Compaction

Road Widener LLC, Delafield, Wisconsin, offers an offset vibratory roller attachment. The attachment’s offset, patented design allows the host machine to drive on flat ground while compacting sloping shoulders, ditches and other hard-to-reach areas alongside the road. The offset vibratory roller attaches to most loaders, graders, compact track loaders and skid steers, according to the […]

Volvo Construction Equipment has introduced Compact Assist Start, a new introductory package of their intelligent compaction system, Compact Assist. “If a customer hasn’t used intelligent compaction before, then Compact Assist Start is the perfect introduction for them,” said Mark Eckert, product manager, Volvo CE. “Giving their operators real-time information on pass and temperature mapping in a […]

Sripath’s PGXpand® Makes Possible the Use of Polymer-modified Binders to Pave Highways in India

Brent Carron is the first to admit that if you want a smooth road, it makes sense to start with a smooth screed plate. But that was before paving with a patterned screed plate from AXENOX Construction Solutions.

Pike Industries’ Teri Wells shares her career path to being a Woman of Asphalt and expert roller operator.

The new patented AXENOX® screed system from AXENOX of Powell, Wyoming, is creating buzz in the asphalt paving industry. It’s a completely different screed system. Replacing your current screed plate with the AXENOX system promotes the aggregate to find its rightful place and orientation in the finished mat, according to the manufacturer. Using a sine […]

The APH 65/85 hydrostatic vibratory plate compactor from Ammann Group, Langenthal, Switzerland, offers a patented triple-shaft exciter system for consistent plate movement and Ammann Orbitrol steering to control the adjustment of the centrifugal weights.