synthetic clay, customization is possible according to your specific applications. For more details, please contact us or download the catalog.

• Safety and consumables

"Smecton" is a synthetic inorganic polymer with a saponite structure developed by Kunimine Industries Co., Ltd. using proprietary technology. Traditionally, minerals referred to as smectites are known as "clays with a thousand uses" and are utilized in a wide range of industries and in our everyday lives. However, since smectites are derived from natural clay, it is difficult to completely remove impurities from the soil, which limits their applications. Therefore, to enable a broader range of uses, research was conducted on the synthesis of smecton based on pure chemical raw materials. [Features] - When dispersed in water, it achieves higher viscosity compared to natural clay minerals and other synthetic clay minerals, with significant thixotropic properties. - The average particle size of the product powder is about 20 μm, but when dispersed in water, it swells and disperses to as fine as approximately 0.02 μm (Kunipia 0.1–0.5 μm). - It has cation exchange capacity (CEC) and can intercalate various ions between its layers. For more details, please contact us or download the catalog.

• Safety and consumables

Simply insert it into the separator and cut it, then crimp the ends. Due to its good plasticity, it is easy to attach to the separator and can easily pass through the threaded part of the separator. It can withstand water pressure equivalent to 30 meters underground. ● For more details, please download the catalog or contact us.

• Bentonite
• Waterproofing work
• Roof and gutter construction

Kuninmine Industry's new product for the construction and civil engineering industry is "Kuniseal," a bentonite waterproofing material that utilizes the properties of natural clay mineral bentonite. Since bentonite is an inorganic clay mineral, it maintains its performance without degradation for a semi-permanent period, continuously exhibiting excellent waterproofing effects. Kuniseal BT is an external type of waterproofing material. For more details, please download the catalog or contact us.

• Bentonite
• Waterproofing work
• Roof and gutter construction

Asphalt-Bentonite Hybrid Waterproof Sheet "Kuni Sheet" enables the easy formation of a stable bentonite layer as a waterproof layer by hybridizing specially modified asphalt and bentonite. For more details, please contact us or download the catalog.

• Waterproof sheet
• Coating film waterproofing material/permeable waterproofing material

Kunishir C-31 is a water-stopping material for bentonite concrete joints. Since it does not generate expansion pressure, cracks do not occur under normal construction conditions. It absorbs leakage and swells. It also penetrates down to the microscopic level, completely blocking the water path. For more details, please contact us or download the catalog.

• Bentonite
• Bridge Construction

Kunishir AB-2505 is a new type of water stop material made from bentonite and modified asphalt. Its flexibility allows it to conform to complex substrates. It can be used on horizontal surfaces as well as vertical surfaces, around H meshes, and in slab areas. For more details, please contact us or download the catalog.

• Bentonite