HMA Blend
for Hot Mix Asphalt
Designed for working temperatures of 250°F - 375°F (121°C - 190°C)
Mix in batch or drum plants at any production speed
Distributes uniformly and completely
3/4" (19mm) fiber length
Stronger, Longer-Lasting Performance
Realize immediate cost savings due to less asphalt being required to meet your design objectives, or savings down the road by extending the life of the asphalt.
Cost-effective – superior performance with less asphalt thickness
Extended life – reduces rutting and cracking
3D reinforcement – provides 3D (isotropic) reinforcement throughout the treated layers
Material properties – improves tensile strength, resilient modulus, Marshall Stability and Flow, and others
FORTAfied Asphalt vs. Non-FORTAfied Asphalt
As a truck stops, the aramid fibers spread the force throughout the treated layer, reducing stress and fatigue where the tires meet the road.
As a truck stops, the force drives down into asphalt and supporting layers, causing stress and fatigue where the tires meet the road.
| FORTAfied Asphalt | vs. | Non-FORTAfied Asphalt | ||
| w/less thickness | w/standard thickness | w/standard thickness | ||
| Strength | Equal or Greater | Greater | vs. | Equal |
| Service Life | Equal or Greater | Greater | vs. | Equal |
| Fatigue Life | Equal or Greater | Greater | vs. | Equal |
| Rutting Resistance | Equal or Greater | Greater | vs. | Equal |
| Shoving Resistance | Equal or Greater | Greater | vs. | Equal |
| Crack Propagation Resistance | Equal or Greater | Greater | vs. | Equal |
| Erosion (Pot Holes) Resistance | Equal or Greater | Greater | vs. | Equal |
Additional Benefits When Using Less Asphalt Thickness
Stronger than your traditional mixture. Reduces cracking and rutting.
While we have known for years that adding reinforcing fibers to asphalt would substantially increase the life of that asphalt, it was very difficult to quantify the years and calculate that value for our customers. Recent research has provided more detail about the benefits provided by FORTA-FI. FORTA-FI allows for substantially reduced asphalt thickness while retaining the designed strength objectives. The thickness of asphalt can be reduced 35% on average while maintaining the same performance requirements of a traditional (full) thickness application without FORTA-FI. Case studies developed by Arizona State University utilizing pavement design software [Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG)] detail these savings. This same program also calculates that the longevity increase would be 50% or more, beyond the same thickness of non-FORTAfied asphalt. Only FORTAfied asphalt provides the benefits of immediate savings through reducing thickness or extended life, or both.
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Use 35% Less Asphalt Thickness
Stronger than your traditional asphalt mixture.
Save Down the Road
Lasts 50% Longer
Reduce cracking and rutting.
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Mixes thoroughly in seconds!
Ease of use is critical to the success of any product, even a product capable of providing the cost savings of FORTA-FI. Supplying reinforcing fibers to the asphalt industry since 1982 has taught us that to be effective, the product has to be simple to add to both batch plants and drum plants at all production speeds at a prescribed dosage. FORTA-FI is uniquely capable of meeting all of these requirements.
Easy to Specify
Available in three (3) specially-formulated blends
Each blend is engineered to reinforce your specific asphalt mixture
Easy to Produce
Add one bag (dosage) per ton of asphalt
Mix in batch and drum plants at all production speeds
Mixes thoroughly in seconds
Distributes throughout asphalt uniformly and completely
Formulated for different mixing temperatures by blend
Easy to Justify
Easy to specify, produce, and construct, and uses 35% less asphalt thickness or lasts 50% longer than your traditional mixture