Let’s Fix a Couple Spots That Have Been Destroying Production at the Plant

You may already understand that air leakage around the plant kills your production rate. Have a chat with your ground man about this before sending him around to check for problem areas. One of the obvious places to look for escaping air—and heat, dust, vapor and so on—is the slinger chute. Also look at the drum inlet chute. You could cover the seal around the chute with conveyor belt material.

Check out a couple pictures of the innovation NB West came up with at their portable Astec plant: https://theasphaltpro.com/articles/nb-west-wins-quality-award-for-i-44/.

You don’t have time to stop and perform any huge maintenance projects on your plant right now. But what quick and creative ways can you stop air from leaking and eating away at your production this summer?

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