[VIDEO] Astec's SixPack Asphalt Plant

Mar 15, 2018
The Astec, Inc. SixPack Asphalt plant is a complete set of highly portable loads designed for fast and crane-less setup. Designed around the highly acclaimed Astec Double Barrel drum dryer/mixer (DB) and the Astec Self-Erecting Bin (SEB), the plant can produce up to 400 tons of warm mix asphalt per hour (363 metric TPH) with up to 50% reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP).
Latest in Asphalt Plants
Adobe Stock 300245762
Making Strong Connections
January 14, 2025
The Eagle Crusher MaxRap(R) is an onsite commercial recycling system for crushing and precise screening of RAP for product consistency, productivity, and profitability. Integrates with any asphalt plant automation.
How Crushing and Screening Became a Major Industry
January 7, 2025
Dji Fly 20230802 134232 712 1690998355926 Photo
Asphalt Plant Maintenance On A Tight Budget
January 10, 2025
2025 Top Contractor Resized
Asphalt Contractor’s Top 30 Editor’s Choice Award: Submissions Open
January 6, 2025
Related Stories
Six Pack Portability 1
Asphalt Plants
Astec SixPack Portable Asphalt Plant
As a part of the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) implemented regulations that required any facility with a total bulk container storage capacity of 1,320 gallons or greater to develop and implement a Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan.
Asphalt Plants
New AC Tank Inspection Protocol Now in Effect
Most control panels are a ‘Rat’s Nest’ after a few years of many hands in the pie. That makes troubleshooting tough. Here is a panel we are building for an East Coast plant. This is in progress, so it will get a lot neater.
Asphalt Plants
Asphalt Plant Troubleshooting Requires Accurate Information
Six cold feed bins and three RAP bins keep the plant well-supplied.
Asphalt Plants
R.E. Pierson Responds to Demand
More in Asphalt Plants
Labor & Workforce Development
Making Strong Connections
Total Asphalt Rejuvenation
Cynthia "Cindy" Powell reflects on her extensive career and experience in the industry, how it's changed, and the room it still has to grow.
Adobe Stock 300245762
Planers & Milling Machines
How Crushing and Screening Became a Major Industry
Eagle Crusher Co. Inc.
How one CEO's problem solving challenge launched a new industry in North America, and how their savvy philosophies continue to lead to the company’s resounding success.
The Eagle Crusher MaxRap(R) is an onsite commercial recycling system for crushing and precise screening of RAP for product consistency, productivity, and profitability. Integrates with any asphalt plant automation.
Asphalt Plants
Asphalt Plant Maintenance On A Tight Budget
ALmix
Everyone has to make due with the budget that they have, and sometimes that means getting creative. Here are some of the top maintenance items that plant managers should prioritize with limited time and money, according to experts.
Dji Fly 20230802 134232 712 1690998355926 Photo
Asphalt Pavers
Asphalt Contractor’s Top 30 Editor’s Choice Award: Submissions Open
This award highlights the Top 30 innovations and technologies available to help asphalt contractors and producers work more efficiently, safely, sustainably, and profitably.
2025 Top Contractor Resized
Labor & Workforce Development
Construction Network Announces Winners of First-Ever PACER Award
This year's winners exhibit leadership, mentorship, professionalism and integrity. Here's a breakdown of the Top 4 overall winners by brand.
Pacer 2024 Resized
Labor & Workforce Development
Asphalt Industry Annual Training Guide 2024-2025
Key educational opportunities for asphalt plant operators and paving crews on topics like an milling, crushing, recycling, mix design, compaction, quality control, and more!
Img 0125
Asphalt Plants
Avoid Downtime With These Upgrades To Your Asphalt Plant
Thalle Industries
Investing early and often in your asphalt plant upgrades, even in smaller components, can make all the difference during the busy season, when it counts most.
Asphalt Plant 3
Asphalt
EXCLUSIVE: BOMAG’s Big Bet on New Tech and Customer Connection
BOMAG Americas Inc.
The company cast its global vision of success centered on growing smart software, training, and an emphasis on listening to end users at 2025 Innovation Days.
Editor Brandon Noel sat down with Jonathan Stringham, VP of sales and marketing at BOMAG, while at BOMAG Innovation Days in Germany and took the opportunity to ask about BOMAG’s adoption strategy and future expansions in the North American market.
Automation Systems
Removing Suspended Solids in Asphalt Transloading
Acme Engineering Prod. Inc
Automated scraper strainers paired with macerators eliminate high volumes of large, suspended solids from slurries for “set it and forget it” approach.
Adapting strainers for the specialized filtration of uncommon liquids and slurries requires not only expertise but also collaboration with the processor as well as some design iterations.
Construction Technology
How Automation and Volumetric Data Take Material Management to the Next Level
Stockpile Reports
From quarries to asphalt plants to crushing contractors and everything in between, being able to better understand your stockpiled materials and improving your management solutions begins with higher quality data.
Teleo-equipped Caterpillar wheel loader operating in the midst of other operations across an Ajax Paving asphalt plant.
Asphalt Plants
FAYAT Acquires Asphalt Drum Mixers Inc.
Fayat Group
FAYAT acquired a controlling interest in Asphalt Drum Mixers LLC (ADM), based in Huntertown, Indiana, which manufactures high-quality asphalt plants and components for contractors and asphalt producers worldwide.
Rob Meckler, General Manager FAYAT North America Road Division, Victoria Boyd-Devine, Partner of ADM, Mike Devine, President of ADM, Jamie Roush, President of Dynapac.
Asphalt Plants
Is AI-Driven Asphalt Production Possible?
Command Alkon
Could asphalt plants eventually run themselves? We talked to Command Alkon who are at the head of the pack of technology companies integrating AI into the future of the asphalt world.
Adobe Stock 212002485
Page 1 of 44
Next Page