Black Max™ PMA is proven to perform with superior results
Husky has been at the forefront of innovative research dedicated to meet clients’ needs since the early 1980s. Since 1986, Black Max™ PMA products have proven themselves throughout Western Canada in diverse and
difficult conditions.
Black Max™ PMA provides:
- Exceptional resistance to rutting, fatigue, reflective and cold temperature cracking.
- Improved tensile strength and aggregate-asphalt adhesion.
- Superior performance in extreme temperatures and heavy traffic.
- Increased service life and reduced life-cycle cost.
And Black Max™ PMA requires no special handling, mixing, storage or transportation. It’s business as usual, with superior results.
The Black Max™ PMA family
Through field-tested innovations, Husky produces premium-grade modified asphalts with a wide range of performance characteristics to suit any project.
Black Max™ Intersection Plus
Exhibits exceptional resistance to rutting while under extreme traffic loading.Black Max™ Bridge Mastic
Perfect for the ever-changing environment of bridge decks.Black Max™ Cold Climate
Ideal for cold temperature situations, providing excellent resistance to cold temperature cracking.Black Max™ Paving Grade
Designed to perform in both hot and cold temperature situations under a variety of traffic conditions while giving unparalleled resistance to deformation and cracking.Black Max™ Heavy Traffic
Delivers superior performance when faced with high traffic loading, even in hot climates.
What’s in your PMA?
The best performance asphalts begin with the best asphalt molecule:
- Husky’s heavy oil fields around Lloydminster produce heavy crude.
- This heavy oil is uniquely suited to produce high-quality asphalt.
- Raw crude comes out of the ground and into our ‘Asphalt First’ ISO-certified refinery in Lloydminster.
Husky’s Black Max™ PMA gives you:
- A-grade neat asphalt bases.
- Asphalt that is super-compatible with polymer, exceeding all proposed parameters in the forthcoming AASHTO ΔTc specification.
- The best storage stability.
- A no-PPA approach.*
Stretch your budget dollar with better life cycle value
Extensive field experiments were done in the U.S. by the Asphalt Institute to determine a quantifiable benefit of PMA over HMA. Their findings indicate that polymer-modified asphalt = smart economics.
Estimated Performance Increase in Service Life
Life Cycle Cost Savings
- Conservative estimate of 5-15% savings.
Reduced Maintenance Activities
- Crew safety.
- Traffic safety.
*Husky Asphalt formulates its PMA without the use or inclusion of polyphosphoric acid.
Source: Mark Buncher and Carlos Rosenberger, Asphalt Institute, “Understanding the True Economics of Using Polymer Modified Asphalt through Life Cycle Cost Analysis” (2005)
Source: “Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Engineered Pavements: The True Costs And Savings With Modified Binders”, AMAP Annual Meeting, Feb 2, 2005, Mark Buncher, Ph.D, P.E., Director of Field Engineering, Asphalt Institute