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SELF-ADHESIVE BITABAND: EASY SOLUTION FOR SEALING

New product to seal cracks and cold joints in pavement construction.

The new tape BITABAND AUTOADHESIVA It is a highly polymer modified asphalt presented in rolls of 10 m long and in two alternatives of width, 5 and 8 cm. It is an easy solution to apply in the construction of cold joints in asphalt pavements and it also ensures their sealing, significantly reducing cracks in the axis of the roads.

The tape is applied cold and when placing the new mix, the modified asphalt melts, adhering and sealing the mix in an area of difficult compaction such as longitudinal joints or against curbs and culverts.

BITABAND It can also be used for bridge-type fissure sealing only requiring a torch to dry the fissure for the application.

Tape BITABAND AUTOADHESIVA seals and waterproofs where required a quick and easy placement manually and without the need to heat the material in construction joints, fissures and cracks. The main uses of the tape are:

On asphalt pavements to seal cracks up to 5 mm wide.
In cold joints during the construction of pavements for sealing and adhesion, for example with an adjacent folder or in the joints with cords, culverts, etc.
In the construction of elastic bridge joints for fixing the reinforcement sheet and waterproofing the joint.

For its application, the tape is simply unrolled along the fissure / joint with the release paper facing down, it is left in the sun for a few minutes to increase the adherence and it is placed from one end of the fissure / joint to the other pressing it. by hand or with a hand roller. The release paper is then removed and released to traffic.

The tape is presented in 10 meter long rolls with release paper, packed in cardboard cylinders containing up to 6 rolls.

For more information contact ventas@bitafal.com.uy

PERFORMANCE OF ASPHALT MODIFIED HIGH

the thesis of Ignacio Kröger Engineers and Carlos Pfeiff on the performance of highly modified asphalts (HiMA) was recently introduced.

Last July 4th fought against the Ing. Magdalena Pastorini, Ing. Arturo Forteza and Lic. Laura Luzuriaga with the final thesis which took more than eight months of intense work on a comparative study between the Hima the AM3 and AC30.

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In this thesis several technical papers to be presented at the 12th Congress of the Road Uruguaya and in the XX IBWC to be held in November in Mexico are released. Moreover it is performing a scaling himâ asphalt plant are preparing the experimental sections to assess their field performance in the long term.

NEW INDUSTRIAL PLANT

Bitafal group expands its installed capacity by acquiring the plant Urupema

The new plant, located in Barros Blancos at km 27 of Route 8, is the new commitment to develop the local market with new products and reach the regional market with high quality products and technical level.

They are more than 5 ha in area with 2000 m2 of roofed warehouses, plant chemicals advanced and more than 1000 m3 tank where we will develop a new generation of modified asphalts and other products for road maintenance.

He is currently performing a set point and the installation of equipment, an integral vehicle scale and adapted for handling asphalts waiting to be conducting the first tests in tanks next July.

Urupema was a processing plant plasticizers for PVC industry and other chemicals, being a plant that elaborated products both domestically and regionally. The whole plant is functional and adaptable to the preparation of other types of chemical compounds advanced for road maintenance.

CITEVI is working intensively on the development of a new range of innovative products that will be available commercially in the coming months and correspondingly present at events and fairs to participate.

We will keep you informed of developments in the next editions of "Making Roads".

UNIFORMITY AND QUALITY

Asphalts new terminal opened last October (Bulletin # 98) It allows great homogeneity of asphalts basis for the manufacture of emulsions and modified asphalts.

With these investments and operational changes in plant we are achieving consistent quality of our products. The new terminal allows we to emulsify asphalt batch of some 320 tons each that are constants in quality and consistency batch after batch of emulsion.

With asphalts available in Uruguay (AC30 and 150/200) we achieved a "Blend" that meets the requirements for emulsions classified by performance for our country exceeding 61 ° C in Grade Performance testing AASHTO M320 to prevent exudates in time summer.

Since November 2018 penetrations waste our emulsions for surface treatments are between 60 and 70 dmm and softening points above 50 ° C constant and predictable. We have also improved the quality of viscosities and emulsion to standardize the process of emulsification and the size of the stocks of finished product.

Today as never before BITAFAL has full confidence in the superior quality of its emulsions over other emulsions present in the local and regional market.

After liberation of the base to emulsify BLEND, ensuring PG having a suitable batch emulsion between 30 and 90 tons are performed according to the type of emulsion. We have duplicates for each type of emulsion allowing us to quietly release the batch laboratory prior to loading tanks.

The new tanks have agitators and load filters to remove any impurity or cream that may arise.

We have also implemented a system control content and temperature of all tanks of the plant that allows us to accurately adjust stocks and forecast production and delivery.

Laboratory incorporated a dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) and a large battery of additional tests to determine the quality of emulsions, not only as specified in the tender documents and the IRAM 6698 but for new global trends.

We have a stereo microscope to see the quality of emulsification and micelle performance level.

We are moving the way for emulsions level of performance (EPG) which will be the specifications of the future.

These great efforts are BITAFAL we have a commitment to national roads and we want things done right because that is our responsibility.

WORKSHOPS CYCLE WITH Intendencias

This year we return to the cycles of technical workshops with departmental governments to discuss various topics paving technology. A classic workshops a few years ago on the use of emulsions, best practices for surface treatments and cold mix to add bacheo improved bases by in situ stabilization and paving new technologies.

It is a day of sharing experiences accompanied laboratory tests to better understand the management of asphalt products.

We started this month with the visit of the Municipality of Cologne. We invite you to participate in upcoming editions communicating mail: bitafal@bitafal.com.uy

TRAINING INTENDENCIA COLONIA_ MARCH 2011

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New product to seal cracks and cold joints in pavement construction.

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