Description
ReFlex® emulsion cold in-place recycling is a reliable, engineered process for partial depth recycling to improve the serviceability of severely distressed asphalt pavements having structurally sound bases and good drainage. The recycled pavement is sealed or overlaid as needed.
The ReFlex emulsion cold in-place recycling solution uses innovative chemistry and materials engineering principles. The result is a partial depth recycled pavement with higher early strength and more reliable performance than traditional cold in-place recycling (CIR). The design method includes performance testing of the recycled mix for raveling, rutting resistance, thermal cracking resistance and moisture susceptibility. Additionally, early strength is tested in the field, and laboratory evaluations of ReFlex mixes show that the higher asphalt contents lead to longer durability.
Features/Benefits
- Engineered reliability – more consistent than other CIR methods
- Performance - more resistant than other CIR methods to:
- Raveling
- Rutting
- Moisture damage
- Thermal cracking
- Early strength
- Earlier compaction and traffic return in two to three hours
- Application of surface in three to seven days
- Constructability
- Wider temperature window for construction
- Typically uses existing equipment
- Higher average daily production
- No re-roll needed
- No fog seal needed
- Environmentally friendly
- Solventless
- Re-uses existing materials
- Extends pavement life
