This summer one of the teams of RS Technology performed the intelligent polishing with the RS AsphaltPlus system in Reinosa (Cantabria), transforming a cast asphalt pavement, in a decorative pavement of polished cast asphalt of high performance, achieving safety and comfort for pedestrians.
The City Council of Reinosa (Cantabria) has been using polished asphalt for some time to renew the paving of the sidewalks of the city. On this occasion, they changed the paving by replacing the stone slab with polished asphalt on Ronda Street.
In this project they used mastic asphalt, the finish of this type of asphalt is similar to the finish of asphalt agglomerate, the difference is found in the bitumen and in the paving:
The mastic asphalt mix is constituted with more bitumen and a more liquid consistency, managing to better envelop the aggregates avoiding creating cavities in the mix. The asphalt mix is more "solid" and creates small cavities that produce the well-known texture by nature of asphalt.
The mastic asphalt can be spread manually without the need of compaction machinery, this allows us to asphalt places of difficult access, making layers of 2.5 cm thick in any support, we can also carry out a waterproofing of the pavement by housing an asphalt cloth before spreading the mastic asphalt.
The RS AsphaltPlus system in mastic asphalt also complies with current European anti-slip regulations (Rd>45 class 3), certifying our process as safe for pedestrians.