Equipment

With winter coming on, producers are finishing up in many parts of North America. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and services providers still have components and particulars to help you get through end-of-season and beyond.

Use this year’s AsphaltPro Training Directory to gather a few more ideas for bringing new workers up to speed.

While all equipment operators should understand the basic concept that greasing or oiling a bearing prevents one type of downtime, not all operators and mechanics entering the industry have the fine-tuned skills for proper lubrication. Here’s a primer for preventing equipment seizures.

Interstate Asphalt collaborates with Meeker Equipment Inc. on a five-year plan to update the older plant and how the whole team at Interstate brings a positive atmosphere to the operations.

From a used Barber Greene to current day components, Asphalt Supply Company, also known as ASCO, conducts plant replacement in stages.

Meeker Equipment Co. Inc., Belleville, Pennsylvania, has launched a new reverse air baghouse called the Freedom Air that provides unique control of the turrets, does not require an air compressor and uses stainless steel turrets. Here’s how it works. Hot air containing fine particles enters the baghouse’s center plenum, which is tapered to evenly distribute […]

Managers of asphalt plants need to get honest about how we collect and evaluate plant data.