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Asphalt production Mauritius – What is

asphalt?

Asphalt is also known as bitumen. Asphalt can occur naturally or more commonly
produced industrially and used by road construction companies in Mauritius to
shape road infrastructures.

Natural asphalt is produced from petroleum when it absorbs oxygen and the volatile
constituents evaporate. The natural product served as construction material as early
as 3000 BC in various ancient civilisations.

Asphalt is today technically produced in mixing plants. Depending on the

composition or processing method, a distinction is made between rolled asphalt
(asphalt concrete, stone mastic asphalt) and mastic asphalt.

How is asphalt used?

Asphalt is mostly used in traffic infrastructure – mainly for roads, paths and squares.
Further areas of application are in structural engineering, for example as mastic
asphalt screed, and the sealing of structures and landfills.

Asphalt pavements as it is principally used for are divided into various layers. There
is an asphalt base course, an overlying asphalt binder course and a topcoat. This top
layer is the thinnest of the layers produced, but it is most heavily burdened by road
traffic.
How is asphalt composed?

A big part of the asphalt are stones that were mined and mechanically crushed in the
quarry and sand. Experts call these mixtures “aggregate”. Depending on the type of
asphalt and fiber materials are added. A small proportion in the asphalt is “bitumen”.
Bitumen is made from petroleum and behaves much like an adhesive. Chemists call
the constituents of bitumen “hydrocarbons”, which are organic compounds of carbon
and hydrogen.

Bitumen is water repellent, physicists also call it “hydrophobic” (derived from the
Greek: “hydro” for water and “phobos” fear – “water-fearing”). Bitumen must be
heated for processing.

Where is asphalt produced?

Asphalt is produced in the asphalt mixing plants. One of the great advantages of
asphalt is that it can be completely reused. That’s why used asphalt is used in an
asphalt mixing plant. Modern mixing plants work computer-controlled and have
their own quality assurance.

A new asphalt plant for Gamma Construction Ltd

Gamma construction Ltd has purchased a new Asphalt Plant SPECO MBM 1500.
This fully automated Asphalt Plant will be operational soon.

This new plant can produce up to 120 tons per hour and will complement our
innovation strategy as Gamma Construction Ltd will be in a position to produce
special asphalts and also use recycled materials.

Contact us

Gamma Construction Ltd

Royal Road Chapman Hill,

Beau Bassin

Mauritius

Phone : + 230 460 8000

Fax : + 230 467 5656

 Authorgmblog_usr_adminPosted onAugust 21, 2019

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