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When more teeth make quick work

Micromilling is used to remove shallow ruts on Nebraska's Interstate pavements

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Millings One Night, Aggregate the Next On Georgia's I-75

Four contractors and five machines milled and paved 17.25 miles of I-75, three lanes each way.

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Automated Grade Control Rebuilds JFK Runway in 4 Months

Automated Grade Control Rebuilds JFK Runway in 4 Months, guiding 280,000 tons of asphalt shoulder paving and 175,000 cubic yards of concrete paving

A Roadtec milling machine bulks-mills 4 inches of material without laser grade-control cross referencing before making the finished pass.

Micromilling Can Help Win Smoothness Bonuses

A major South Carolina asphalt milling subcontractor is using fine-tooth milling or "micromilling" to give South Carolina taxpayers smoother roads

Fine milling provides super-smooth base for overlays while correcting cross-slope problems.

3D Transforms Milling and Paving

Grade control technology changes the nature of road building and repair operations.

By using Topcon GPS, Intercounty Paving Associates was able to simultaneously operate five Roadtec RX-900 milling machines to speed production at the John F. Kennedy Airport. This would have been impossible using conventional techniques.

Setup Tips for 3D Paving and Milling

Before you can mill or pave with a 3D system, you need to properly set the system up.

Complex Profile Achieved on Airport Runway

Grade control technology helps Shelly and Sands achieve stringent FAA tolerances.

Shelly and Sands' subcontractor used a Trimble GCS900 universal total station system on its Wirtgen W 200 milling machine, enabling correct grade to be achieved the first time.

Milling it in the Big Apple

A resurfacing project at New York's JFK airport tests advanced milling control technology.

Micro Surfacing Overcomes Road Failure Challenges

Unique micro surfacing process decreases potholes from 700 to seven at a fraction of the cost.

Intermountain Slurry Seal applied two micro surfacing layers over a 9-mile stretch of I-80 to create a level and safe driving surface.

Cutter-Head Tips that Slash Pavement Milling Costs

With asphalt and concrete milling machines, cutter head operation and maintenance drive costs.

You need to have the cutter head set up to match the working conditions. For example, above is a fine milling drum from Kennametal.

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Milling at the Outer Limits

Contractor relies on satellite and laser technology for accurate preparation of Air Force runway surface in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.

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