Owner of data set Colas Bitumen Emulsion West |
Technical purpose This EPD is for Polymer 80%, Cationic 70%, Cationic 65% surface dressing bitumen emulsions. They are
manufactured at the COLAS Bitumen Emulsion production facility at Deerpark Industrial Estate, Oranmore, Co.Galway, Ireland. The main components of the bitumen emulsion are: bitumen, water, emulsifier, solvent, acid and additives. The surface dressing bitumen emulsions are sprayed on road surfaces prior to the application of a single size aggregate or chippings. The surface dressing emulsion binds the aggregate to the road surface. The bitumen emulsions are a mixture of two liquids: (a) Bitumen phase: comprising bitumen and additives (b)
Solvent. The bitumen raw material delivered to the production site is stored in a heated bitumen storage tank at high temperature prior to mixing. After a milling process using a colloidal mill, the cutback bitumen is stored on site in heated at tanks, at approximately 80 °C, before dispatch to site. |