John Kypreos, director of State Asphalt Services in Australia, has joined efforts with Simply Cups, a recycling program, to create Closed Loop, an organization dedicated to the reduction of waste through innovative reuse of refuse materials. On August 20th, The Good News Newsletter from The Week recently released the following article outlining the goals of the project. [...]
Are you interested in learning more about fabricating asphalt mixes for laboratory testing? Curious as to the process? Looking for a few PE credits? Tomorrow afternoon, from 2-3:30, TRB is offering a webinar that promises to meet your needs! Check it out! Description from the TRB website: Performance testing of asphalt mixtures is becoming more widespread for a [...]
Amidst this pandemic, we celebrate the survivors. We recognize resilience, and we revere the overcomers. These characteristics were not born during this pandemic. In truth, we are only recognizing the heroes without capes that have already existed. One such hero is our driver Calvin “Sonny” Robinson, Jr. from Shelby Transport. In 1977, Hurricane Irma devastated the Caribbean. Sonny was [...]
As you have seen in our Salute to Heroes Series, we at Sripath Technologies recognize those that have made it possible for our industry to continue to serve its community through the Covid-19 Pandemic. We are proud to see others in our industry doing the same sort of recognition for their transportation personnel. Recently, Associated Asphalt posted "On being [...]
How can we key in on one person who works for a company that delivers over 18 million shipments per year with over 100,000 customers?? The only answer is, is that he is the person that we work with at that company. The person we call. The person we interact with. The person who gets us out of hot [...]
In our ongoing quest to recognize the many of the men and women who are keeping people safe and the economy moving during this difficult time, we would like to highlight Doug Domres from Barnhart Transportation (https://barnhart-trans.com/). Doug is an Owner-Operator living in Erie Pennsylvania which is also where Barnhart is headquartered. He has been driving a truck [...]
In 2020, Covid-19 changed the way that the world economy operates. A renewed focus on cost reduction, resource allocation, innovation, and adjusted techniques is appearing across all industries. Asphalt Engineering is no exception. The future of our industry turns its eyes to Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) as a way to extend the life of our roadways and reduce our [...]
ReLIXER™ is a low viscosity versatile rejuvenator which can be added to the RAP on the conveyor belt or added to the asphalt tank directly or input via in-line blender. Check out this diagram below for visual representation for your consideration.
ReNuBIT™ and ReLIXER™ work great in 100% and high RAP cold patch mixes. Here are some starting formulas for your use: with ReNuBIT™ with ReLIXER™ Stone, dry 19 % 25 % RAP, dry 72 % 69 % Anti-Strip 4 % 4 % ReNuBIT™ 5 % ReLIXER™ 2 % Total 100 % 100 %
Ok, we know its early and most of our energies are occupied right now with getting through this paving and construction season while being in the middle of Covid-19 BUT, we also have to be looking forward to a more normal business environment. Towards this end, we are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at the [...]
