SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. - RCAI announces that Alderox has doubled the uninterrupted production running time and halved the downtime of a high-performance asphalt drum mixer common in the industry.

Alderox, a soy-based EcoLogo-certified lubricant, has been in use in an asphalt drum mixer in the southeastern United States over the past two months and has significantly increased asphalt production by sharply reducing the rate of build-up that eventually forces the machine to be stopped for maintenance.

Alderox has proven to withstand the extreme environment present in asphalt production where competitive products have consistently failed.

RCAI President, Gordon Davies, said, "This is a double breakthrough for this segment of the hot mix asphalt industry. These mixers produced approximately 60,000 tons over a period of two months and it took two men a mere two and a half hours to clean out the mixing drum as opposed to about five hours. Under previous operating conditions, without the use of Alderox, the drum required cleaning every 20 days or after about 30,000 tons of asphalt production.

Davies said one of the major manufacturers of asphalt mixers is also pioneering a 'green' version of the drum mixer technology. "They are making great strides in reducing emissions from this process, and, with the lower operating temperatures, we anticipate Alderox will prove even more beneficial."