Equipment

Quality starts way back at the quarry and refinery. It continues at the asphalt mix plant. For this edition focused on quality control and best lab practices, it only makes sense that we present some of the latest and greatest offerings for the production of a mix that’s on spec. Asphalt Drum Mixers Inc. Asphalt […]

Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), including Cat and Volvo, are making the opportunity to remotely control and monitor equipment a reality.

Teach personnel best practices to keep screens from plugging with material during production. The new operator needs to know what a plugged screen means for production and how to fix it.

Discussing the asphalt plant and aggregate operations this month includes a look at trucking. MyLogic Inc., headquartered in Pennsylvania, has released a free app called Dump Truck Math, which is available on iOS and Android devices, to help estimators, foremen, and truck drivers streamline simple hauling calculations. The app started as an Excel spreadsheet MyLogic […]

In 2016, RAP Management LLC, Columbus, Ohio, partnered with Ammann Group, headquartered in Langenthal, Switzerland, to build the first new site developed for an asphalt plant in the Columbus area in 35 years, and the first Ammann plant in the United States.

A new protocol has been put in place regarding asphalt storage tank inspections. Does your AC tank inspection program pass the test?

Air ages liquid asphalt cement (AC) just as surely as ultraviolet light does. This is why material stored in the asphalt silo requires as much forethought and care as the material traveling to the jobsite. Here’s how you can solve oxidation in the silo.