Patent ID: 6159278
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: E01C,E04C

Abstract:
A process for preparing a castable hot mixture of bituminous concrete, comprising the steps of:introducing into a mixture of hot bituminous concrete a multiplicity of steel wire pieces adapted for strengthening said mixture of hot bituminous concrete after its solidification; andmixing said steel wire pieces in said mixture of hot bituminous concrete until said steel wire pieces are equally distributed in said mixture of hot bituminous concrete, whereinsaid steel wire pieces are introduced in the form of bundles of such steel wire pieces that are held together into said bundles by a binding substance which is adapted to disintegrate by water when mixed into a wet cementitious concrete and which disintegrates by melting when mixed in a hot bituminous concrete mixture, and wherein said steel bundles disintegrate during mixing of said mixture of hot bituminous concrete.