|
Year |
Significance |
Testing
organisation and / or Customer
|
|
1993 |
Proof that Field
Liners prevented decay of
untreated and treated posts in
accelerated field trial over 6
months
|
Field trial
results published in
International Biodeteriation and
Biodegradation |
|
1994 |
Proof that the
Field Liner will prevent
preservative in posts from
leaching into the soil
|
Study results and
Field Liner theory presented to
the International Research Group
on Wood Preservation in Orlando,
USA |
|
|
Full-scale field
trial established with 150
creosote treated utility poles
at Park Rennie in Kwa Zulu
Natal’s coastal area, South
Africa. 100 poles were fitted
with mono-layer Field Liners and
50 without
|
Eskom,
South Africa |
|
1995 |
Bioplast
fungicidal layer and Deltaplast
termiticidal layer for Field
Liner invented by Biotrans |
Patents filed
|
|
|
eThekwini
Electricity place initial order
for installation near Durban,
South Africa
|
eThekwini
Electricity |
|
1996 |
Proof that
mono-layer Field Liners
prevented creosote migration
from the 100 lined Eskom poles
after 18 months of trial
|
Eskom Field trial
results presented to the
International Research Group on
Wood Preservation in Guadeloupe
|
|
|
Full scale
commercial trial of 300
sub-standard retention creosote
treated poles installed with
multi-layer Field Liners for
Eskom at Umbumbulu
|
Eskom,
South Africa
|
|
|
Biotrans UK Ltd
formed as biotechnology company
to continue Field Liner research
and development
|
Registered in
Scotland, UK |
|
1997 |
Proof that poles
with sub-standard creosote
retentions protected by Field
Liners outperformed standard
retention poles in service after
one year at Umbumbulu
|
Eskom commercial
trial results presented to the
International Research Group on
Wood Preservation, Whistler,
Canada |
|
|
Agricultural
Research Council in South Africa
install 300 gum (Eucalyptus)
posts with Field Liners in their
experimental farm at
Stellenbosch
|
ARC Institute for
Fruit, Vine & Wine
|
|
|
Benoni Town
Council (near Johannesburg,
South Africa) place initial
order
|
Benoni Town
Council
|
|
1998 |
Proof that Eskom
poles lined with the mono-layer
Field Liner at Park Rennie
suffered no deterioration in
creosote retention levels after
4 years and that penetration
increased
|
Results presented
to the 1998 International
Conference on Utility Line
Structures in Colorado, USA |
|
1999 |
Three year
results showed that Field Liners
improved sub-standard poles at
Umbumbulu after 3 years whilst
unlined poles were deteriorating
|
Eskom issued
National Stock No’s for Field
liner procurement
|
|
|
Seattle City
Light place initial order for
two piece Field Liners |
Seattle City
Light, USA
|
|
2000 |
Four year results
showed that Field Liners
improved sub-standard poles at
Umbumbulu in both retention and
penetration after 4 years whilst
unlined poles were deteriorating
|
Results presented
to the 2000 International
Conference on Utility Line
Structures in Colorado, USA |
|
2001 |
Proof that the
Field Liner will enhance the
decay resistance of standard
preservatives and will result in
a longer service life for
preservative treated timber in
exterior use
|
EEC-approved
CRAFT (FAIR CT98-9571) Project |
|
2002 |
Seattle City
Light, Seattle USA establish
Field Liners as a standard for
all pole settings.
|
SCL issue medium
contract for Field Liner supply
|
|
|
One Piece Field
Liner sleeve invented
|
Patents filed
|
|
|
ARC Institute for
Fruit, Vine & Wine report
positive results of 5 years of
testing on 300 Field Lined gum
posts sited at their
experimental farm
|
Agricultural
Research Council, Stellenbosch,
South Africa |
|
2003 |
EPRI establish
tests utilising two models of
one-piece Field Liner products
entitled “Preventing the release
of pole Treatment Chemicals”-
|
Electrical Power
Research Institute, USA |
|
2004 |
Umbumbulu poles
continue to prove the Field
Liner efficacy.
|
Publication of 6
year results in ‘Energise’, the
journal of South African
Institute of Electrical
Engineers. |
|
|
Oregon State
University Utility Pole Research
Co-operative commence research
project on Field Liners
|
Oregon State
University |
|
2005 |
Buffalo City,
South Africa place initial order
for Field Liners
|
Buffalo City,
South Africa
|
|
|
US Patent
Application 10/537,380 filed for
One Piece Liner
|
US Patents Office
|
|
|
Kenya Power &
Lighting Company place initial
order for One Piece Field Liners |
Kenya Power &
Lighting Company |
|
2006 |
Seattle City
Light install their 6000th
Field Liner |
Seattle City
Light, USA
|
|
|
Protective
Packaging Ltd and Biotrans UK
Ltd win the European Aluminium
Foil Association’s AluFoil
Trophy 2006 as a ‘Champion of
Innovation’
|
European
Aluminium Foil Association |
|
2007 |
Oregon State
University Utility Pole Research
Co-operative take baseline
retention, penetration and
moisture content samples on 11
Seattle City Light Field Lined
poles in service
|
OSU baseline
testing forms part of a medium
term, in depth research project
|
|
|
Snohomish Public
Utility Division place initial
order for One Piece Field Liners
|
Snohomish PUD
|
|
|
Termite
Resistance Testing commissioned
at Mississippi State University
|
Results of
termite testing expected in
October 2007 |
|
|
Termite
Resistance Testing commissioned
at University of Hawaii. |
Results of
termite testing expected in
October 2007 |
