Foundry

Civil Engineering

Bentonite

Since the '50s of the previous century, at Sipag Bisalta we have been supplying top quality and highly reliable products to foundries. This is the result of our consolidated technical know-how underpinned by on-going innovation and the use of first-class raw materials meeting the highest European...

Sipag Bisalta and Somies are manufacturers of a comprehensive and innovative range of chemical and bentonite-based products employed by all major building yards in Europe. We also offer custom-made solutions and provide our technical expertise to support our Customers from project analysis, to the...

Bentonite is a clay mineral that expands absorbing as much as several times its dry mass in water. Bentonite is composed primarily of montmorillonite, a mineral of volcanic origin belonging to the smectite family. Montmorillonite is an aggregate of lamellar crystals, packed together by electrochemical forces.