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Flexible Pavement Film-forming Technology

Differences Compared to Traditional Cement/Asphalt Pavement

Q: What are the advantages of flexible pavement film-forming technology compared with traditional cement/asphalt pavement? What are the main problems it solves?
A: Traditional cement/asphalt pavement has the following limitations:
1) High cost (40-100 USD/㎡).
2) The construction period is long (at least 1 month), which seriously affects road traffic.
3) Cement pavement is easily damaged by heavy vehicles (usually can use 2-3 years) and is not suitable for temporary roads such as mines.

Advantages of flexible pavement film-forming technology:
1) Based on the original foundation construction, it has both flexibility and strength, and excellent pressure resistance and waterproofperformance.
2) Low construction cost and fast forming speed.
3) Effectively solve the problems of dust, water damage, and uneven road surface on earth and stone roads.
4) Particularly suitable for temporary road needs, economical and efficient.
Service Life

Q: What is the service life of flexible film-forming pavement?
A: The service life depends mainly on the vehicle load and traffic frequency.
1) Under normal conditions: 10-15 years.
2) Heavy vehicles (over 50 tons) shorten the life of all types of pavement.

Compared with traditional pavement:
1) Cement pavement will develop irreparable cracks in 2-5 years under heavy load; when crushed by heavy vehicles, cement pavement is like glass, once broken, it cannot be repaired and can only be rebuilt.
2) Flexible film-forming pavement is made ofpolymer resin and bio-based materials, has self-healing functions, and can extend its service life through repair. Its principle is similar to the self-repair mechanism of the skin.
Routine Maintenance

Q: How to do daily maintenance? Is the maintenance cost high?
A: The maintenance method is simple and low cost.
1) Regularly clean up large pieces of debris from the road.
2) If there is foreign dust, clean it regularly or use a water truck to clean it.
3) If damage is found, repair it promptly with local materials (sand + GOODROAD agent).
4) Heavy-loaded sections need to strengthen daily maintenance.
Environmental Certification

Q: Is the material environmentally friendly? What certifications does it have?
A: Material composition: Environmentally friendly polymer materials and bio-based materials, non-toxic and non-flammable.
Certification status: The product has passed certification by the Chinese authoritative organization, and international certification is currently in progress.
Dust Suppression Effect

Q: How effective is the dust suppression? How long is the effectiveness period?
A: Dust suppression is achieved in two ways:
1) Physical covering: The flexible film-forming pavement layer seals out dust.
2) Chemical dust suppression: The membrane contains a slow-release dust suppressant.
Note: It has a limited effect on large amounts of foreign dust, but it is better than traditional cement/asphalt pavement.
Material Properties

Q: What is the film-forming material? What road surfaces is it suitable for? How does the color change?
A:
1) Main ingredients: Polymer resin + crushed stone aggregate/waste residue material.
2) Applicable scenarios: Non-standard soil, stone and sand pavements.
3) Color change: Dark brown at the beginning of construction, gradually turning into light black with oxidation and rolling.
4) Packing specifications: Ton barrels.
What is the specific amount of flexible film-forming agent used in different transportation environments?

Standard Layer:
Technical specifications for flexible film-forming technology, the thickness of one film-forming layer shall be 8-10mm.
What Is The Basic Process Of Flexible Pavement Film-forming Technology Application?

1. Working condition review
2. Program formulation
3. Contract signing
4. Products preparation
5. Pavement maintenance
6. Pavement membrane
7. Uniform traffic
8. Post-maintenance
Why Does The Flexible Pavement Film-forming Technology Better Than Other Solutions For Mining Road Construction?
What Is The Thickness Of Flexible Pavement Film-forming Technology?

Initially forming a membrane layer with a thickness of 2-4mm. With continuous spraying, it possesses a strong dust suppression function, gradually thickening to 4-5mm, and in some areas reaching 6-8mm thick.
Why Is Road Quality Is Important In Mining?

First repair the road before repairing the vehicle; a mining road is better than a good vehicle, this is a saying often mentioned by mining transport owners.
1. Fuel consumption accounts for 35-40%
2. Tire replacement costs account for 10 - 13% (directly related to pavement smoothness and amount of water spraying)
3. Labor costs account for 10 - 15%
4. Equipment maintenance and parts costs account for 5-7 % (excluding tires)
5. Direct and indirect costs of road repair and maintenance account for 0.5-1.6%
6. The quality of the road directly and indirectly affects transportation efficiency by approximately 6 % or more
What Are The Benefits Of Flexible Pavement Film-forming Technology?

1. Self-healing and self-growing functions, the mysterious flexible polymer resin and bridge-linked modified materials form a powerful membrane layer that can fix dust and sand into a membrane, gradually thickening and possessing self-repair capabilities.
2. The membrane composed of special composite polymer resin is resistant to water immersion, sun exposure, tearing, and rolling.
3. During the dry season with high temperatures, the membrane layer can still prevent dust raised by wheel rolling and airflow disturbance.
4. In rainy weather, the membrane layer can still prevent rainwater intrusion, maintaining good pavement conditions.
5. In low temperatures during winter, the membrane layer can still prevent ground cracking or icing issues that cause slipping.
6. Fast construction speed, simple maintenance, low maintenance costs, and environmentally friendly materials.

EasyRoad

How Long Will Flexible Pavement Film-forming Technology Last?

Low-carbon and environmentally friendly heavy-duty roads built with ER (EASYROAD) and LE has long life span up to 10-15 years.
What Is The Basic Process Of ER (EASYROAD) Application?

1. Construction Preparation
2. Materials Mixture
3. Pavement Construction
4. Open for Traffic
What Are The Benefits Of ER (EASYROAD) ?

1. Low Cost
Low-carbon and environmentally friendly heavy-duty roads built with ER (EASYROAD) and LE (Long Enzyme) are more cost-effective than traditional roads in same level.
2. Low-Carbon and energy saving
It consumes lots of engery to produce bituminous concrete, and the temperature will reach to 155-165 °C, the compaction temperature is about 140-150 °C, and it releases lots of harmful gases during production and construction. Concrete roads consume a lot of cement, and the grinding and high-temperature calcination processes carried out in the production process of cement need to consume a lot of fuel and electricity, and at the same time release a large number of harmful gases.
On the other hand, our new-gen material is mixed and paved at ordinary temperature (need to avoid construction in winter), which has obvious advantages in energy saving, emission reduction and low carbon.
3. Environmentally friendly
ER (EASYROAD) and LE are both on-corrosive, green and environmentally friendly products, which cost no harm to roadside plants. They can be safely used even in highly sensitive area.
4. Long Life Span
Low-carbon and environmentally friendly heavy-duty roads built with ER (EASYROAD) and LE has long life span up to 10-15 years.
5. Ready for Traffic Immediately after Construction
Normal Traffic won’t be affected during construction. After the completion of construction, traffic can be back to normal very soon as it requires no maintenance period as traditional roads, which reduces the interference for traffic, does no harm to economic benefits of road service.
6. Easy to Maintain
Low-carbon and environmentally friendly heavy-duty roads built with ER (EASYROAD) and LE are easy to maintain.Its maintain only requires normal mixing, filling, scraping and rolling, and is ready for normal traffic immediately after maintenance. But the operation for traditional roads is much more difficult, and more expensive to maintain, and it also affects normal traffic and further affects performances of enterprises.
7. Reusable, Low Cost with High Efficiency
Low-carbon and environmentally friendly heavy-duty roads built with ER (EASYROAD) and LE are easy to demolish for further return to field. Meanwhile road materials are reusable when refilled with new solution.