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Asphalt Plant Stockpile Management Completed with a Drone

Louisville Paving uses drones to fly over their plant and quarry to measure stockpile volume. From the images and data colleged from the drone, the company can produce output analytic data such as volumes and contours of the materials on the property.

Asphalt Plant Stockpile Management Completed with a Drone

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AESCO/Madsen EcoFoam-II Warm Mix Asphalt Injection System

The AESCO/Madsen Eco-Foam II is a motionless static mixer in which fluids are injected and rapidly mixed by a combination of alternate vortex shedding and shear-induced turbulence, which produces superior fluid mixing.

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Astec Double Barrel XHR High RAP Aggregate Dryer with External Mixer

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ClearSpan Fabric Structures

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RECON Monitors Asphalt Storage Tanks and Hot Oil Heaters

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Improving Sustainability in Asphalt Plant Operations

Plant owners can take these small steps to improve their sustainability efforts today while looking towards larger green goals for the future.

Sustainability is not going away. In the future we are likely to see it become a large part of our business every day. Whether this is through providing Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for your products, requests for information on your sustainability efforts by potential customers, or providing certifications for green rating systems, sustainability will impact the asphalt business for the foreseeable future.

The Latest Trends in Asphalt Plant Automation

Technology helps asphalt producers gain control, harness data, increase profits.

A conscious decision to use industrial grade computers for the central user-interface is yet another step in meeting the overall objective of automation. In addition to meeting rigorous technical specifications, the advantages of using these machines lie in their production stability and long-term availability.

ADP-GUI Drum Mix Process System

Systems Equipment

The ADP-GUI Drum Mix Process System is designed to proportion aggregates and additives according to prescribed mix design formulas and measures and controls liquid asphalt mass flow rate

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Total System Control (TSC)

Systems Equipment

The Total System Control (TSC) is a plant control system to start, stop and monitor motors and manually load from silos for use in any plant regardless of motors used and their function

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How Batch Plants Can Increase RAP Production

The RAP-PAK system from Meeker offers a better method for getting recycled materials into the mix

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How to Optimize Asphalt Plant Downtime

In many areas, the winter months can provide valuable downtime for your plant operations. Make the most of that time with these maintenance tips.

Mixing tip wear needs to be evaluated periodically or when blending quality of the HMA appears inadequate. These mixing tips are reversible to allow increased service life. Drum buildup removal should be performed in conjunction with rotating mixing tips (paddles).

Maxam California Bulk Sampler

Maxam Equipment Inc.

Unit was developed in direct response to Caltran’s requirement to take bulk samples from the plant

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