ADAIRSVILLE, GA - SAKAI's 'Compaction Information System' (CIS) is proving to highway agencies and contractors that it's operator friendly, saves time and money and is also proving itself to be among the newest and most comprehensive compaction measuring tools.

Intelligent Compaction (IC), which is the compaction of soils, aggregate bases and HMA pavement materials using vibratory rollers equipped with a digital measurement system and a Global Positioning System (GPS) for mapping, is an emerging technology that holds the promise of becoming the new 'Gold Standard' for measuring compaction.

 Technology advancements such as faster computers and advancements in GPS and software now make IC a reality.  The electronic compaction data now available gives new views of the compaction process including everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask.  Agencies are starting to recognize the advantages and are developing IC Quality Control specifications with the goal of adopting IC as standard practice. IC is poised to become the quality control/quality assurance (QC/QA) tool for the 21st century.

Sakai's Compaction Information System (CIS) is factory-installed on Sakai's vibratory single drum soil rollers or double drum asphalt rollers and can be used for a variety of applications. CIS uses GPS position data and is compatible with most GPS systems used on construction projects.

CIS hardware includes a large touch screen PC display at the operator station, the Compaction Control Value (CCV) sensor and a surface temperature sensor.  AithonMT (machine terminal) software allows the roller to document the compaction process and the AithonPD (Plan Design) office software creates the plan files and allows for further analysis of the data and for preparing reports that quantify the compaction results.