Asphalt – Serving Global Industrial Needs by Abdul Sattar Sons
Abdul Sattar Sons have a lot of experience in asphalt which is an excellent option to high-quality asphalts with clients trading, exporting and brokering from various origins. It is our aim to cater the extensive industrial needs by supplying best quality asphalt in all forms such as drums and bulk cargo etc. We guarantee the best in customer service as well as delivery time and product quality. Our ability to source reputed suppliers of asphalt from the world over help us to provide solutions as per customer requirements thereby making us a reliable partner in sourcing for our clients.
Introduction to Asphalt
What is Asphalt?
Black, thick, and sticky, asphalt is a liquid or semi-solid petroleum product. Its most common use is in road construction, where it serves as a binder with aggregate particles to create asphalt concrete. As well as used in other industrial applications, such as roofing, waterproofing and paving.
Production of Asphalt
When the urgency of moving mud arises, it is understandable to lose sight that asphalt itself is made from crude oil distillation. If we shoot a video it has more important steps:
1. Distillation:
The process: Crude oil is heated in a distillation column separating based on boiling points. The bottom of the column settles these shifted heavier fractions, and there we see asphalt.
Products: The bottom residues in this reactor are called vacuum residue and is use to produce asphalt.
2. Air Blowing:
Process: The black viscous stuff that remains after crude oil has been instrumented, is further subjected to air blowing! - where a bit of hot asphalt will get filled with some air noble gases up its arse and thus bond or style-up his face into looking something more respectful than before.
Products: The product is a long lasting, and heat utilizing asphalt which can be used in different applications.
3. Blending:
Process: Blending different grades of asphalt to perform with certain performance characteristics needed for each application.
Products: Specialized asphalt blends ragarding to road building, roofing and other applications.
Chemical and Physical Properties of Asphalt
Important Physical and Chemical Properties of Asphalt
Viscosity: Asphalt binds and sets well because of its high viscosity, making it suitable for road construction among other uses.
Has high adhesiveness: it will stick to aggregate particles fairly well.
Water Repellence: Asphalt is not permeable to water, so it can be used for waterproofing.
Elasticity: It is the tendency of a material that it can bend and conform to temperature changes without becoming too fragile.
Thermal Stability: It can bind well and does not lose its binding ability even at very high temperature because Asphalt (Bitumen) is Natural organic substance.
Chemical Composition: Mostly hydrocarbons, with impurities like sulfur compounds which will turn into SO2 if burned
Asphalt and Their Properties grades of asphalt
Asphalt is available in several grades of viscosity and hardness depending on the material's intrinsic properties, such as physical behavior or stoichiometry.
1. Penetration grade asphalt
Properties: Segregated by its penetration value that shows the asphalt hardness or softness
It is widely used in road construction for paving and surfacing.
2. Viscosity Grade Asphalt:
Properties: It is a categorisation of its viscosity at a particular temperature
Application:Typically use in highway engineering as well as industrial application that need highly specified viscosity characteristics.
3. Performance Grade (PG) Asphalt
Properties: Serrated as per their behavior in temperature changes.
Usage - The material used in roads to guarantee durability and work on different climate conditions.
4. Cutback Asphalt:
Composition: Solvent mixed asphalt for reduced viscosity and increased transport ease.
Applications: Road Maintenance & Construction, Priming and Tack Coating
5. Emulsified Asphalt:
Properties: Asphalt particles mixed with water through an emulsifying agent
Application: Road construction, maintenance and surface treatments.
Grade of Asphalt Used
Conclusion:
Various applications are done through the use of different grades of asphalt according to their properties.
1. 1. Penetration Grade Asphalt
Usage: It is suitable in road construction for base courses, intermediate layers and surface course.
2. Viscosity Grade Asphalt:
Application: For all hot mix asphalt (HMA) in paving and other industrial purpose projects that need a specific viscosity characteristics.
3. The Performance Grade (PG) Asphalt
Where it is used: It finds its use in high variation temperature areas to get performance on road long-lasting.
4. Cutback Asphalt:
Construction - for road preservation and laying, used to connect the layers in binding coats.
5. Emulsified Asphalt:
Uses : It is used as a surface treatments such as chip seals, slurry seals and microsurfacing etc.
The Industrial Use of Asphalt
Asphalt is an essential product used in a wide variety of commercial processes:
1. Road Construction:
Application - the most common use of asphalt is road building which allows for ultra smooth ride. Asphalt Concrete: Asphalt concrete is a type of construction material that consists of asphalt with aggregate and used in the making 0f highways, streets & parking lots.
2. Roofing:
As a siding material, asphalt doesn't rate well in either category.- **Usage**: While usually found in roofing materials like shingles and roll roofing. The waterproofing features make it perfect for safeguarding a building against water damage.
3. Waterproofing:
Applications: Asphalt is generally used to other foundations, basements, and different structures. They provide a vital barrier against water penetration, protecting the buildings and infrastructure.
4. Paving:
Application: Asphalt is generally used to build driveways, walkways or also in recreational spaces. The surface a hard anodized provides is smooth, quite durable & can hold out against more use.
Consumer Usage of Asphalt
Consumer Applications of Asphalt
1. Driveways:
Application: You might be able to see that the asphalt is being used in residential driveways as it has high strength and does not require much time for installing.
2. Walkways and Pathways:
Application: Asphalt is yield better to make smooth as well as safe walkways in residential and commercial areas.
3. Recreational Surfaces:
Purpose: pavement for tennis courts, basketballs court and other recreational coatings. It offers a long-lasting and precise game play area.
Countries of Origin
The countries where Asphalt is produced in large quantity are:
1. United States:
Production - One of the leading producers for asphalt, strong refining capabilities and infrastructure.
2. Canada:
Production: Major asphalt producer, maximizing its extensive crude oil resources;
3. China:
Production:Heavy producer and consumer of asphalt used for infrastructure development.
4. India:
Production - expanding production capacity to meet the increasing demand arising from its growing infrastructure projects.
5. Saudi Arabia:
Production: Significant asphalt producer, due to vast crude oil resources.
Benefits of Asphalt
Advantages of using asphalt
1. Durability:
Benefit: Asphalt pavements are durable and able to endure heavy traffic as well harsh weather conditions.
2. Cost-Effectiveness:
PRO: Asphalt is a cheap material to manufacture and lay, which means it offers the most bang for our buck when discussing road construction (and maintenance).
3. Smooth Surface:
Benefit: Asphalt offers superior smooth, well-maintained and quiet riding surface that help to increase fuel efficiency of the vehicle as there is less tarmac rolling resistance.
4. Quick Installation:
Pros: Asphalt can be installed and driven on fairly quickly, which will reduce your disruption/downtime.
5. Recyclability:
Pros: Asphalt is among the most recyclable materials for less environmental ramifications and preservation of scarce resources.
For Packing & Distribution: Bulk / Wholesale
Abdul Sattar Sons provides a range of packaging choices to cater for the varying needs of our clients.
1. Small Containers:
PackagingAvailable in sizes from 25kg bags to 1 ton jumbo bags - ideal for smaller projects and retail applications.
Usage: Good for domestic driveways, pathways and some smaller paving jobs
2. Drums:
Packaging :120 liter drum for Industrial and Commercial applications providing easy storage of more large quantities.
Finishing: Even in road work, roofing finishing and waterproofing applications for construction.
3. Bulk Containers:
Some Bonding: Sold in bulk tanks to industrial customers smaller robots too shiny to be continuous resource provided Asphalt
Application: Large road constructions, Infrastructure & Industrial applications
4. Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs)
Packaging: As a medium-scale industrial application, the 1,000-liter IBC packaging provides an effective and universal solution.
Use Case - Smaller Industrial Customers and Application Specific Complete Solution.
Conclusion
Used in a variety of industrial and consumer applications, asphalt is key for the success underpinning these projects while also providing durability, cost-effectiveness. We promise to provide you a perfect quality of asphalt which can be used in any type and region of the world. Through our large and established network, as well as many years of experience in sourcing and delivering asphalt directly to the job site we are able to provide top-tier products with superior customer care.
Whether you need small containers for consumer use or bulk quantities for industrial applications, rely on Abdul Sattar Sons to be a consistent asphalt supply partner that keeps your end-goals in mind.
