Patent ID: 8394188

Claim:
A self-compressing asphalt mixture for roadway topcoats, asphalt intermediate layers, asphalt binder layers and/or asphalt sealing layers, comprising: stone chippings, sand, a filler, and a binding agent that form a self-compressing mastic asphalt mixture, wherein the total mass of all components in the self-compressing mastic asphalt mixture is 100 M.-%, wherein the stone chippings have grain size >1 mm and form 65 M.-% to 80 M.-% of the self-compressing mastic asphalt mixture; wherein the sand includes at least one of natural sand and crushed sand having a grain size in a range that is >0.063 mm and ≦2 mm and form 6 M.-% to 12 M.-% of the self-compressing mastic asphalt mixture; wherein the filler has an aggregate ≦0.063 mm and forms 15 M.-% to 19.5 M.-% of the self-compressing mastic asphalt mixture and consists essentially of limestone; and further wherein the binding agent forms 6.8 M.-% to 7.5 M.-% of the self-compressing mastic asphalt mixture.