Traditional Pavement
The closed texture prohibits tire/pavement drainage because there are no micro-channels.

 

ITALGRIP® System
Due to the open texture, micro-channels allow high tire/pavement surface drainage.
Belgian permeameter test
 

Traditional Pavement
On traditional pavement the skid resistance is 65 BPN (55Fn) at the beginning and 35 BPN (30Fn) at the end of service life.

 

ITALGRIP® System
The skid resistance on an ITALGRIP® surface is 85 BPN (75Fn) at the beginning and 65 BPN (55Fn) at the end of service life.
British pendulum test
 

Traditional Pavement
The texture depth (macrotexture) for a traditional pavement is 0.4 - 0.8mm.

 

ITALGRIP® System
The macrotexture for an ITALGRIP® surface averages 1.4 to 3.0mm.
Sand patch test
 

Traditional Pavement
Nighttime and poor weather visibility is often very poor on traditional pavement due to light reflecting off the surface.

 

ITALGRIP® System
The ITALGRIP® System surface scatters light and decreases retro-reflection by 80%.
See example

 

Road pavement loses its original parameters due to the constant stress of traffic, functional parameters decrease fast.
ITALGRIP® System creates and sustains a higher quality of pavement.

service life

Some advantages of ITALGRIP® System:

braking distance
hydroplaning
car on dry curve
car on wet curve
ice formation