Advantages of Hydro Asphalt
Disadvantages of conventional
Cold Asphalts
Disadvantages of
Hot Asphalt
Application Process
- Using Labour
- Using Machinery
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- Does not require heat in its make-up or application
- Ease of application
- Produced and applied immediately, mobile factories
- Application site geographic location irrelevant
- No conventional primer or tack coat required
- Water is used as a primer / catalyst
- Does not bleed in hot or humid weather
- Is not sensitive to climatic conditions
- Most cases road can be opened to traffic immediately
- Zero wastage due to its cold application properties
- Lateral movement negligible, due to superior binding
- Ease of manufacture
- Ease of factory capacity expansion – add more mixers
- Ease of transport
- Minimum compacted thickness of 10mm
- Non-hazardous and environmentally friendly
- Storage life: 12 months (sealed), 2 weeks (open, covered)
- Non-hazardous and non-toxic
- Quick setting due to superior bonding
- Superior binding properties, will bind to most surfaces
- Less dependent on capital equipment
- Extremely versatile and convenient
- Adaptable, can be used effectively for non-road building applications
- Unskilled labour may be utilised with minimal training
- Promotes massive employment opportunities
- Promotes sustainable development
- Product diversity – R&D slurry’s and sealants
- Small productive factories easily setup (remote areas)
- Use only complimentary Bituminous additives in makeup – No solvents/cutters in manufacture
- The curing process achieves the same effectiveness as crystallization, that hot asphalt
attains
- Only ‘home-grown’ local raw materials, stabilisers and binders are used in make-up
Advantages of Hydro Asphalt
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