Compaction Equipment

Wed December 13, 2000

Northwest Georgia Paves From Sundown to Sunup on Rte. 41

“We debated among ourselves for a long time before making the decision to purchase our new Blaw-Knox PF-5510 paver,” said Northwest Georgia Paving Company’s Edward Smith. “I long had the feeling that a tracked paver would be the best for us even though we had received very good service from our rubber-tired PF-200B machine....

Wed February 16, 2000

Compact Frame Allows Stow R2000 to Roll Within Centimeters of Walls

Featuring a 3.2-meter (10.5 ft.) inside turning radius and 26-percent gradeability, Stow’s R2000 .9-metric-roller (1 ton) static roller is maneuverable and versatile on the job site. A compact frame and drum design enables the R2000 to roll within 4.4 centimeters (1.75 in.) of walls without the use of attachments....

Wed February 16, 2000

Renting Roller Makes ’Cents’ for Contractor

A Pennsylvania contractor who specializes in difficult site preparation projects has found that renting vibratory rollers is a cost-effective alternative to owning them. Doug Thomas, president of Thomas Construction Company, Grove City, PA, said that his company has found a growing niche in the site-preparation market working on sites with difficult geotechnical conditions or requiring clean-up of hazardous materials....

Wed February 16, 2000

Sakai’s 4000 VPM Rollers Speed Superpave Compaction

All other things being equal in the asphalt compaction process, an increase in the ground speed of a vibratory roller can translate directly into an increase in profit or a decrease in expense. This can only be true with a corresponding increase in vibration frequency, or VPM, however. Unlike static compactors, vibratory compactors offer a combination of both static and dynamic forces to achieve the specified density in the shortest possible time frame....

Wed February 16, 2000

Bomag Takes Control With Accurate, Reliable Readings

Bomag’s BTM 05 Terrameter compaction control and documentation system measures, controls and records the compaction process and its development, leading to significantly increased compaction quality....