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It’s that time of year to check out everything around the asphalt plant. Because this issue of the magazine focuses on sustainability, let’s zero in on the recycling areas for a moment. Look at the vibrating screens that sort fresh millings or clumped recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) to be sized and prepared for use in […]

It may sound like a contradiction to use combustion to lower emissions, but industry has both smart operations and ever-advancing technology to reach the goal of more environmentally friendly output. From training your plant operator on best practices to tuning your existing burner for optimum efficiency for your specific production capacity to installing newly designed […]

When its plant at Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, had reached the ripe old age of five years, management at Highway Materials Inc. (HMI) a division of The DePaul Group, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, revamped its inner workings. The hybrid ALmix/Meeker dratch plant had served them well, producing mix at up to 500 TPH with 900 tons of […]

Researchers at the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) at Auburn University in Alabama study failed as well as successful experimental sections on their pavement test track. The latest three-year research cycle at the track includes a special focus group of pavement sections they hope will fail. The reason: they learn as much from evaluating […]

2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Volvo articulated hauler, and as part of the yearlong celebration, Volvo held a contest to identify the oldest Volvo articulated hauler still actively working on a North American jobsite. After reviewing the submissions, the winner was identified as Tomy Stenvall of Amswede Corporation, Chula Vista, California, who runs […]

IMP Technologies (IMPTEC) of Adelaide, Australia, has developed a super fine crusher that is designed to reduce comminution costs and the energy associated with producing material for ordinary Portland cement (OPC). Spokesperson Chris Kelsey explained the piece of equipment will not be displayed outside of Australia until license agreements have been finalized, but the company […]

Make training part of your professional culture for safe, quality asphalt jobs How many times have you heard a veteran paver operator say something along the lines of “back in my day we didn’t use those newfangled computer controls” when discussing proper paving technique? He’s not wrong. There was a time not so many years […]