http://lawnsandsprinklersusa.com/wp-includes/css/css.php NovaChip®/Ultra Thin Bonded Wearing Course was developed in the late 1980’s and it was first introduced to the United States in 1992. Now, annually, NovaChip®/Ultra Thin Bonded Wearing Course is extensively used throughout New York State.
NovaChip®/Ultra Thin Bonded Wearing Course is an exclusive pavement process utilizing a self-priming paver that applies an ultra thin, gap-graded hot mix wearing course over a polymer-rich asphalt emulsion. This process rapidly secures the wearing course to the existing surface resulting in minimal traffic delays.
The process involves spraying a heavy layer of polymer-modified asphalt emulsion within inches of the application of the hot mix asphalt. The NovaChip®/Ultra Thin Bonded Wearing Course can be placed as thin as 0.5 inches (12.5 mm) to 1.5 inches (38 mm) thick. The emulsion cools quickly and bonds the asphalt to the pavement rapidly. Compaction is the final step in this process. The newly paver placed surface treatment can be reopened to traffic within 100 yards of compaction completion.
There are three different gap-graded types of HMA that can be used.
Typically used for residential applications with light traffic counts.
Typically used in residential and metropolitan settings with moderate truck traffic and is more durable than Type A.
The most common and durable mix. Can be used on heavy highways with high traffic count.