ADVANTAGES

 HI-BOND CRMB modifier substantially improves the vital properties of asphalt. TBM-Super
can easily be blended with conventional grades of asphalt giving following benefits to the base
asphalt:
 Increase of Softening Point by at least 25% - thereby giving it protection against hot climatic
conditions.
 Increase in Elastic Recovery by at least 400% - thereby improving resistance to cold climatic
conditions and resistance to cracking under stress.
 Lower Penetration thereby making harder grade of asphalt, giving additional strength to the
road and reduces water damage.
 Better age resistance properties - by adding rubber to the plain bitumen, the life of the bitumen
increases because the ageing process slows down by the addition or rubber to the bitumen.
 Improved Adhesion aggregates and binder thereby giving better strength, stability and longer
life.
 HI-BOND CRMB is Environment Friendly as it is UV and Ozone resistant.
 Saves energy and natural resources.
 Higher fatigue life of mixes.
 It does not require changes in road laying practices.
 Unique Product For All Weather Flexible Indian Roads: CRMB is the best and most suitable for
Indian Roads of all weather, Highways, Traffic denser roads, Junctions, Airfield Runways,
Heavy duty and high traffic Sea Port roads etc... It is highly durable and dependable economical
solution for raveling, undulations, rutting, bleeding, shoving and potholes problems.
 The biggest advantage of using rubberized bitumen is that the road life increases by 2-3 times in
comparison to the normal bitumen whereas the cost increase in the road (Bituminous concrete)
is only by 10%.

INTERNATIONAL USE OF CRUMB RUBBER MODIFIED BITUMEN:

 CRMB is being used in USA from 1960.

 Currently Arizona , Florida , Texas and California using 2 million tons of Rubberized Bitumen.
 CRMB is very popular in Australia for chip sealing wearing courses and structural layers.
 Use of CRMB is on the increase in developing countries of Latin America. Namely Brazil,
Argentina, Mexico & Chile.
 Seeing the use of CRMB in USA, Canada, France , Germany and South Africa. UK
Environmentalist's want use of CRMB to be encouraged on roads. Govt, is considering to make
the use crumb rubber mandatory for road works.
 Belgian Road Research center encouraging the use of CRMB on Freeways.
 South African companies due to ever increasing oil and bitumen prices are encouraging the use
of rubber modified mixes.

CRMB Vs Normal Bitumen

 Higher resistance to deformation at increased road temperature enhances smooth drive

comforts,
 Improved adhesion and bonding with aggregates, I Higher softening point, High flow resistance
and Higher impact resistance, takes heavy vehicular traffic.
 Higher skid resistance, Better road grip and smother vehicle break application, which reduces
 accident chances.
 Higher elongation and tensile strength, increases Elasticity. Reduced thermal sensitivity, which
avoids all types of cracks under stress.
 Reduced degree of rutting, improves driving comforts even on higher axle loads.
 Anti-stripping properties. High resistance to moisture/water absorption hence no damage to
roads during rains even under improper drainage.
 Higher aging resistance due to passivity to oxidation (resists degradation on high application
temperature as well as during summer. Longer road pavement life and lesser maintenance.
 No change in pavement laying practice, application and machinery and overall cost reduction
 Though CRMB is 30% expensive than the plain bitumen yet the cost increase on, the road mix
is only by 10-12% as the fact remains that the road life with the use of CRMB increases by 2-3
times which proves cost-effective in the long run. By the use of PMB also, the road life
increases by 2-3 times but the cost increase on the road mix is30%.