1. November 2014
AEMA Fall Meeting
Baltimore, MD

2. Insights to be Shared: The Agency need for Mastic Sealers
The Team working together
Our Hypotheses and Results
Manufacturing & Application
Testing & Conclusions

3. The Agency Case for Mastic Sealers
Customer based Innovation:
Extensive survey of Customers - “What did we not hear you tell us in the past?”
Willing to trade some lifecycle performance for initial savings
Needed to be easy and reproducible
Target price around $1.00/Yard2

4. Agency Needs: Colorado Cost Inflation Case
Year
PG 64-22
PG 76-28
HMA - S
SMA
2006
$435
$448
$51
$61
2013
$480
$866
$68
$93
Percent Change
10%
93%
33%
52%

5. Need: An alternative low cost treatment
High Cost
Fogseal
.80 lbs yd2
$.75-$.85
Microsurfacing
18-25 lbs yd2
$2.25-$3.00
Thin lift HMA
85 lbs yd2
$3.50-$6.00
Sand Seal
12-15 lbs yd2
$1.50-$1.75
Mastic Sealer
~3 lbs yd2
$1.00-$1.25
Chip Seal/
Slurry Seal
15-18 lbs yd2
$1.50-$2.50

6. Mastic Sealer Team InVia & MWV Equipment Providers Agencies
Experienced team of asphalt technologists
Experienced team of Chemists
Invia is wholly owned subsidiary of MWV
Equipment Providers
Black Roads
Bergkamp
CPM
Agencies
City and Counties
Large Agencies
China
Brazil
Licensee Network
Facilities throughout the US

7. Our Hypotheses
Spray applied mastics will give superior performance while using less materials and less personnel.
Innovation in the paving industry is needed to meet performance and cost requirements.

8. Manufacturing and Application
Plant Lay-out
Application Equipment

9. Manufacturing

10. Application Sweep Mixing Storage New pumping for consistency
New Spray-bar technology for larger particles

11. Tests & Conclusions Modified Wet Track Abrasion Test Impermeability
Friction
Projects

12. Mastic Results:Wet Track Abrasion
Notes:
Test is based on ISSA- TB100
Analysis is based on 2014 projects
10 samples used in Lab
21 samples use in QA
Specification Limit is 80
grams/m2 Loss

13. Impermeability
Foundational value component of mastic sealer technology is the effectiveness in sealing the pavement from moisture intrusion.
Compacted asphalt mixture is placed in the unit. a head of water is pumped through the specimen
Our sample preparation:
Coated top of specimen with Onyx-R1
Allowed sealer to cure
Ran permeability test

14. Mastics Impermeability

15. InVia has been working with Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) to better understand Onyx performance. One of our test sections was evaluated using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR).
Background on GPR development in the U.S.:
Technology Developed for SHRP 2
Equipment Manufacturer: GSSI, Inc.
Provides real-time data processing
Rapid field post-process to determine air void statistics

16. Onyx Treated Core Sections
Onyx Treated Section
Onyx Treated Core Sections
Untreated Section

17. Core Holes Holding Water
Unsealed Pavement
Onyx Application
Dielectric constant being steady in Onyx section indicates no moisture intrusion in the core holes. Unsealed section core holes indicates significant water intrusion.

18. Mastic Results: Friction
Test Sections were Placed at the Texas Transportation Institute Test Facility - Riverside Campus

19. Mastic Results: Friction
Skid Trailer used in Evaluation
Dynamic Friction Test

20. Mastic Results: Friction
Mastic sealers on test section out-performed fog seals by 25% on skid trailer tests
Mastic sealers on test section out-performed fog seals by 50% based on Dynamic Friction Tests

21. Conclusion: mastic sealers meet the need
Road projects placed since 2011
Over 16 Million Yards2 applied
Millions of dollars spent in technology development
Meeting Agency Needs through Innovation