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Clean Your Paver

Clean Your PaverOne way to safeguard an area is to clean the area. Protect against slips and falls by cleaning grease and grime off heavy equipment. The manufacturer of Oil Eater Fleet Wash offers the eco-friendly product to get dieselfuel, grease, dirt, bird droppings and more from trucks and other heavy equipment. . . .(Read More)

Painting Service

Does your site need a facelift before your next state inspection? You can make an older plant look new again with a fresh coat of paint, but only if you use the right kind of paint atop the right primer atop the right preparation. With that kind of worry, you . . .(Read More)

Patch in the Cold

Patch in the ColdWhether it’s repairing utility cuts or patching a pothole, HP Asphalt Cold Patch from Crafco Inc., an Ergon Company, offers a remedy in 50-pound easy-open bags like the one pictured here, 1-ton re-sealable super sacks or in bulk. To use HP Asphalt Cold Patch, the manufacturer recommends you follow these . . .(Read More)

EG Hamm's Intelligent Compaction System

EG Hamm's Intelligent Compaction SystemIn 2012, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) ramped up its field studies of intelligent compaction (IC) for asphalt pavements. The administration lists the following as advantages of IC devices for highway projects: Optimized labor deployment and construction time. Contractors can roll the right amount of material with the right amount of . . .(Read More)

Buy Smart

Buy SmartSomeone placing 200,000 tons of asphalt a year is ripe for expanding his business into the production arena. If you’ve been buying hot mix from the local supplier for years and now wish to start producing it for yourself—perhaps even sell it commercially—you’ve made the first of many important decisions. . . .(Read More)

Screen Machine’s JHT Jaw Crusher

The new JHT jaw track crusher from Screen Machine Industries, Inc., is based on the JXT jaw crusher and has Cattron® remote control jaw adjustment. It’s operated by a C-9 Tier III Caterpillar engine. The crusher is by Trio Engineered Products. The vibratory grizzly feeder is 40 inches by 13 . . .(Read More)

Endecott’s EFL2000

The EFL2000 sieve shaker from Endecotts has been specially designed to operate with heavy samples without the loss of performance. It’s equipped with a dynamic power source that ensures the right vibration is imparted to the sample for fast, accurate and reproducible tests, according to the manufacturer. The vertical movement . . .(Read More)

Roadtec Overnight Parts

Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) take your time seriously. Dan Minninger, the parts manager for Roadtec, Chattanooga, said they deliver overnight direct to all their customers with a 96 percent fill rate. “We process and ship the same day, and we do a good job of getting it out of here,” . . .(Read More)

EriezXpress™ offers variety of products shipped next-day

EriezXpress™ offers variety of products shipped next-dayEriezXpress™ offers a variety of aggregate, recycling and other products for next-day shipping. It’s not quite as fast as overnight, but it gets some vital components to consumers in a hurry. Eriez of Erie, Pa., identified the products most often ordered with fast shipment requirements and that included, but isn’t . . .(Read More)

BOMAG Introduces BW100ADM-5 Roller

BOMAG Introduces BW100ADM-5 Roller The new BW100 ADM-5 tandem vibratory roller from BOMAG, Kewanee, Ill., features a specially developed operator’s platform and intuitive controls. The company explained it has a new Smart Drive steering wheel with a smaller diameter to provide more room for the operator and a clear view of all controls. The . . .(Read More)

Telsmith Launches T900 Cone Crusher

Telsmith Launches T900 Cone CrusherThe Telsmith T900 Cone Crusher is engineered to deliver maximum uptime, productivity, safety and ease of maintenance in tough, hard-rock mining applications. It offers a capacity output range from 550 to 2100 megatonnes per hour with up to a 15-inch feed size. It’s rated with the largest in-class clearing stroke, . . .(Read More)

Oil Sands Truck Body Increases Worker Safety

Oil Sands Truck Body Increases Worker SafetyWhile oil sands have been mined in Ft. McMurray, Alberta, and other areas for years, mine operators have had no choice but to accept and use off-the-shelf truck bodies to transport the abrasive, cohesive material from the mine pit to the hopper. Due to the lack of industry-specific truck body . . .(Read More)

Improve Recycling Speed with Flex-Mat

Improve Recycling Speed with Flex-MatFlex-Mat® 3 Series LFM™ from Major Wire Industries Ltd., Candiac, Quebec, helps recycle operations improve production, shorten project times and minimize downtime. The high-performance Flex-Mat 3 Series LFM is manufactured with straight wires firmly molded into polyurethane strips that hold the wires in place at the crown bar. The flexible . . .(Read More)

Compact Shoulders with Berm Monster

Compact Shoulders with Berm MonsterTwo tip-over accidents in August 2008 involving conventional rollers—one which took a man’s life—inspired Keith Verhoff to find a safer way to compact stone on roadside berms. Little did he know then that the invention of a mechanic with 22 years of experience would serve many purposes. Keith worked with his . . .(Read More)

Brookfield’s TC Series Baths Offer New Features

Brookfield’s TC Series Baths Offer New FeaturesBrookfield Engineering, Middleboro, Mass., introduces four models of the new TC Series Circulating Water Baths for configuring viscometers and rheometers. The series feature a number of improvements including touch screen technology, multiple languages and a sleek new design. The four models:  TC-150; TC-250; TC-550; TC-650. All four are offered with a choice . . .(Read More)

Go Deep with Terex RS446C

Go Deep with Terex RS446CThe RS446C reclaimer/stabilizer from Terex Roadbuilding, Oklahoma City, features a 415-horsepower diesel engine and direct cutter drive with a maximum cutting depth of 20 inches. A two-stage engine drive and three-speed cutter transmission maximizes break-out forces for production rates reaching 155 feet per minute all while saving on fuel costs. The . . .(Read More)

BOMAG’s MPH122-2 Recycler/Stabilizer Revs Up

BOMAG’s MPH122-2 Recycler/Stabilizer Revs UpFeaturing a 482-horsepower turbocharged Deutz V6 engine, the MPH122-2 recycler/stabilizer from BOMAG Americas, Inc., Kewanee, Ill., offers an environmentally friendly solution for various soil stabilization and in-place asphalt recycling tasks. It offers three rotor options, bolt-on tooth holders and an integrated hydrostatic rotor drive. The standard center-mounted universal rotor is . . .(Read More)

ADM’s Recycle Systems Enhance Efficiency

ADM’s Recycle Systems Enhance Efficiency Asphalt Drum Mixers, Inc., Huntertown, Ind., offers four models of portable and stationary recycle systems to enhance the cost-efficiency of asphalt plants. First, ADM’s recycle bins feature a 15-ton capacity and are continuously welded at the seams. The bins contain angle irons and midsection stiffeners for reinforcement, and their steeply . . .(Read More)

Diagnose Problems Remotely with Roadtec Telematics

Diagnose Problems Remotely with Roadtec TelematicsFinding equipment problems quickly means you get equipment back up and running quickly. You might even prevent work time interruption. To that end, Roadtec has introduced Guardian, a telematics system that lets an operator find just about any machine problem through either the display screen on the milling machine or . . .(Read More)

REMco’s 1530 VSI Crusher

While REMco had personnel on hand to discuss its full line of vertical shaft impactors for producing sand products, its new launch was the 1530 VSI crusher. For information on this, visit . . .(Read More)

Equipment Maintenance
Maintain the Baghouse
What does your baghouse maintenance program look like? You want maintenance personnel paying attention to this vital plant component on a regular basis. This keeps emissions at bay and use of baghouse dust in control. Let’s take a look at what your crew should do. Dust on the Bags I recommend the maintenance person use a magnahelic gauge, which reads in inches of water, to measure when the bags might be blinding.
Hydraulic Shop Salvages CAT Cylinders
Rebuilding heavy equipment makes good economic sense these days. Caterpillar dealer Whayne Supply, Corbin, Ky., added a Sunnen HTA tube hone in 2009 to resurface scratched and rusted cylinder barrels, which saves its customers 80 percent or more over the cost of a new barrel. Since then, mechanics have used the hone to process more than 1,000 barrels.
Move Crushers with Care
When time is short to get from Site A to Site B, make sure the ground crew knows safety is still Priority 1 for moving equipment. Portable crushers may be made to move, but it takes more than a tow hitch to make them road-ready. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) weigh in on some best practices to keep in mind for equipment longevity and safe travel. Darryl Kerr, the engineering manager for WRT Equipment Ltd.
Tune Burner to Meet Regs
Air quality is important to the asphalt industry. Environmental regulations require that asphalt plants meet certain emissions guidelines to operate. These guidelines differ by geographic area, some being more stringent than others. A proactive burner maintenance and tune-up program will provide the best opportunity for you to achieve air quality standards and more reliable, safer burner operations. Proper burner maintenance can be simple to accomplish.
Maintain Tack Truck for Best Preservation Success
With growing evidence that tack coats help open-graded friction courses (OGFC) succeed as mill and fill surfaces, distributor trucks make their way to the paving train more often. Whether performing maintenance on these trucks or distributing material with them, operators need to be careful when working around liquid asphalt distributors. The operator must pay close attention to detail.
Maintain the Crusher for Optimum Recycling
In any recycling crushing operation, maintaining your equipment is the best way to ensure the machine’s longevity and productivity. I recommend developing a maintenance program that fits the needs of your equipment and your operation. It’s important to set guidelines for operators to follow so here are my top five best practices to keep equipment up and running and make every operation more profitable. 1.) Safety should be the number one concern in every operation.

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Asphalt Lane Coloring Book

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