Astec Hot Mix Mag Vol19 No1

VOLUME 19 NUMBER 1 - 2014
PUBLISHED BY ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.

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Astecs innovative drum designs handle
RAP usage from 0 to 100%
Heatec delivers the Barracuda colloid
mill for asphalt emulsion
Hawaiian HMA producer uses Astecs
portable plant to bridge the Big Island
Astecs patent-pending V-Pack Stack
Temperature Control System
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ON THE FRONT COVER
Located in the province of Quebec, Canada, just south of Montreal, DJL
Construction operates a portable 400 TPH (362 MTPH) 8 ft x 38 ft (2.44 m
x 11.58 m) Astec Double Barrel
plant. The plant features the 72,589 CFM

Express Baghouse with inertial dust separator and the Phoenix
Talon burner.
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5 Point of View
Malcolm Swanson, President of Astec, Inc.
6 Ready, Set, Produce
Canadian contractor uses portable plant for highway project
10 Voyager 120
Compact, highly portable plant has ability to run up to 30 percent RAP
12 Primed & Ready
Astec goes hands-on for expanded tech training
14 Meet the Barracuda
Heatec delivers colloid mill for asphalt emulsions
18 The Key to High-RAP Mix Production
Astecs patent-pending V-Pack Stack Temperature Control System
20 Milling Best Practices
Road constructions smooth future
22 Size Advantage
Paving contractor finds highway class machine in Carlson CP-100
26 Modern Innovations on
the Big Island
Hawaiian HMA producer and Astecs portable plant make big waves
30 Taking RAP From 0 to 100
Astecs innovative drum designs increase RAP usage
34 Meeting the Challenges:
RAP, RAS & WMA
38 Turning Cast-Off Into Cash
Texas HMA producer saves money by recycling on-site materials
41 Mixing It Up
CEI concrete plants and Astecs pellet plant
43 Hot-Mix News
Whats happening at Astec Industries
46 Man on a Mission
Walter Brunings three decades of experience is a benefit to customers
HOT-MIX MAGAZINE 3 VOLUME 19 NUMBER 1
VOLUME 19 NUMBER 1
Copyright 2014
Hot-Mix Magazine is published by
the family of companies known
as Astec Industries, Inc.
Our mission is to provide members
of the HMA industry with up-to-date
news about HMA and WMA
technology and the recent advances
in the industry.
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Donna Campbell
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Paul Shelton (Astec)
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POINT OF VIEW
T
hat our roads, from local streets to interstates,
are in sad shape is not news to anyone with
a drivers license. How we got here is almost
as obvious. With government budgets in trouble at
every level, money for roads is hard to come by. At
the same time, the price of materials, liquid asphalt
and rock, continues to rise.
In this situation, it would be great to have an
increase in the gas tax, a new highway bill, or a
completely overhauled funding mechanism. I am
confident that some of these solutions will happen.
When that may occur is what concerns me. The
question, then, is what can we do between now and
the arrival of effective funding means?
I think contractor opinions are better sources of wisdom concerning
what we can do during this funding drought than anything I can offer.
What several contractors have told me can be summed up by saying
we (the industry) need to do what we do better, especially when it
comes to recycling and efficiencies at the plants. My first reaction
was that would be tough. After all, how much better can plants get?
We have already come a long way on both of those fronts. If that isnt
enough, I have also been told that we need better control of the plant
process. No pressure!
ANSWERING THE CALL
Although plants today are considerably more sophisticated and
efficient than they were just 10 or 15 years ago, the message
is clear that they need to be better. We have responded to such
needs before. For instance, when Astec was confronted with tighter
NOX emissions limitations in Californias South Coast Air Quality
Management District around 1990, we responded by introducing
the industrys first Flue Gas Recirculation System (FGR) system.
It worked very well and became the standard solution to the
California NOX requirements for several years. We were proud of
the accomplishment. We have since replaced that technology with
burners that dont need FGR to meet even tighter requirements. Its
time to step up again. When I look at the technology in my car, I
realize that its so smart its scary. So, yes, there are ways to do it
still better.
One such opportunity is burner control. Ever since the introduction of
counterflow drying technology (a long time ago) there has really been
no effective automatic burner control. There may be a button on the
screen that says auto but the burner will only run on automatic
when it doesnt need active control. We need to do better than that;
so we are. Feed-forward burner control, based on
real-time data on moisture contents of aggregates
and RAP, can be accomplished by calculating
the heat demand and flowing the amount of fuel
needed.
We could do a lot better on fuel efficiency, too.
Why do we want to keep baghouse temperature at
about 240 to 250 degrees F (116 to 121 degrees
C) as a minimum? Its because we need to avoid
mud and corrosion caused by condensation, right?
Condensation in a baghouse is bad news. However,
if we really look at the conditions under which
condensation occurs, we realize that we could very
often run the temperature down to 150 degrees
F (66 degrees C) without a problem. So, it seems that we are often
leaving about 100 degrees worth of fuel energy on the tablenot
a good thing. By changing our control from looking at temperature
to looking at dew point, we can keep away from the mud while
capturing all of the available energy.
Another place where we can be better is control of asphalt content.
At US $600 per ton, precise control is pretty important. Real-time
measurements of moisture and the AC content of the RAP enable us
to be more precise with the amount of virgin AC we inject.
ASTEC SMART PLANT
We have responded to our contractor friends with the Astec Smart
Plant. The Smart Plant is the same highly reliable and durable Astec
Double Barrel
thats been around for years, but much smarter. More

information is collected by sensors and processed by the control
system. This enables the Smart Plant to do more with less and save
money, enabling the current reduced funding to pave more lane
miles.
As we responded to the expressed need for the ability to use more
RAP, we found that we can do better there, too. The capability of
plants to make high-quality mixes with very high RAP percentages,
up to 100 percent, has resulted. Combining the enhanced recycling
capabilities with the Smart Plant technology is more than just a
bridge to better times.
As is so often the case, the great insights of our contractor friends
are leading to some big improvements in plant design that will make
our industry more competitive and, therefore, better able to weather
lean times. When the funding situation improves, the advances that
have come about because of the struggle will still be here and we
will all be better for it.
WORDS FROM MALCOLM SWANSON

President of Astec, Inc.
Hard Times Make Us Better
Malcolm Swanson,
President, Astec, Inc.
Ready, Set,
Produce
Canadian contractor uses portable
plant for highway work
Located in the province of Quebec, Canada, just south
of Montreal, DJL Construction operates a portable 400
TPH (362 MTPH) 8 ft x 38 ft (2.44 m x 11.58 m) Astec
Double Barrel
plant.
L
ocated in the province of
Quebec, Canada, just south
of Montreal, DJL Construction
operates a portable 400 TPH (362
MTPH) 8 ft x 38 ft (2.44 m x 11.58
m) Astec Double Barrel
plant.
Purchased in 2012, the portable
plant has been stationary, working
on highway projects.
The plant is stationed in our
quarry working mainly on two
highway jobs, said Christian Fortin,
equipment manager with DJL
Construction. Weve been working
on Highway 40 for the past two
years. We are looking forward to
testing the portability of the plant
once the projects conclude.
BEST FEATURES
The ability to use recycle in the
Astec Double Barrel
and the PMIII

controls are some of the best fea-
tures of the plant, stated Fortin.
Currently, the limit for recycle in
mixes is 20 percent. To take advan-
tage of reclaimed asphalt pave-
ment (RAP), we have two RAP bins
to use with the Astec warm mix
system, said Fortin. When it came
to the controls, we were using a
Quebec-made system. It was a first
for us to purchase a manufacturers
system. The PMIII Continuous Mix
Blending Control is new to us, and
we are very pleased that the user
interface is in French.
Other plant components:
Portable Self-Erecting Surge
Bin and 36 in (91 cm) drag
conveyor
Portable 10 ft x 14 ft (3.05 m
x 4.27 m) five-bin cold feed
system
Astec met the startup timeframe for
the highway project with a quick
turnaround for setup.
The portable Astec Double Barrel
plant has a Portable

Self-Erecting Surge Bin and a 36 in (91 cm) drag conveyor.
plant has a Heatec

30,000 gal (113,562 l) Heli-Tank and a Heatec 30,000 gal
(113,562 l) portable tank with 6 in (15.24 cm) insulation.
plant has a Heatec

30,000 gal (113,562 l) Heli-Tank and a Heatec 30,000 gal
(113,562 l) portable tank with 6 in (15.24 cm) insulation.
Portable 10 ft x 14 ft (3.05 m x
4.27 m) dual-bin recycle feed
system
Phoenix
Talon burner
Portable 72,589 CFM Express
Baghouse with inertial dust
separator
30,000-gal (113,562 l) Heatec
Heli-Tank
TIME CHALLENGE
Time was of the essence to
set up the portable plant. DJL
Construction was to begin work
on Highway 40 in August 2012.
The Astec plant arrived for set
up in July. Two Astec technicians
were on-site to assist with the
process.
We underestimated the time it
takes to set up a new plant, said
Fortin. Astec handled the chal-
lenge and we were ready to start
the project on time; Astec worked
through a short turnaround time
and got the plant started.
Fortin shared: Astecs equip-
ment is quality; its heavy-duty
and delivers. Its also benefit for
us to be able to attend the Astec
Customer Schools. The hands-on
training adds to our operational
expertise.
OUTLOOK FOR 2014
According to Fortin, the need for
road building and infrastructure
exists in Quebec. The projects
depend on available monies in the
budget for the work to be com-
pleted.
Once budgets and timing are
back on track, well be here with
our two Astec portable plants
ready to work, said Fortin.
Portability allows us to move with
the market to other jobsites; were
looking forward to our next project
and the opportunity to push the
plant to full production.
FOR INFORMATION
Contact Diane Hunt
423.867.4210
dhunt@astecinc.com
The 10 ft x 40 ft (3.05 m x 12.19 m) Power
Center uses the PMIII Continuous Mix Blending
Control with a user interface in French.
The 10 ft x 40 ft (3.05 m x 12.19 m) Power
Center uses the PMIII Continuous Mix Blending
Control with a user interface in French.
Voyager 120
Voyager 120
The Astec Voyager 120 is built around a counter
flow drum featuring Astec V-Fights.
Compact, highly portable plant has ability to run up to 30 percent RAP
Control Cab/PLC Control
4-Bin Feed System
Attached Drag and Batcher
30% Recycle Inlet System
Folding Handrails & Stack
Dust Return System
Air Ride Suspension
Counter Flow Drum / V-Flights
Gravity Take Up With Mounted Direct Drive
S-Turn for Proper Tracking
Folding Conveyor
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A
stec, Inc. introduces the
120 MTPH (132 TPH)
Voyager plant. The Voyager
120 offers a compact, highly por-
table design. Unique for a plant in
this class is the ability to run up
to 30 percent reclaimed asphalt
pavement (RAP). In addition, it is
backed by the best service sup-
port in the industry.
VOYAGER 120 FEATURES
The Astec Voyager 120 is built
around a counter flow drum fea-
turing Astec V-fights. The V-flights
provide greater uniformity of the
aggregate veil during the drying
process, which results in better
heat transfer, a reduction of fuel
use, and increased productivity.
To enhance portability, a hydrauli-
cally driven swing out drag and
batcher can be set and ready to
go in about 10 minutes. Other fea-
tures include a reverse pulse bag-
house, a controls cab with fully
automated PLC controls, gravity
take-up with direct drive, air ride
suspension, and up to five cold
feed bins and two RAP bins.
VOYAGER 120 MARKET
According to Andy Guth, manager
of sales and marketing for Astec,
Inc., the Voyager 120 is designed
to round out the bottom end of the
plant lineup, and to be an export
plant for Astec in markets where
needed.
Were offering a small, por-
table plant with 30-percent
recycle capability, said Guth. The
Voyager 120 will be instrumental
in markets, like Latin America,
where contractors do a small job,
transport, and do another small
job always on the move. These
jobs handle 2,000 to 5,000 tons
(1,814 to 4,535 tonnes) of mate-
rial. The availability of recycle will
depend on the market.
Astec executive vice president
Steve Claude noted, Astec is
excited about the opportuni-
ties for the Voyager 120. Initial
feedback from the industry
has been extremely positive.
Several orders for this plant have
already been booked with the
first production model set to ship
immediately.
The Voyager 120 is built around

a counter flow drum featuring
Astec V-fights.
FOR INFORMATION
Contact Diane Hunt
423.867.4210
dhunt@astecinc.com
The Voyager 120 features a hydraulically driven swing out drag and batcher that can be set and ready to go in about 10 minutes.
A
stecs 2014 Advanced Customer
Schools sold out in three weeks
record time. Training sessions
started in early January and ended mid-
February. New to the sessions were a
breakout of training for first-time students
and a Top Gun class for returning stu-
dents.
Astecs Training Center East and Training
Center West in Chattanooga, Tennessee,
hosted the training sessions.
Level I was designed to highlight the
basics of every single aspect of plant pro-
duction, from stockpiles to loadouts, for
attendees, said Astec service coordinator
Troy Norris. Increasing the knowledge
base provides confidence to get the most
out of plant operations, and we strive to
make every class count.
Two weeks of Level I training were
offered and featured four full days of
classes and networking, plus hands-on
time with equipment demos. Two weeks
of Level II training were also offered.
Level II, called Top Gun Class, provides
more in-depth training in four vital areas:
burners, drums, controls, and electrical
systems, said Norris. Level I is a pre-
requisite for Level II.
Averaging approximately 80 attend-
ees each week during 2014 customer
schools, representing 38 states, 7
Canadian provinces, and 3 countries.
Astec is already looking forward to the
2015 training classes.
It was good to see an abundance of
new people to the school training, said
Norris. Over the past two years, 90 to
95 percent of the attendees have been
first-timers.
The Astec Advanced Customer Schools is
an ongoing effort to provide the neces-
sary training for Astecs diverse line of
plants and new technologies to better
efficiency, uptime, and to gain a competi-
tive edge in the market.
The insight of the hot-mix asphalt indus-
try gained from time spent with Astecs
experts is one more benefit for successful
plant operations, said Norris.
Primed & Ready

Astec goes hands-on for expanded
tech training for controlling costs
Meet the Barracuda
Heatec delivers colloid mill for asphalt emulsions

Meet the Barracuda
H
eatec has built equip-
ment for asphalt emulsion
facilities for several years,
providing asphalt tanks, hot oil
heaters, water heaters, and other
equipment. According to Tom
Wilkey, president of Heatec, Inc.,
building a new emulsion mill was
a logical step in creation of a new
product to meet the demands of
the market.
The heart and soul of any emul-
sion plant is the colloid mill, said
Wilkey. In conjunction with our
sister company JCI, we developed
a plan to produce an emulsion
mill after complete due diligence
of similar units; we integrated the
best components into a JCI-Heatec
design. After about one year of
research and development, we
have the Barracuda.
Wilkey continued: We have a
Barracuda mill in operation at
Vance Brothers in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. Its a prototype that was
placed last November for testing.
Our goal was to get the mill in
operation and make various types
of emulsion. To date, approxi-
mately 150,000 gal (567.81 l)
have been produced; its all good
product, passing the specifications
required.
Products made through the mill so
far include:
SS-1
CRS-2
CSS-1H
VANCE BROTHERS
Vance Brothers in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma, currently has the
Barracuda mill prototype in opera-
tion. According to Bryan Midgett,
manager of operations at Vance
Brothers, the new mill is robust.
Weve been very satisfied with the
mill so far, especially the ability to
change the mill gap, says Midgett.
The emulsion produced thus far
has been of good quality and pro-
duction has increased.
According to Wilkey, the key
concerns center on longevity
and maintenance, and how long
between rebuilds.
The mill will be thoroughly tested
as more gallons (liters) are run
through the unit at Vance Brothers,
said Wilkey. This will provide us
with data in the coming months
to determine how well the mill is
functioning with respect to the dif-
ferent asphalt emulsions.
THE COLLOID MILL
The Barracuda mill mixes virgin
asphalt with a water/chemical solu-
tion to produce a stable, homog-
enous material, either cationic or
anionic. The end product, or emul-
sion, is a maintenance product for
use on rural and secondary roads
as a surface treatment for pave-
ment preservation.
MILL PLATES
Mixing in the mill takes place in the
gap between the two mill plates.
One plate is mounted on the stator
and remains fixed during operation.
The other plate is mounted on the
rotor and spins at 3600 rpm. The
liquids are combined by the action
of the plates. The gap between the
plates can be adjusted to produce
the optimum mixture. The plates
have 100-percent machined sur-
faces and are precisely made from
stainless steel.
ADJUSTABLE STATOR
The gap between the mill plates
is controlled by the position of the
stator. The stator is adjustable,
unlike mills with adjustable rotors.
The adjustable stator avoids inher-
ent problems with seals on shafts
of adjustable rotors. Adjustments
can be made while the mill is run-
ninga unique feature of this mill.
Adjustment of the stator is
achieved using a self-locking worm
drive. Manually rotating the worm
moves the stator 0.002-in (0.005
cm) each turn. Total adjustment is
0.375-in (0.952 cm) or 187.5 turns.
The worm shaft is supported by
precision bronze bushings that
do not require lubrication. The
worm shaft can be rotated with an
ordinary wrench to adjust the posi-
tion of the stator. A digital readout
system using quadrature encoder
technology indicates the gap
between the mill plates for easy,
precise adjustments of the gap.
LONG LIFE SEALS
The rotor shaft in the mill uses
seals highly suitable for produc-
tion of asphalt emulsions. Three
seals are used. Two are lip seals
used on the shaft in the rotor shaft
frame. The third is a common,
spring-loaded face seal used in the
mill chamber. It is standard equip-
ment. The seals are not adversely
affected by recurring expansion
and contraction. For example the
shaft elongates as much as 0.015-
in (0.038 cm) at the rotor seal due
to thermal expansion.
BEARINGS AND LUBRICATION
The rotor shaft frame houses
and supports the rotor shaft. The
shaft has bearings at each end
of the frame. The bearings permit
elongation of the shaft as it heats.
Lubrication of the rotor shaft in the
frame is critical for long bearing
life. Lubrication is achieved by a
simple, closed loop system with a
hp motor. The lubricating oil is
filtered as it constantly circulates
through the frame and is returned
to its external reservoir by gravity.
It is unaffected by temperatures in
the mill housing and does not need
water cooling used on some mills.
THE TOTAL PACKAGE
The typical emulsion plant has 15
to 20 different asphalt tanks and a
processing building which contains
the colloid mill. Wilkey explained
the process: The water is heated
and the chemicals are added, and
then the asphalt is injected into
this solution in the colloid mill, and
then pumped outside the building
into an emulsion tank. The emul-
sion is now ready for sale to a DOT
(Department of Transportation) or
municipality for road maintenance
treatments.
Heatec is looking forward to put-
ting more emulsion mills into
operation.
The new Barracuda
mill has increased our productivity,

said Bryan Midgett, manager of operations with Vance Brothers, Inc.
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
FOR INFORMATION
Contact Tom Wilkey
423.821.5200
twilkey@heatec.com
Vance Brothers, Inc. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is testing the Barracuda
TM
mill.
The Barracuda mill has the ability to produce 15,000 gal (56,781 l) of emulsified asphalt
per hour in a single pass through the mill. Mill production rates may vary depending on
the ingredients used, droplet sizes to be produced, stability achieved, and other factors.
The mill is powered by a 150 hp electric motor. Other sizes of mills will soon be available.
Barracuda ACM150 mill
I
ts difficult for most asphalt
plants to run the wide range of
mixes demanded by the industry
these days. High-RAP (reclaimed
asphalt pavement) mixtures tend
to overheat the bags in baghouses,
which are the air pollution control
systems on all asphalt plants.
That is because the standard way
to heat RAP is to mix it with super-
heated virgin aggregate. When
you run 50 percent RAP in a mix,
you have less virgin aggregate to
heat the RAP. The veil of shower-
ing virgin aggregate in the drum is
less dense in the drying zone. So
you get a hole in the veil and the
hot exhaust gases pass through the
drum into the baghouse. Flights,
or metal pocket-like devices, are
attached to the inside of the rotat-
ing dryer drum to lift and shower
the virgin aggregate through the
heated gases.
You can add more flights inside
the drum to increase the density of
the veil. That will reduce the stack
gas temperature to the point that
you can run high-RAP mixes. But a
problem arises when you try to take
the same drum, with the added
flights, and run a 100-percent
virgin aggregate mix. Now the veil
is much too heavy for virgin mixes
and not enough heat will escape to
keep your baghouse up to tempera-
ture. And a baghouse that becomes
too cold will cause mud deposits
to build up on the bags because
of moisture condensation. Whats
more, mud may build up in the
feed end of a counterflow dryer or
within the exhaust ductwork itself.
With mud amassing throughout the
system, the plants operation may
slog to a halt.
WILLETS POINT ASPHALT
CORP
At Willets Point Asphalt Corp.,
Flushing, New York, owner Ken
Tully uses his Astec Double Barrel

plant with a warm mix system to
run both virgin mixes and mixes
with 40 to 45 percent RAPor
morein them. Until recently, he
would get high stack gas tempera-
tures with high-RAP mixes, and
low stack temperatures with virgin
mixes. We had some problems in
the baghouse with mudding of the
bags, Tully said.
To resolve the problem, Astec
installed its patent-pending
V-Pack Stack Temperature
Control System and stainless steel
combustion flights. Those ele-
ments, plus some changes to the
binder injection location, make up
the Double Barrel

Enhanced RAP.
Tullys plant has been retrofitted
with the system, which takes RAP
capability above 60 percent.
V-FLIGHTS ARE KEY
A key element of the patent-pend-
ing V-Pack
TM
Stack Temperature
Control System consists of
V-flights, which are patent-
pending drum flights with a deep
V-shape. They produce a uniform
veil of virgin aggregate across the
drum, regardless of how full the
drum is, the plants production rate,
or the RAP percentage used.
Moreover, Astecs V-Pack Stack
Temperature Control System moni-
tors the exhaust gas temperatures
at the baghouse inlet as the pri-
The Astec V-Pack
TM
Stack
Temperature Control System controls
exhaust gas temp across a range of
mix types and operating conditions.
THE KEY TO
HIGH-RAP MIX
PRODUCTION
THE KEY TO
HIGH-RAP MIX
PRODUCTION
Astecs patent-pending V-Pack
Stack Temperature Control System
yields success
mary reference for control. As the
exhaust gas temperature rises, the
control system checks it against
a set point. When the temperature
exceeds the set point, the control
system speeds up the drums
rotational speed and controls
temperature to the set point. The
veil thickens, which brings down
the stack gas temperature. The
drum speed can be varied from
a minimum of about 7 rpm to a
maximum of about 12 rpm. (Normal
for Astec drums without the system
is 8 rpm.)
Because the V-flights shower mate-
rial uniformly without regard to
how much material is in them, they
never leave a hole in the veil. More
revolutions per minute place more
aggregate in the air.
When you manually adjust your
flighting with a virgin mix, its very
hard to maintain (stack gas) tem-
perature because you have a lot of
material in the drum, said Tully.
And then to go to a high percent-
age RAP mix, you have just 60
percent of the virgin aggregate that
would be in there at 100 percent
virgin. With this V-Pack, it enables
you to run the target temperature
that youre looking for.
We set the stack temperature at
250 degrees F (121 degrees C),
said Tully. Previously, we would be
running like 350 degrees F (176
degrees C) on a high-RAP mixture.
And we would struggle to maintain
220 or 230 degrees F (104 or 110
degrees C) on a virgin mix. The
V-Pack system improves our pro-
duction for high-RAP mixes, and
even for virgin mixes, because it
allows you to maintain that temper-
ature and you can run it at higher
speeds. Normally, we would run
like 300 TPH (272 MTPH) on a vir-
gin mix, and now we can run 375
TPH (340 MTPH) with the V-Pack.
Previously, Tully was having some
problems with heat deformation of
his flights in the combustion zone.
The answer to that, he said, was
to install stainless steel flights in
the combustion zone; those are not
V-shaped flights. Stainless steel
can withstand more heat than mild
steel.
RUNNING WARM MIX
Tully also runs warm mix with RAP
in his Astec Double Barrel
plant.
To make warm mix, he typically
activates the foaming attachment on
the plant that injects a tiny amount
of water into the liquid binderand
yet Tully heats the asphalt up to
325 degrees F (163 degrees C). He
can achieve the same 375 TPH (340
MTPH) as with a virgin mix.
Warm mix enables Willets Point to
maintain workability of the asphalt
mixture to a lower temperature
than with conventional hot mix.
Conventional mix will be difficult to
use after the temperature drops to
250 degrees F (121 degrees C) or
so, said Tully. But the warm mix
will allow another 20 to 30 degrees
of workability. If a regular mix has
a problem at 250 degrees F (121
degrees C), warm mix will be work-
able up to 230 or 220 degrees F
(110 or 104 degrees C). Youll still
be able to shovel it, rake it, and
get your compaction. If we ship
out the warm mix at 325 degrees
F (163 degrees C), that will give
them another hour and a half or two
hours in the truck to allow them to
use it.
C.R. JACKSON INC.
Another asphalt producer to use
the patent-pending V-Pack Stack
Temperature Control System is
C.R. Jackson Inc., Columbia, South
Carolina. The company runs a wide
variety of mixes including both
traditional hot mix, and warm mix,
with and without RAP. The company
tries to run as much RAP as pos-
sible. They also run an open-graded
friction course mixture (OGFC).
The V-Pack System did produce the
desired advancement on an Astec
Double Barrel
for C.R. Jackson,

said Malcolm Swanson, president
of Astec, Inc. We first saw this
when making OGFC for an Interstate
highway project, Swanson recalled.
Whereas the plant previously had
been unable to make more than
150 TPH (136 MTPH) of this par-
ticular mix, after the V-Pack was
installed, the plant easily produced
350 TPH (317 MTPH) of the same
mix.
FOR INFORMATION
Contact Diane Hunt
423.867.4210
dhunt@astecinc.com
Top: Flights, or metal pocket-
like devices, are attached to
the inside of the rotating dryer
drum to lift and shower the
virgin aggregate through the
heated gases.
Left: V-flights shower
aggregate uniformly across
the drum, no matter how
much material is in the drum.
T
he asphalt milling machine
also known as a cold planer,
pavement planer, pavement
recycler, or roto-millis a construc-
tion machine used to remove bitu-
minous pavement or asphalt con-
crete from roadways. The result is a
somewhat rough but even surface
that can immediately be opened to
traffic.
The milled surface is accomplished
by bringing a rotating mandrel or
head into contact with the pave-
ment at an exact depth or slope.
The mandrel has hundreds of
hardened spikes or teeth on its
surface, which bite and cut away at
the roadways surface. The surface
material that is removed is normally
fed by conveyor into a dump truck
or semi trailer, but can be left in
place or windrowed to be removed
or recycled later. A water spray sys-
tem provides cooling for the man-
drel, as well as dust management.
IN THE BEGINNING
In the 1970s, Galion Iron Works,
based in Galion, Ohio, manufac-
tured the first production milling
machines, which were called
Galions. These first units resembled
motor graders in shape and size.
The difference was there was a 760
mm-wide (30 in) milling head where
the scraper blade would normally
be. The cutter drum was set into
action by a large hydraulic pump.
Asphalt milling is the process of
grinding up asphalt that can then be
recycled. The process came about
because many streets were getting
layered higher and higher as new
surfaces were added, thus reducing
the curb height and creating road-
way drainage problems.
Early milling machines were simply
a mining mandrel attached to a
mobile undercarriage. They were
designed to remove a layer of old
concrete or asphalt so that a new
layer could be applied to a better
quality base than resurfacing over
the old road surface.
MORE MATERIAL REMOVAL
From the start, the emphasis for
milling machines was to place more
power to the cutting drum, which
is needed to remove more mate-
rial. Thus, the cutter head itself and
Roadtec adds flexibility to its
machines by manufacturing and
assembling the milling tractors and
cutters separately.
Milling Best Practices
Road constructions smooth future
the cutting teeth designs became
critical. The cutting teeth would dull
fairly quickly and needed frequent
replacement. The replacement pro-
cess could cause enough downtime
to greatly detract from the initial
efficiency of the milling process
itself. So manufacturers worked on
designs for quicker replacement,
as well as increased durability of
the cutting teeth. Different sized
cutting drums were offered so that
machines could mill at different
widths.
Milling machines feature conveyor
systems to collect the material
during the milling process, thus
reducing the labor of picking the
material up from the roadway.
Newer machines require two or
more people to operate safely and
efficiently. The operator stands on
the deck of the machine and con-
trols most of the machines func-
tions, while a worker on the ground
controls the depth of the cut and
keeps an eye out for obstructions in
the roadway such as manholes and/
or water valves.
TODAYS MILLING MACHINES
Todays machines are bigger and
more technologically advanced.
They are designed to handle any
asphalt aggregates in use today.
Depending on the depth of the cut,
some of the larger machines can
cut close to 15,000 yd (13,000 m)
a day, at 75 ft (22.86 m) per minute.
In addition to faster speed, added
precision to the milling process has
become important. The innovation
of controls and automation has
brought greater precision for con-
trolling slope, depth, and speed.
There is no question that the tech-
nological advancements made
in microelectronics have ben-
efited milling machines. Electronics
designed to improve performance,
include electronic sensors and a
built-in cross slope. A pair of sen-
sors can read a variety of references
from 12 to 55 in (30.48 to 139.70
cm) directly below the bottom of the
sensor. Each sensor can be calibrat-
ed and adjusted from the ground
level or at the operators console.
The position of the rotor in rela-
tion to the grade reference can be
constantly displayed on the central
controller. Changes to the eleva-
tion controls include the addition
of a raise/lower switch that is used
when milling around obstacles. In
many cases, the electronic control
module monitors and regulates
the performance of major machine
systems, including speed, steering,
rotor drive, and other functions. If a
problem occurs, a warning is issued.
ROADTEC MACHINES
Along with the electronic features
that keep milling machines on track
are the advances being made to the
machines cutting end. The ability
to change cutting drums quickly to
achieve multiple cutting widths with
the same machine is a benefit to
contractors who may only need one
machine to accomplish multiple job
requirements.
Roadtec, for example, adds flexibility
to its machines by manufacturing
and assembling the milling trac-
tors and cutters separately, allow-
ing the contractor to choose from
several cutter patterns and widths
when ordering equipment. The cut-
ter assembly is designed for quick
changing of cutting pattern styles
and widths.
Plus, Roadtec machines also have
the ability to mill in two different
directions to accomplish different
results. Traditional milling is accom-
plished in an up-cut direction. But
Roadtecs offerings also can down-
cut, which is designed to control
slabbing, permit pulverizing and
mixing, and can be an effective way
to remove material over wet base.
The down-cutting feature is also
designed to convert Roadtec milling
machines into cold-in-place recycle
machines.
Todays milling machines also
reduce the time required to change
the all-important cutting teeth. Early
machines had the teeth welded on,
so tooth replacement required a fair
amount of downtime as each had
to be re-welded to the drum. Now,
teeth are held in variously designed
bolt-on housings that permit faster
changing. Also, Roadtec machines
come with an air compressor as
standard equipment allowing the
use of pneumatic tools for quicker
tooth changes.
MICROMILLING
A relatively recent innovation to
milling has been the introduc-
tion of micromilling. For example,
Roadtecs Roadrunner drum design
is intended to provide savings in
consumable toolingthe cutting
teeth. The company claims that
contractors can regularly mill all
day without a need to change tool-
ing and finish the shift with little or
no wear on the carbide. Additionally,
working speeds of 100 ft (30.48 m)
per minute and up with the drums
producing straight line patterns that
do not chevron out are said to be
common with the Roadrunner.
A big benefit of micromilling that
is shaping the future of road mill-
ing is that the micromilled sur-
face is smooth enough for road
users to travel relatively fast over
the surface during construction.
Contractors can open the milled
surface to traffic and come back
later with an overlay. Cold winter
states especially can save the cost
of patching in the fall by micromill-
ing instead. They then can then
get an early start in the spring with
paving.
FOR INFORMATION
Contact Roadtec Sales
800.272.7100
sales@roadtec.com
R
oyalcrest Paving &
Contracting, Ltd., based in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
serves the Greater Toronto Area
and surrounding municipalities.
The companys management team
has a collective 135 years of con-
struction experience in the asphalt
paving industry. During the past 15
years, Royalcrest has targeted a
niche market in recreational pav-
ing, which includes park pathways,
walkways, and golf courses.
We specialize in park develop-
ment, said Doug Kirton, president
of Royalcrest Paving & Contracting,
Ltd. The work we do is artistic and
highly detailed; it takes the right
equipment to tackle the intricate
project designs.
THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT
Due to the nature of the projects,
Royalcrest was seeking a durable
asphalt paver able to meet the pav-
ing width of a typical pathway, 2 m
to 3 m (6 ft, 6 in to 9 ft, 10 in).
We wanted a paver with high-
way paving characteristics that
was capable of doing the detailed
work required in the recreational
projects and also satisfy the heavy
workload of our industrial/com-
mercial projects, said Kirton. Over
the past few years, weve tried
various manufacturers pavers.
When we reviewed the CP-100, we
took into account the support and
service from the Carlson dealer
in Eastern Canada, Johnstone
Brothers Equipment Corp. Based
on the CP-100s features and our
relationship with the dealer, the
Carlson paver was our choice of
equipment.
CP-100 COMMERCIAL PAVER
According to Kirton, the CP-100
has the durability and strength of
a highway paver. The unit allows
for easier accessibility for mainte-
nance, such as greasing the auger
and conveyor bearings. The EZ
Screed and heated endgate are
valuable features on the machine.
Paving contractor finds highway
class machine in a smaller paver
The Carlson CP-100 delivers top
quality material handling like
a big machine with its smaller,
robust design.
Size
Advantage
Royalcrest Paving & Contracting, Ltd. used the Carlson
Paving Productss CP-100 on the Lyngate North Park
project in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Royalcrest Paving & Contracting, Ltd. used the Carlson
Paving Productss CP-100 on the Lyngate North Park
project in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
We were going through a set
of auger bearings almost every
year with our other paver until
the CP-100, said Kirton. The EZ
Screed is a tremendous advantage
along with the heated endgate. In
our climate, the heated endgate
allows us to match joints seam-
lessly.
BISHOP ALLEN ACADEMY
An example of the type of projects
Royalcrest is known for is the
completion of a running track at
Torontos Bishop Allen Academy.
We were able to pave a 15 ft
(4.57 m) width path with the screed
fully extended without any loss of
power, noted Kirton. The com-
pleted running track had no seams
or joints; the mat was perfect. We
used 276 tons (250 tonnes) of base
and 150 tons (136 tonnes) of sur-
face asphalt to create a 2 in (5.08
cm) base and 1.5 in (3.81 cm) sur-
face. We finished in one day versus
two, and with just one pass.
Kirton shared: The productivity of
the CP-100 gives us a competitive
advantage. Our ability to finish a
project in less time and with excel-
lent quality truly adds to our bottom
line.
LYNGATE NORTH PARK
Lyngate North Park in Brampton,
Ontario, Canada, is another example
of the intricate projects Royalcrest
is able to handle with the Carlson
CP-100.
Lyngate North Park was difficult to
pave due to its geometric design,
said Kirton. We paved widths from
3 m to 4.5 m (9 ft, 10 in to 14 ft, 9
in). The key attribute of the CP-100
is its maneuverability. This project
was not just straight paving. We
had tight curves, and the CP-100
handled the layout with ease.
Kirton and Ben Prentice,
Royalcrests field manager, contin-
ued: We found the right paver for
our niche market in park develop-
ment. The Carlson CP-100 delivers
top quality material handling like
the big machines, yet packaged in a
smaller, robust design. Were more
than pleased with the results.
In addition to recreational projects,
Royalcrest also serves the commer-
cial, industrial, and some residential
markets for asphalt paving.
FOR INFORMATION
Contact Thomas Travers
253.278.9426
tomt@carlsonpaving.com
Hawaiian HMA producer
and Astecs portable
plant make big waves
Modern
Innovations
on the Big Island
N
estled on the island of
Oahu, Hawaii, Grace
Pacific LLC operates sev-
eral modern asphalt production
facilities throughout the state.
Three plants are located on Oahu,
one plant on Maui, and one plant
each on the Big Island, Molokai,
and Kauai for a total of seven
plantsall Astec plants.
In late 2012, Grace Pacific pur-
chased a portable 7 ft (2.13 m)
Astec Double Barrel
plant. To
meet the specs of an upcom-
ing federally funded project to
revitalize Saddle Road, a lime silo
additive system was added to the
plant.
For Saddle Road, lime was
needed as an anti-stripping agent
to be mixed with the aggregate
before entering the drum to be
mixed with liquid asphalt, said
Darrell Goo, senior vice president
with Grace Pacific LLC. Astec
provided a solution to the spec
by adding a mixing drum and
remote drum bypass unit to the
portable plant to mix the lime
with the aggregate. The additive
system is removable depending
on future job needs.
The Saddle Road
project bridged
the gap between
the communities
located on the
east (Hilo) and
west (Kailua
Kona) sides of
the Big Island of
Hawaii.
Grace Pacific LLC is a hot-mix asphalt
producer in Hawaii with a total of seven
Astec plants.
SADDLE ROAD
The U.S. Department of the Army
built the original one-lane Saddle
Road in 1942 to provide access to
its military training facilities located
in the saddle between Mauna Loa
and Mauna Kea. During the Saddle
Road project, Grace Pacific erected
the Astec portable plant at the top
of the mountain near Pohakuloa
Training Area Base, an army train-
ing facility which uses live ammu-
nition, said Goo.
Saddle Road was in dire need of
repair. The road was not feasible
for vehicle traffic. The project had
been on a wish list for more than
two decades. It became reality
as an infrastructure project when
funded by the U.S. Department of
the Army Defense Access Road and
Ecosystem Management Programs,
U.S. Congress, and the Hawaii
Department of Transportation.
Saddle Road joined two communi-
ties on the Big Island, bringing with
it a social and economic boost to
the area, said Goo.
The Saddle Road project was
completed in October 2013. The
portable plant is currently erected
and operating in Grace Pacifics
Makakilo Quarry on Oahu.
We plan to keep the Astec plant
portable. Some of our other Astec
plants started out as portable and
then found a permanent home for
operations, said Goo. The plant
is easy to transport and could
do work on any of the Hawaiian
Islands.
ASTEC SUPPORT
Grace Pacific purchased its first
Astec portable plant in 1985 and
has since bought three more por-
table plants.
Owning seven Astec plants
reflects the advancements and
updated technologies over the
years, said Goo. The support from
Astec is undeniable. We are always
able to get in touch with Astecs
service people, and they provide
support on quick and long-term
repairs to keep us running. Astecs
equipment is built to perform.
2014 OUTLOOK
Grace Pacific sees a positive year
as the mayor of the city and county
of Honolulu is targeting the reha-
bilitation of streets on Oahu.
Additionally, we will be doing
major paving work on H-1
Freeway, and working on two
projects at Kahului Airport on Maui
using the Astec plant we set up in
1987.
Goo continued: Our core business
is hot-mix asphalt, both produc-
tion and lay down, and Astec
and its subsidiaries have kept us
up-to-date on all of the modern
technologies and issues facing the
industry.
FOR INFORMATION
Contact Diane Hunt
423.867.4210
dhunt@astecinc.com
Grace Pacific LLC provided mix and paved a 10-mi (16.09 km) portion of the Saddle Road project that ties into Mamalahoa Highway.
I
ts no secret that customers
are wanting increased RAP
(reclaimed asphalt pavement)
usage in mixes and are in need
of the equipment to give them the
competitive edge, especially in
large metro areas where RAP is in
good supply. Coupled with dimin-
ished money available for projects,
cities and states are trying to get
the most out of the funds available
by looking for ways to counter the
high cost of asphalt and still main-
tain the quality of material.
MEETING THE NEED
Astecs innovative drum designs
are able to provide customers with
the equipment to meet their RAP
needs. Whether it be zero or 100
percent RAP, Astec offers the fol-
lowing:
Nomad: 0% RAP
Voyager 120: 0 to 30% RAP
Unidrum: 0 to 40% RAP
Double RAP 120: 0 to 40% RAP
Double Barrel: 0 to 50% RAP
Double Barrel HR: 0 to 65% RAP
RAP King: 100% RAP
COST EFFECTIVE
According to Malcolm Swanson,
president of Astec, Inc., the cost of
asphalt is more likely to increase,
rather than decrease, over time.
Theres a serious need to be able
to use as much RAP as possible
without sacrificing the quality of
produced materials, Swanson said.
To be able to build a quality road
using RAP (using high-RAP per-
centages) and still meet air pollu-
tion limits (thats one of the issues
with using high-RAP percentages
The need for more RAP usage
in mixes is driving the Astec
equipment evolution.
Taking RAP From 0 to 100
Astecs innovative drum designs
increase RAP usage giving
customers the competitive edge
in mixes) are vital to being cost-
effective on all fronts.
WORKING A SOLUTION
Astec is working on solutions in
response to the situation concern-
ing emissions by enhancing its
equipment to be capable of using
higher-RAP percentages, while
maintaining production of quality
materials.
The Astec Double Barrel
has been
a key component in the produc-
tion of material using RAP. Since its
beginning, the Astec Double Barrel

has been capable of producing
50/50 RAP mixes. But with the need
for increased RAP usage, Astec has
answered the call by enhancing
the Double Barrel
to use up to 65
percent RAP. A totally new drum,
the RAP King, makes 100-percent
RAP mix.
Astec currently has a plant operat-
ing in the 60 to 70 percent RAP
range, said Swanson. Its a Double
Barrel
that we have enhanced to

use higher percentages of RAP.
According to Swanson, a key ele-
ment of being able to run higher
percentages of RAP is to be able to
control the baghouse temperature.
CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE
Over the last two to three years,
Astec has developed a system that
controls baghouse temperature and
is able to do so with considerable
independence from production rate,
burner firing rate, and mix type,
said Swanson. This is accom-
plished by drum speed changes and
V-flights; dubbed the patent-pend-
ing V-Pack Stack Temperature
Control System.
Swanson continued: Standard
flights tend to produce a less-than
uniform veil. Having holes in the veil
can be an issue when running RAP
due to less material in the drum. Its
very important when running high
percentages of RAP that the virgin
aggregate be uniformly distributed
in the drum to allow heat transfer.
When this does not happen, the
baghouse overheats.
Above: LL Pelling in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, uses Astecs warm mix system. The Double Barrel
uses up to 50
percent RAP.
Below: For no need of RAP, Dillman offers the portable hot-mix plant called the Nomad
TM
.
THE PERFECT LABORATORY
Astec has a host plant in service in
New York City using the V-Pack sys-
tem. The plant is the perfect labora-
tory for Astecs new system, making
high-RAP mixes routinely. Using the
Astec system, this plant has made
mix with as much as 70 percent RAP.
In the same plant in New York City,
using the Astec system to control
baghouse temperature, the opera-
tors are able to make 100-percent
virgin mixes and high-RAP mixes
without having to make any physi-
cal changes to the plant, noted
Swanson. The plant can handle
the mix changes without difficulty.
The patent-pending V-Pack Stack
Temperature Control System is able
to control the drum speed to control
veiling.
The problem with running both
types of mixes in a plant has always
centered on flighting. The flight-
ing for RAP mixes is designed to
avoid overheating the baghouse.
When using the same flighting for
virgin mixes, condensation occurs
in the baghouse. The end result of
condensation in the baghouse is
The Astec Double RAP separates the drying and mixing process to provide reliable RAP recycling, effectively using up to
40 percent RAP.
Dillman builds tough equipment.
Equipment that performs reliably
for years. Equipment you can
count on to produce high quality
asphalt mix. Full plants. Single
components. Individual parts.
Dillman gets the job done
Asphalt producer and seller Kelterite Corporation
in Downey, California, stockpiles RAP.
a buildup of mud, and replacing
blinded bags is expensive.
The V-Pack system has elimi-
nated this problem, said Swanson.
The Astec system enables a plant
to make both mixes, back to back,
by changing drum speed to control
veil density.
Another key element in the Astec
V-Pack System is the special
geometry of the combustion zone
flighting. The new system is using
a unique combustion zone flighting
that varies from Astecs traditional
design, said Swanson. The com-
bustion zone flights are also made
of stainless steel to withstand
higher temperatures associated
with using higher-RAP percent-
ages.
100-PERCENT RAP
The RAP King will be the Astec
system using 100-percent RAP
in mixes. It will be a hot oil tube-
based dryer. Still a rotary dryer, but
instead of having direct exposure
to hot gases, the RAP is tumbled
over a heating element inside the
dryer, keeping the RAP in a nearly
oxygen-free atmosphere.
In summary, Swanson noted: The
need for more RAP usage in mixes
is driving the Astec equipment evo-
lution.
FOR INFORMATION
Contact Diane Hunt
423.867.4210
dhunt@astecinc.com
Dillman builds tough equipment.
Equipment that performs reliably
for years. Equipment you can
count on to produce high quality
asphalt mix. Full plants. Single
components. Individual parts.
Dillman gets the job done
A
number of contractors in
Texas are successfully run-
ning reclaimed asphalt pave-
ment (RAP) and recycled asphalt
shingles (RAS) and warm mix all at
the same time. However, these con-
tractors have faced challenges in
running all three at once, and they
have climbed the learning curve to
do so.
When youre running RAP and
RAS, youre doing it for a couple
of reasons, said Mike Brown, vice
president of construction, Wheeler/
Oldcastle, Round Rock, Texas. One
reason is to reduce the amount of
virgin asphalt cement, and the other
is to reduce or eliminate modifying
the virgin asphalt cement with a
polymer. So were able in a lot of
cases to get high-temperature and
low-temperature propertiesand
eliminate the polymersby using
RAP, RAS, and warm mix.
The maximum amount of RAP
allowed by the Texas Department
of Transportation (TxDOT) in sur-
face mixes is 20 percent. In base
courses, the limit is 30 percent. And
the maximum shingles content is
5 percent. But if a contractor runs
5 percent shingles, the maximum
RAP content gets reduced by that 5
percent, to 15 percent.
But hold on, it gets more compli-
cated. We only allow 20 percent
recycled binder in the surface
course, said Dale Rand, director,
Flexible Pavements Branch, TxDOT.
However, if they make a binder
grade adjustment where they go
with a softer, what we call our
allowable substitute binder, they
have to lower the high-temperature
grade and the low-temperature
grade of the binder. Then well
allow them to go up to 30 percent
recycled binder in the surface. And
in that case, they could probably
use, depending on how the num-
bers come out, 15 percent RAP and
5 percent shingles. We have a table
on how much total recycled binder
they can use.
That said, Rand noted that more
experienced asphalt producers do
not run the maximum allowable
percentages of RAP and RAS. For
example, they may use 3 percent
shingles and 10 percent RAP
together. They know that if they
try to go much above that, that
may not get good mixing, and could
have other problems, said Rand.
Whereas a less experienced
asphalt producer will tend to maxi-
mize the specification because it
gives him the lowest bid, Rand
continued. In my experience, the
more experienced people tend NOT
to maximize the specification. They
tend to find that spot where they
operate the most efficiently.
TRANSFERRING HEAT
One challenge is to transfer enough
heatby conduction through
the superheated aggregate in a
The lessons learned from seasoned
asphalt producers pave the way for
more usage of recycled materials.
Meeting the
Challenges:
RAP, RAS & WMA
drumto the RAP and RAS to
melt the liquid asphalt in both and
achieve good mixing. We get a
lot of mixed messages across the
country, said Rand. One is to use
more and more recycled material.
But the reality is that there are
limitations on what you can use
from a physical standpoint. You just
cannot transfer that much heat to a
cold material without having some
issues. And it can also depend
on the type of asphalt plant and
whether or not the contractor uses
a material transfer vehicle. Some of
the contractors will do that. Others
wont.
Rand acknowledged that some
asphalt plants are better at run-
ning recycled materials than others.
Some drums have longer dwell
times, he said. An example is an
Astec Double Barrel
drum that
mixes in the outer chamber and
gives you better heat transfer. Some
plants handle RAP much better than
others. And some of them have a
very short mixing zone.
The ideal way to introduce RAP and
RAS to the mixture is to introduce
the shingles earlier than the RAP,
said Malcolm Swanson, president,
Astec, Inc. That way the stiffer
asphalt in the shingles gets the
benefit of the higher temperatures
in the superheated aggregate
before it before it starts giving up
heat to the RAP. Not a lot of plants
are equipped that way, however,
said Swanson.
So in many cases youre going
to end up introducing the RAP and
shingles together, said Swanson. In
a counterflow plant, that will occur
at the RAP collar or, with an Astec
Double Barrel
, at the RAP chute to

the mixing chamber. As Swanson
pointed out, the Astec Double
Barrel
plant has a mixing chamber

that permits the RAP and RAS to
mix with the superheated aggregate
in an inert, non-oxidizing environ-
ment. Pretty much everybody in
the industry, even our competitors,
acknowledges that the Double
Barrel
is a recycling beast, said

Swanson.
Swanson also noted that when you
lower the mix discharge tempera-
ture from 300 degrees F to 275
degrees F (149 degrees C to 135
degrees C) it sounds substantial.
But when youre talking about
lowering superheated aggregate
temperatures from 600 degrees
F to 550 degrees F (316 degrees
C to 288 degrees C), it doesnt
sound like much. It really isnt,
said Swanson. So you can get
adequate melting of the shingle
asphalt within the superheat tem-
perature range that youre going to
use, even when youre making it as
warm mix.
In new asphalt plants, Astec can
provide the capability to add RAS
first, then RAP. Or, Astec can retrofit
a Double Barrel
plant by adding
another inlet to the mixing chamber.
Many Double Barrel
plants in the
field can add lime upstream of the
RAP, and RAS would be no different.
Swanson said: To do so, you would
need to add a complete RAS feed-
ing systemincluding a weighing
RAS Feed Bin, conveyor, and inlet
chute.
MOISTURE CHALLENGE
Another challenge is moisture in the
shingles. Moisture adds another
degree of difficulty, said Brown.
A problem arises when moisture
in the shingles is inconsistent
throughout a stockpile. For moisture
testing, samples are small, but the
plant must run tons of RAS.
Moisture tests in shingles can
produce satisfactory results in the
laboratory, but the stockpile can still
present problems, said Chuck Fuller
of Ramming Paving Co. Ltd., Austin,
Texas. If youre at 7 to 8 percent
moisture in the RAS, it can produce
a failure in the field, he said.
A fundamental problem is that
shingles tend to retain water very
well, said Swanson. And the
water content can be more than
20 percent and quite varied within
a given quantity of shingles, so
its hard to know how much water
is going into the plant with the
shingles at every instant. As with
all materials, it is important to keep
them dry. But with shingles, its
even more important because they
can hold so much moisture.
If you dont do a pretty good job
of keeping your shingles dry and
moisture fairly consistent, you can
suddenly be putting proportionately
a larger amount of water into the
system, said Swanson. And if you
dont know what that percentage
of water is with a fair degree of
accuracy, because it all weighs as
shingles you can introduce an error
into your binder content.
For example, if the shingles contain
12 percent water, a producer will
subtract that from the weight of
shingles that is used to calculate
The 4700B Horizontal Grinder from Peterson,
an Astec Industries company, is an asphalt
shingle grinding solution.
The 4700B Horizontal Grinder from Peterson,
an Astec Industries company, is an asphalt
shingle grinding solution.
liquid AC content. If its 12 per-
cent water, then its 88 percent
shingles, said Swanson. So thats
the mass that you calculate your
asphalt on. But, if the shingles
contain 20 percent water, then the
material going into the mixer as
shingles is actually on 80 percent
shingles. So, what is weighed as
a ton of shingles and, if bone dry,
would contribute say 360 lbs (0.16
tonne) of liquid AC would actu-
ally contribute only 288 lbs (0.14
tonne) of AC. That being the case,
the importance of knowing how
much water is in the shingles is
important and minimizing it is even
more important.
Swanson said producers running
RAS need to check moistures often
in the stockpile. And more than
that, you really need to keep the
shingles dry, he said. Another
problem is that shingles tend to
be delivered pretty wet. Most of
the contractors are not processing
the shingles themselves. Theyre
buying them preprocessed. And
processing the shingles is typically
a wet process. The water doesnt
drain out too well. So I dont know
to what degree the shingle proces-
sor has control over the amount
of water that is residual in the
shingles, but that is a factor in the
water content of the shingles going
into the plant.
BENEFIT OF COVER
Shingles need to be covered to
keep them dry, Swanson said. A
cover over the RAS will also pro-
vide shade from the hot sun and
help reduce the tendency of the
RAS binding together.
Covering stockpiles is not just
important for shingles. RAP must
also be kept as dry as possible
since it can gain significant envi-
ronmental moisture resulting in
higher production costs. Though
logistics often prevent it, just-in-
time milling and processing can
reduce RAP moisture to near 0.5
percent. Running 20 percent RAP
at this moisture content as com-
pared to running RAP having 3.5
percent moisture content typically
observed in uncovered stockpiles
results in a fuel savings of over
6 percent. Additionally, with less
moisture in the RAP from the
beginning, less heat transfer is
required. Since less heat transfer
is required of the device that mixes
the superheated virgin aggregate
and RAP together, the transfer
of heat occurs more quickly.
Paradoxically, laboratory heat
transfer tests show that at least
some moisture in the RAP/RAS
enhances heat transferthe steam
that flashes off the RAP/RAS as it
contacts the superheated virgin
aggregate actually serves to help
transfer heat.
Brown said he and Chuck Fuller
generally use tear-off shingles in
central Texas. But in cities where
asphalt shingles are produced,
contractors often use manufactured
shingle waste. Those shingles are
not oxidized as much as tear-off
shingles.
Shingles need to be ground finely,
said Rand and producers. The
TxDOT specification calls for RAS
to be ground to 0.375-in (0.95 cm)
minus. Texas producers typically
double-grind the shingles, said
Rand. Whether its twice, or three
times, or however many times, the
finer the grinding on the shingles,
the better they work. They blend in
better.
HOT MIX OR WARM?
As for whether Brown uses warm-
mix or hot-mix asphalt for a given
project, he said it depends on the
haul distance and a number of
other variables. The longer the
haul distance, the more Brown is
inclined to use hot mix.
If we discharge a mix at 275
degrees F (135 degrees C) and
were going to have a 20-degree
loss during transit, and another
20-degree loss to put it on the
ground and through a material
transfer vehicle, I get a 40-degree
loss, he said. So that puts the
maximum compaction temperature
at 235 degrees F (113 degrees C).
But that temperature will also
diminish rapidly once it has been
placed, depending on the thickness
of the lift, the wind conditions,
and the amount of water on your
breakdown roller.
Brown said he likes warm mix, and
he says owners like it because you
dont oxidize the binder as much.
Youre not burning off the light
ends of the asphalt and hardening
it as much as with hot mix. So,
warm mix should give you longer
life in the field. I think our owners
like it, and I like it, because I want
our product to be long-lasting and
meet their expectations.
FOR INFORMATION
Contact Diane Hunt
423.867.4210
dhunt@astecinc.com
A RAS (recyled asphalt shingles) bin can be added to a plant configuration.
Turning Cast
-
off
Into Cash
Texas HMA producer
saves money by recycling
on-site materials
Brauntex Materials produces hot-mix asphalt and
crushed limestone products in central Texas.
Brauntex Materials produces hot-mix asphalt and
crushed limestone products in central Texas.
W
hen the most expensive
product in an asphalt mix
is one that can be created
on-site using recycled materials,
smart producers seek alternative
means to use that surplus product
in a new way to improve their bot-
tom lines.
For Brauntex Materials, a leading
provider of hot-mix asphalt and
crushed limestone products in
central Texas, a cost-benefit analy-
sis quickly showed that investing
in equipment that could produce
fractionated reclaimed asphalt
pavement (FRAP) would not only
eliminate unused material from
the companys operation, but save
money at the same time.
NEW MATERIAL PRODUCTION
Using a KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile
Screens ProSizer 3100 and a
Fold n Go 2612D mobile screen-
ing plant purchased from T-K-O
Equipment in New Braunfels,
Texas, Brauntex Materials found
it could produce a variety of new
materials, including a
1
/2 in x
3
/8
in (1.27 cm x 0.95 cm) product
and a minus-
3
/8 in (0.95 cm) for
its FRAP product, according to
company employee Albert Flores.
The company also owns a FT2640
By incorporating a high percentage of
FRAP into an asphalt mix, producers
not only reduce the amount of virgin
rock mined and use less oil, but they
also conserve the energy used for
trucking and decrease the energy
used for processing.
Above: On-site material is recycled for use as virgin material in asphalt mixes.
Below: The closed-circuit mobile plant allows oversized material to recirculate
leaving no wasted material behind.
track-mounted jaw crusher to crush
recycled concrete and oversized
rock that is brought from other
jobsites.
The
1
/2 in x
3
/8 in (1.27 cm x 0.95
cm) product is one of the most
valuable products in our asphalt
mix because it is the most expen-
sive to purchase as virgin aggre-
gate, Flores said. By processing
the recycled material using the
mobile high frequency screening
plant, Brauntex Materials is able to
save on virgin aggregate and bring
costs down, as well as offer an
environmentally-friendly solution for
our end-users.
Brauntex Materials currently pro-
duces 160,000 tons (145,149
tonnes) of aggregate per year, 20
percent of which is recycled, Flores
said. The company has five virgin
aggregate bins and two RAP bins
on-site.
The high frequency screen works
much differently than any conven-
tional screen weve ever used,
Flores continued. Because you
cant fractionate the finer products
required for FRAP efficiently using
a conventional screen, this high
frequency screen makes all the dif-
ference to our operation, and allows
us to get the sizes we require for
our asphalt mix.
The ProSizer high frequency
screening plant functions by provid-
ing an aggressive screen vibration
directly applied to the screen media
that allow for the highest screen
capacity in the market for fines
removal, chip sizing, and dry manu-
factured sand. The closed-circuit
mobile plant incorporates a double-
deck Pep Vari-Vibe high frequency
screen with a 3136 horizontal
shaft impact crusher, which allows
Brauntex Materials to recirculate
the oversized material so two sizes
are produced, leaving no wasted
product behind, Flores said.
We can handle up to 6 in (15.24
cm) minus material in our mobile
screening plant, Flores said. The
horizontal shaft impactor will break
down that pancake-size product
into usable material, which means
we have less waste, giving us a
higher return.
BENEFICIAL SAVINGS
By incorporating a high percent-
age of FRAP into an asphalt mix,
producers not only reduce the
amount of virgin rock mined and
use less oil, but they also conserve
the energy used for trucking and
decrease the energy used for pro-
cessing, according to regional sales
manager John McGimpsey.
Brauntex Materials selected the
ProSizer 3100 because it knew
incorporating FRAP into its asphalt
mix was important to achieving a
better bottom line, as well as stay-
ing environmentally friendly in its
operation.
The portability of the ProSizer
3100 allows the producer to
move around to multiple jobsites
and process FRAP back to its
original size, McGimpsey said.
It allows producers like Brauntex
Materials to increase its RAP and
FRAP usage, while adding flex-
ibility and improved control in mix
designs.
FOR INFORMATION
Contact Melinda Schweitzer
605.668.2524
melindaschweitzer@kpijci.com
l to r: Albert Flores of Brauntex Materials and John McGimpsey, regional sales manager for KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens.
C
EI Enterprises, Inc. announces that
effective immediately it will begin
engineering, manufacturing, and mar-
keting a full new line of concrete production
plants. The plant line will include nine new
designs of concrete plants that will include
both traditional batch plants and innovative
new plant technologies.
Included in the new innovative technologies
will be the Conventional Concrete, Roller
Compacted Concrete (RCC), and Cement
Treated Base (CTB) plant designs that had
previously been produced by Astec, Inc.
As a result of this technology transfer, Astec,
Inc. is exiting the concrete production plant
business to focus on a new renewable ener-
gy product line. This will move all concrete
plant production equipment to CEI.
The CEI concrete plants will feature innova-
tive, leading-edge technology that will bring
new solutions to concrete contractors work-
ing to build heavy civil, airport, highway, and
hydrodam projects. These solutions will pro-
vide contractors with higher quality concrete
at lower costs to produce it.
A
stec, Inc. announces that it will sponsor the third
Bioenergy Conference and Expo in Atlanta, Georgia,
March 18-19. Approximately 40 speakers and 70
exhibitor companies will participate in the Bioenergy Fuels
& Products Conference & Expo. The event is expected to
involve 500 industry professionals from the wood energy
and fuels industries, including wood pellets, biomass power,
biofuels, woody feedstock, and harvesting.
The Bioenergy event immediately precedes the Panel
& Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo
(PELICE), which will be held March 20-21. Astec will display
a scale model of its state-of-the-art pellet plant and will
have representatives available to answer questions during
both events.
Astec Gold Sponsor of Bioenergy Conference

and Expo
CEI announces new line of concrete plants
FOR INFORMATION
Contact Mike Bremmer
800.545.4034
mabremmer@ceienterprises.com
MIXING IT UP
Astec pellet plant, Hazlehurst. Astec pellet plant, Hazlehurst.
The CEI concrete plants will provide contractors with
higher quality concrete at lower production costs.
The CEI concrete plants will provide contractors with
higher quality concrete at lower production costs.
NEWS
Astec Wins Gold in Contractors Choice
Astec, Inc. announces that the Astec Six Pack
series
portable asphalt plant received a Contractors Choice
Award in 2013. Roads & Bridges invited contractors from
across the country to cast their votes for the strongest
performers out on the jobsite. The Astec Six Pack series
asphalt plant won the Gold Medal for its category. This is
the seventh time since 2005 that the Astec Six Pack has
won Gold.
The ability to quickly move a portable asphalt plant from
one jobsite to another is a very important consideration
for paving contractors who serve widespread geographi-
cal areas. The Astec Six Pack was the first truly portable
facility available to asphalt producers and has become the
worlds best selling portable asphalt facility.
Astec gives Six Pack customers a wide range of options
on these compact, maneuverable plants, including self-
erecting features and a choice of 200, 300, or 400 TPH
(181, 272, or 362 MTPH) capacities. All come with the
highly efficient Astec Double Barrel
drum mixer.

Astec Six Pack
plant.
KPI-JCI and AMS Promote
Egge to Engineering
Manager
KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens
promoted Alan Egge to engineering
manager of Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc., the
companys Yankton, South Dakota-based
manufacturing facility.
In his new position, Egge will be
responsible for managing the design
engineering and technical publications
departments. Egge has been employed
at Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc. for the past
35 years, and most recently served as
operations manager for the inside sales/
research and development departments.
Egge replaces Greg Stach, who retired January 10, 2014, after 17 years of ser-
vice to the company.
Jeff Egge
NEWS
Patek Elected
2014 AEM Chair
Richard Patek, group
president, Aggregate
& Mining, Astec
Industries Inc., Mequon,
Wisconsin, was elected
2014 AEM chair at the
Annual Conference on
November 5, 2013.
Patek will lead the AEM
board of directors to
achieve AEMs 2014
goals, priorities, and
strategic direction. He
served as vice chair in
2013.
Patek has responsibility for Astec Industries Aggregate and
Mining Group (Telsmith, Kolberg Pioneer, Johnson Crushers
International, Breaker Technology, Astec Mobile Screens, Osborn
Engineered Products), which provides innovative solutions for
the material handling, mining, quarry, recycling, construction,
and demolition industries.
Patek succeeds outgoing 2013 AEM chair Stuart Levenick,
group president of Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, Illinois.

May Promoted to
President of
Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc.
Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc. (KPI-JCI and
Astec Mobile Screens) announces the
promotion of Jeff May to company
president. In his new position, May
will focus on leading and manag-
ing the activities and functions of
Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc., while helping
to direct its strategies in provid-
ing growth and profitability for the
company and its parent corporation,
Astec Industries, Inc.
May, who began working as
Controller for Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc.
in 1996, is a 1985 graduate of the University of Iowa, where he also earned
his Master of Business Administration degree in 1995. Before his promo-
tion to president, May served as vice president of operations and finance for
Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc. Prior to his employment with Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc., May
served as controller for Fairtron Corporation in Des Moines, Iowa, and Lebeda
Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Joe Vig, a group vice president with Astec Industries, said Mays dedication to
the company and leadership capabilities made him a standout candidate for
the position.
Rick Patek Jeff May

Astec Warm Mix System
Wins Gaia Award
Astec announces its United Arab Emirates dealer,
House of Equipment, was awarded a 2013 Gaia Award
in December during the Dubai Big 5 International
Building and Construction Show for the Astec warm
mix system, which produces warm-mix asphalt.
The Gaia Awards honor companies in the construction
sector whose products and services demonstrate a
reduction of constructions impact on the environment.
The Gaia Awards aim to promote a companys respon-
sibility to the environment by recognizing achievements
and providing a platform to highlight green products
and showcase future developments.
House of Equipment (HOE) is a rapidly growing com-
pany specialized in managing, trading, servicing,
and rental of construction equipment. An exclusive
dealer of Astec equipment, HOE has established an
operational base in Dubai with branches in Abu Dhabi
and Overseas to service the entire Middle East. For
more information about House of Equipment LLC, visit
www.hoeuae.ae.
Astecs warm mix system.

NEWS
Astec, Inc. reports that in January 2014 it sold
the 600th warm mix system since it began
producing it in 2007. The 600th system will
be installed at Delta Contracting in Humboldt,
Tennessee.
The Astec warm mix system enables its world-
wide network of existing and new plant owners,
who are all experiencing rising fuel and liquid
asphalt prices, to lower their overall operating
costs without sacrificing quality.
The Astec warm mix system allows producers to
reduce fuel consumption, increase production,
eliminate smoke and smell, and use a higher
percentage of recycle by producing mix at a
lower temperature. The Astec warm mix system
does not require the addition of expensive com-
mercial additives. Instead, water is injected into
the mix along with the liquid asphalt cement.
The injection of water causes the liquid asphalt
to foam and expand in volume, which helps
the liquid asphalt coat the aggregate at a lower
temperature.
When it was introduced in 2007, the Astec
warm mix system was a major breakthrough
in the warm mix asphalt technology arena that
had been attempting to define a process that
would provide both the desired green benefits
of lowered emissions and lower overall produc-
tion costs. Since that time, the Astec system
has experienced phenomenal acceptance in the
field.
The Astec warm mix system can be installed on
either existing or new Astec drums. The Astec
warm mix system can also be retrofitted to con-
tinuous mix and batch plants from any manu-
facturer. For more information about Astec warm
mix systems, visit www.astecinc.com.
In November 2013, Astec, Inc. test-fired the

500th burner manufactured since Astec entered
the burner market in 2003. Astec built the
100-million BTU/hr gas-and-oil-firing Whisper
Jet
burner to be used with a new 375 MTPH

(413 TPH) Astec batch plant produced for
Aztexnika in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Astec burners offer the latest in reliable burner
technology combined with complete one-source
responsibility. Astec is able to offer everything
from a simple burner replacement to a complete
installed system, including retrofit installations.
The Astec burner group engineers the burn-
ers to the specifications of each customer and
manufactures each in a state-of-the-art manu-
facturing facility. Prior to shipment, each burner
is tested on one of Astecs tri-fuel (oil, gas &
coal) test stands to ensure fast and easy startup
at installation. For more information about Astec
burners, visit www.astecinc.com.
The Astec burner team gathers around the 500th burner built by Astec, Inc.
Astec Builds 600th Warm Mix System
Astec Builds 500th Burner
B
ehind the wheel of his truck
and on the road is where
youll find Astec regional
parts salesman Walter Bruning.
His territory covers Tennessee,
Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan. Hes
traveling to visit customers every
week unless the Astec Customer
Schools are in session, then he
dedicates his time to giving facility
tours and meeting with customers
attending the training.
I started working for Astec in
May 1983; thats 31 years, said
Bruning. Over that time Ive had
different positions within the
company, starting in the service
department then the electrical
shop. I moved into handling all
electrical maintenance and mate-
rial prep before becoming a parts
technician on the phone. I made
the natural transition to parts
estimator and finally to regional
salesman.
ON THE ROAD
To service his territory, Bruning
takes to the road Monday through
Friday. When traveling to Michigan,
he typically stays in that area for
two weeks. For every journey, his
truck is packed with test equip-
ment, maps to reach locations, and
various parts. A thermos and small
cooler carry refreshments and he
packs a small suitcase for changes
of clothes. Hes a man on a mis-
sion to meet with customers and
carry on the Astec reputation of
excellence in customer service.
Some of my best days have been
in the field with a customer solving
issues and showcasing the latest
parts, noted Bruning. Knowing
Ive made a positive difference
for my customers gives me great
satisfaction.
ALWAYS PREPARED
Brunings truck is a testing facil-
ity on wheels. When the back of
the truck is open, various testing
equipment can be seen. Hes pre-
pared and ready to measure drum
thickness, check flights for wear,
and inspect the cold feed bins.
My job is to be a liaison between
the customer and Astec, said
Bruning. A typical day spent
with a customer involves a plant
inspection and checking wear
parts. If I see an area of opera-
tion that would benefit from a
retrofit or design change to
newer parts, I address the issues
with the customer. My years of
experience allow me to look at
the whole picture, helping the
customer to increase efficiency,
increase uptime, increase tonnage,
and make the plant more user-
friendly.
THE ASTEC DIFFERENCE
Astec is well known in the industry
by its quality equipment, excel-
lence in parts and service, and
its approach to delivering above
and beyond the expectations of its
customers. Its a family affair with
solid relationships built on trust
and reliability. And its more than
just equipment; its the people of
Astec that make the difference.
You work here long enough
like I have and you get to know
everybody, said Bruning. The
atmosphere at Astec is one of
cooperation. Theres a great sense
of urgency through the various
departments to resolve any down-
time issue a customer may be
experiencing. I receive top-notch
support from service, engineering,
and parts departments. Our manu-
facturing shop will jump into action
when a plant is downthe goal is
to get the customer back up and
running. We take that seriously.
To sum it up: The best part of
my job is seeing the customer
happy. My customers are family
in the field; Astec is my family in
the office; and my own family is
expanding with the addition of a
grandchild.
Bruning is celebrating the
December 2013 birth of his first
grandchild and is looking forward
to spending time with her.
Man on a Mission
More than 3 decades of experience to benefit customers
Walter Bruning
l to r: Walter Bruning showcases his trucks readiness with Cullen Carter with
Hiwassee Paving on the Jersey Pike in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Heatec delivers colloid mill for asphalt emulsions

The new Barracuda

mill has increased our productivity,

for C.R. Jackson,

that we have enhanced to

, at the RAP chute to

plant has a mixing chamber

is a recycling beast, said

Astec Gold Sponsor of Bioenergy Conference

Astec Six Pack

Rick Patek Jeff May

Astecs warm mix system.

In November 2013, Astec, Inc. test-fired the

burner to be used with a new 375 MTPH

17.600 cfm reverse pulse baghouse

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