Hydro Asphalt Technologies’ cold mix application addresses the historical shortcomings of conventional road building and maintenance in South Africa (and the world) whilst simultaneously delivering attractive employment, entrepreneurial business and empowerment opportunities.

 

Hydro Asphalt Technologies’ cold application asphalt road building product (Hydro Asphalt) is a combination of stone and a bituminous emulsion containing secret ingredients. The formulation utilises the inherent strengths and affinities of its constituent parts to provide a strong wearing surface, a quick setting product with all the benefits and strengths of hot asphalt.

 

The product, however, has added/intangible benefits as opposed to hot asphalt ranging from, ease of manufacture/application/transport, increased yield, no wastage, no heat required, less dependant on capital equipment, environmentally friendly, non-toxic application, employment opportunities, sustainable development to product versatility (the only catalyst needed is water).

 

Hydro Asphalt Technologies utilises unskilled labour, basic implements and promotes massive employment, due to its ease of manufacture and ease of application. Increased productivity, employment, sustainable development and cost effectiveness are all added benefits that Hydro Asphalt Technologies aspires to and has consistently achieved.

 

Products

 

Hydro Asphalt Technologies’ products vary from it’s flagship product,

Hydro Asphalt - being a ready made cold asphalt with water as its catalyst,

Top Crackfill – a crack sealant preventing water penetration,

Top Slurry – a slurry preventing crocodile cracking leading to road failure,

Top Stabiliser – a road base stabiliser added to inferior road base material, to

Top Gravel Roads – specifically for rural dirt/gravel roads that do not require asphalt. It stabilises and superplasticises natural aggregates enabling low cost durable gravel roads to be constructed with minimum compaction effort.

 

Raw Materials and proximity to source

 

The basic raw materials are readily available, stone quarries are abundant around the world. The bituminous emulsions and secret additives are readily available and come in 200 litre drums for ease of transportation. These emulsions can be manufactured world-wide and Hydro Asphalt controls the essential ingredients that are required to emulsify the raw bitumens. This gives added comfort to both HAT and Franchisees that the technology cannot be copied and /or emulated. It also helps keep transportation issues cost effective.

 

Training / Employment

 

The application of the products is extremely basic, environmentally friendly and completely non-toxic. Unskilled labour can be trained within one day to the basic manufacture and application procedures.

 

The employment potential and opportunities are massive and end-less as no conventional machinery has to be used. This advantage can empower rural populations in the repair and maintenance of roads within their jurisdiction.

 

Down stream employment opportunities are readily created in the quarry  sector, as specific size of raw materials are essential for the various products and for optimal product quality and integrity. The raw materials are sieved and batched, to predetermined sizes and then mixed in varying ratios for the optimal product strength.

 

Productivity

 

The overall properties and ease of application of Hydro Asphalt gives it added benefits in terms of productivity. Potholes and patches are repaired at an increased rate and the overall application compared with the hot application methods are increased by between 4 to 20 times minimum, depending on geographic location.

 

Current utilization of Hot Asphalt for repair and maintenance is extremely cumbersome, has numerous limitations and is a huge health hazard to labourers.

 

Productivity with this kind of application is minimal and it is here that Hydro Asphalt Technologies’ ease of product application will outstrip current methods.  

 

Geographic location and Product longevity

 

A hot asphalt application for repair and maintenance depends and is governed largely by the location of the hot asphalt plant and whether that plant can get the material to the work site before it cools to a point of being unusable. This factor is by far the most inhibiting draw back in most African countries and outlying areas.

 

Hydro Asphalt is a cold application that can be stored in 25 kg bags and may be kept for over a year, this benefit means that it can be transported and stored for extended periods without deteriorating. If the product is supplied to site in bulk, then its optimal usage time would between 2 to 3 weeks, provided that it is covered and does not get wet, as water is its catalyst. Geographic location of application site is irrelevant and as such wastage of product is zero.  

 

Production Facility Mobility

 

Hydro Asphalt Technologies’ production facilities are simple, compact, efficient and are easily moved, if work has been concluded in one area then the plant is simply packed up and moved to the next production/supply site.

The key machinery in our production facilities are specialised pan-mixers, which can be easily be manufactured and added to existing mixers to increase capacity if required.

 

Conclusion

 

The application methods are simple and the repaired roads are opened to traffic immediately, preventing any traffic congestion.

 

Hydro Asphalt Technologies has at its disposal the ultimate in cutting edge /revolutionary technology for the Repair and Maintenance sector, of the Road Building industry worldwide.

 

Hydro Asphalt Technologies’ success has been due to its professionalism, tenacity and overall winning combination of management and product integrity. The company’s attributes and advantages are endless due to the inherent benefits attributable to the versatility of its products. These main advantages lend themselves to the fact that productivity is vastly improved, quality is assured and employment for the non-skilled labour force is massively increased. This in itself promotes sustainable development, empowerment, entrepreneurs and National pride.  

 

The ease at which Hydro Asphalt Technologies can erect mobile production units, train non-skilled labour and move production facilities at will, make the Company the ideal entity to carry out the much needed repair and maintenance of  roads worldwide. Capacity expansion is a simple process of adding more of the specialized equipment and tools.

 

The Company has the inventor of the products on its board and is continuing to make inroads through R&D into future revolutionary products, which automatically become Hydro Asphalt Technologies’ Intellectual Property.

 

There exists cost, environmental and health advantages to the use of Hydro Asphalt Technologies’ products, where raw materials are used that are in close proximity to the application area. The products are user friendly and non-toxic to those who work with them.

 

A country’s highways and roads are its most fragile assets. All over the world Billions are spent on repair and maintenance of road infrastructure each year.  Most country’s budgets are for major highways and roads, with little or no regard to rural development, as well as, the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing road networks.

 

This ultimately retards the development of new and viable industries, that rely on decent infrastructure, costing Governments and the private sector Billions.  It also means that employment levels in less developed countries remains extremely high, leading to deteriorating conditions.  Roads are the arteries and veins that service all economic systems.   

 

Historical dependence on cumbersome, non-efficient and toxic “Hot Asphalt” is extremely narrow minded, however, was necessary due to the lack of better alternatives!! The lack of research and development into “Cold Application” asphalts has given it a bad and non-reputable name, and rightly so!!  

HOWEVER, the alternative is now here and it is only a matter of time before all the “Old School” engineering thinking will be changed forever.

 

In summation, Hydro Asphalt Technologies has the right products, company representatives, expertise, knowledge and professionalism, we have the overall solution / formula for road infrastructure worldwide, which simultaneously improves productivity, employment, national pride and ultimately improves a country’s commercial and industrial sectors.