Corporate Profile: Stansteel Asphalt Plant Products
BY AsphaltPro Staff
Who We Are
Stansteel is America’s #1 manufacturer of complete asphalt plant products and innovative technology solutions for all your asphalt plant needs: parts, components, and services.
Recognized as the world’s leading producer of quality asphalt plant products, Stansteel has nearly a century of experience in the design and manufacturing of all types of operations. Our engineers and veteran plant experts can upgrade and improve any brand of hot-mix asphalt plant made in the last 100 years.
An Example
Stansteel has worked with Southwest Asphalt Paving (a division of Fisher Sand & Gravel Co.) since 2000. Stansteel has integrated new technology into Southwest’s seven plants and provided them with numerous custom-engineered components to leverage their capital investments: including Accu-Track total plant control systems, other controls (for rubber, lime, batching), parallel to counterflow drum conversions, portable RAP Eater drum mixer, Accu-Shear multipurpose blending systems, and used baghouse, lime silo, and AC tank. With our Accu-Track system, they can make quality mix every time and not fail any extraction tests or miss specifications.
We Enhance Quality
Greg Groneberg, vice president of operations for Southwest Asphalt Paving, shared, “Any time we get the opportunity, we always look to Stansteel because they’re a great partner. I can go on because it’s the truth. Anybody, including us, can go get equipment or can sell parts or can sell equipment, but it’s the support; it’s the back side. When you do have a problem, when you do have an issue, they’re always there to help and they’re Johnny-on- the-spot. And we appreciate that because that’s how we expect ourselves to run. And we love it when the vendor partner does the same.
“As an example, we have converted several plants to the Accu-Track total plant control system. Since we often run operations in remote Arizona deserts, the plants must run dependably day in and day out. Stansteel’s controls are extremely reliable.”
We Enhance Sustainability
Groneberg also said, “We had some mix issues at one plant and are 100% certain if it was all related to aggregates and the coating. By installing the Accu-Shear and getting a better coating of our materials, an unintended benefit was that our compaction levels got better.
“The foamed asphalt not only offers superior performance but also presents significant cost saving opportunities. The Accu-Shear enables lower production temperatures, reducing fuel, roller passes and energy costs while extending the haul time in trucks.
“In addition, the Accu-Shear can blend multiple different liquid products and reduce or eliminate the need for a truck release agent. Also, foamed asphalt aligns with sustainable practices. Its lower production temperatures contribute to energy efficiency, reducing your company’s environmental footprint. The use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) can be optimized to lower material costs and demonstrate our commitment to sustainable, cost-effective practices.
“We have Accu-Shears installed on six plants. The seventh one just showed up at our seventh plant two days ago. The coating that you get out of using the Accu-Shear is very uniform, very thorough. All the particles are evenly coated. It makes a very good mix, and we dropped 20 degrees, which reduced burner fuel and blue smoke. We’ve noticed that’s been kind of a big one too, that when you drop that temperature down, your emission levels decrease significantly. Plus, when you reduce temps overall, that’s less pressure and less wear and tear on your baghouse.
“I can’t say what everybody’s fuel costs are, but just the reduction in fuel themselves and obviously, depending on how busy your plants are, they’ll pay for themselves in short order. And then you get all the rest of the benefits that continue on for as long as you have the unit.”
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