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Melcourt HeatherTM
    Melcourt HeatherTM is used for:-
  • Non toxic reduction of organic odours.
  • Microbial growth media.
  • Air flow skeleton.
  • Pressure drop relief media.
    Product Description
  • Heather [Erica and Calluna spp.] - over 30 years old
  • Selected thick stemmed plants for long life.
  • Bushy in character.
  • Baled for convienience of handling and transport.
    Typical Uses
  • Suitable for most biofilter applications where odours are organic in origin - e.g. sewage and sludge works, food processing factories, animal by-product rendering plants, abattoirs, pet food processors, worm, maggot and pig farms etc., etc.,
  • Ideal as skeletal frame to support peat fibre and similar soft texture fillers.
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    User Benefits
  • Heather extends biofilters' useful life.
  • Very durable.
  • Wiry nature of plants selected minimises frequency of bed aeration or turning.
  • Successfully used for over 20 years.
  • Environmentally friendly, produced in accordance with strict moorland conservation management programmes.
  • Ideal skeleton to hold soft filter media.
  • Bales can be man-handled into confined spaces.
  • Can be used compressed or 'fluffed up' form
    Product Features
  • Easy to install
  • Ideal for small scale biofilters
  • Non toxic method of odour reduction
  • Enhances durability of peat and fibre fillers
  • Minimises bed compression when soft fillers are used.
  • 100% sustainable resource
  • British orgin
  • Can be used pure or as a skeletal frame for peat fibre
    Installation Rates
  • Suitable for beds up to 2.00 metres deep
  • Can be used in association with finer fibrous fillers.
    Note: Fluffed up heather will permit large volumes of products such as peat fibre to be contained within its matrix. Consequently volume requirements of both media needs careful calculation.
  • Heather can also be used in layers with other compatible products.













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    Product Specification
  • The product shall be cut from Heather [Erica/Calluna spp.] at least 30 years old
  • Thick stemmed bushy branches to predominate
  • Material to be partially seasoned before delivery
  • Some green foliage may be present in each bale
  • Fronds up to 600mm long
  • Bales to be compressed in a ratio of 2:1
  • Strings to be of long life material
  • Nominal bale size: 900 x 500 x 400mm


    Application Rates
  • Heather to be used in "compressed" or "fluffed up" form.
  • Install Melcourt HeatherTM to a depth of .......... metres (insert media filter depth required) allowing appropriate settlement factor. (This will often vary considerably if used in conjunction with other higher bulk density fillers)
  • 6 compressed bales will fill 1m³
  • 3 opened, fully fluffed bales will fill 1m³
    Available from
Melcourt Industries Limited
Boldridge Brake, Long Newnton,
Tetbury, Glos GL8 8RT
Tel: +44 (0)1666 502711
Fax: +44 (0)1666 504398
Email:mail@melcourt.co.uk
Website: http://www.melcourt.co.uk

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Product settlement percentages are provided for your guidance only. If the product settles more than the minimum figure stated, it is the customer's responsibility to order sufficient additional material, to give the required finished depth.


TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

Main Constituent Origin Nominal particle size range Wood content
Heather British 1 - 600 mm Not Relevant

Dust & fines pH Typical Bulk
Density Range		 Durability
Not Relevant 4.5 - 6.0 325 - 400 kg/m3 3 years +

All values given in the Technical Specification are typical. However, some variation may occur from time to time. Melcourt Industries Ltd reserves the right to alter the specification without notice, for the purpose of product improvement.