Last week, we mentioned tracking the incoming recycled material to ensure millings from different projects went to the proper stockpiles. Are you using the same care and caution with incoming liquids?
You know the liquid asphalt cement (AC) is a vital ingredient in your DOT and other agency mix designs. Take a moment to test the binder grade of the AC coming into your plant.
Before the liquid AC gets to the tank farm, you can sample the material leaving the tanker to ensure you’re receiving the binder grade you requested. This level of quality control is a step asphalt producers find themselves taking to enhance mix design accuracy.
The team at Stansteel/Hotmix Parts developed the AC Verification Station™ to install inline between the unloading pump and the AC tanks to allow workers the option to take samples of any liquid material coming in. It’s one way to ensure the product in the tank is the product you think it is. Maxam Equipment also offers an inline sampling device. What others have you found to be exemplary for your safe quality control?
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