Asphacal® TC launches at ‘Lime in Road Solutions
Conference’
Lhoist UK, one of the world’s
largest producers of lime-based products, is launching Asphacal® TC,a hydrated lime suspension
that is dedicated to road construction,
at the British
Lime Association (BLA) Lime in Road Solutions Conference in London on 16th
November 2017.
Made in the UK, Asphacal® TC is spread over tack coats to prevent them from being damaged by the tyres
and tracks of construction traffic during the laying of asphalt surfacing. This helps to maintain the integrity of the
tack coat at the moment it is most required to bond the asphalt layers together.
Designed specifically to improve the durability of asphalt structures Asphacal®
TC has been used successfully in mainland Europe where
in excess of 20 million square metres of application has been completed to date. The more complete tack coat is protected by Asphacal®
TC and is therefore available to maximise the bond
area. This, in turn, reduces the risks of incomplete bond
affecting asphalt durability and thereby can increase road life longevity.
Mike Haynes, Commercial Manager at
Lhoist UK, commented: ‘The launch of
Asphacal® TC will bring to the UK marketplace a product that is both innovative
and improves sustainability, thus helping to meet the demanding objectives of
current highways engineering.’
Once applied, the Asphacal® TC provides a surface that can be trafficked without
tracks, tyres and footwear sticking to and removing the tack coat. The job
site and construction equipment is therefore kept cleaner, reducing instances
of the neighbouring road network suffering trafficked bitumen tyre marks and produces a cleaner working environment for construction
vehicles and operatives.
The reduced cleaning time and costs for construction vehicles and the
neighbouring road network provides
savings that can potentially more than offset the costs of application of the Asphacal® TC – a win-win outcome for an innovative product.
For further
information on Asphacal® TC, and to
watch a short video, please visit www.asphacal.com/asphacal-tc or contact Mike Haynes, Lhoist UK Commercial
Manager, on 01298 768646 or mike.haynes@lhoist.com
BLA Lime in Road Solutions Conference 2017
The British Lime Association is
running the Lime in Road Solutions Conference at Lords Cricket Ground on
16 November 2017, entitled ‘Pushing the
Boundary’. For further information please visit: http://www.britishlime.org/news/events.php
Picture
caption 1: Application of Asphacal® TC on the tack coat.
Picture
caption 2: Asphacal® TC prevents tyre damage from road construction traffic.
ENDS
Note to
editors: For
further information on this press release please contact Simon Plumb at simon@spa-group.co.uk or 01925 755590