We would like to introduce you to the principles of infrared and show you how you can apply those principles to pothole repair, permanent asphalt patching and asphalt reclaiming. We will compare conventional and infrared repair methods and results, as well as infrared repair. We will also touch upon asphalt reclaiming.
Infrared rays have the ability to penetrate an object.
It is that that allows deep penetrating asphalt repair and reclaiming without causing burning, scaling, or separation of the asphalt from the aggregate. Also, the infrared process does not change the inherent characteristics of the asphalt. In addition to this, the conventional method has the great disadvantage of leaving a cold joint. Even when a very thorough job is done, one is still placing heated material against a cold surface. Whenever you have two materials of varying temperatures placed side by side, a weak area is created.