Road structure – process – or apparatus – Pavement
Patent
1995-11-09
1997-12-30
Lisehora, James
Road structure, process, or apparatus
Pavement
404 27, 524 59, C08L 9500, E01C 1100
Patent
active
057021996
ABSTRACT:
An asphaltic concrete or paving material includes from 5 to 20 percent or more of granular recycled plastic, which supplements or replaces the rock aggregate component of the mixture. The material produces a structurally superior paving material and longer lived roadbed. The paving material includes any and all residual classes of recyclable plastic, including thermosetting plastics and other plastics having little to no current widespread utility. The material produces roadbeds of higher strength with less total asphalt thickness and having greater water impermeability, and is most useful for all layers below the surface layer. The recyclable plastic component of the material is preferably a mixture of all recyclable classes 3 through 7, or of those materials from such classes from which potentially more valuable recyclable materials have been selectively removed. The paving product is preferably formed by a process of shredding or mechanically granulating used and industrial waste plastic to a no. 4 to 1/2 inch sieve size, and preferably to 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch granules. The granules are then treated with a reducing flame, with a plasma flame process, to activate the surface of the granules and increase the surface tension without raising the temperature of the plastic. The activated treated granules are then added to the aggregate and mixed with the asphalt to produce the paving material.
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Egan Dennis M.
Fishback Gary M.
Stelmar Hilary
Lisehora James
Plasphalt Project Ltd. Co.
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