Asphalt Plants, Equipment & Applications

Researchers at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) say they have shown that using cold mix asphalt concrete instead of traditional warm mix asphalt concrete is an effective way of reducing environmental impact.

The cold mix asphalt technique requires less energy and reduces emissions of greenhouse gases.

Safwat Said, research leader at VTI, says that interest in cold mix asphalt has grown in recent years due to an increased interest in reducing greenhouse gases and optimis

Rapid International Ltd has recently supplied Ty-Rock, a leading Northern Irish producer of ready-mix and precast concrete products, with a new upgrade to their stationary concrete batching plant. The new additions and upgrades on the batching plant, situated at the company’s County Armagh site, is said to have enabled Ty-Rock to vastly increase its output capabilities.
After experiencing an upsurge in demand and having been already satisfied with the performance of their existing 1m³ Rapid Pan Mixer, Ty-

A new road is being created in Sluiskil, the Netherlands, for the port authority Zeeland Seaports.

The road uses sustainable tarmac that contains bitumen and lignin in a 50/50 concentration.

The tarmac is to reduce noise pollution and is said to have a lower resistance.

The tarmac is developed by a research centre of Wageningen WUR; engineering consultancy Grontmij, and the tarmac centre Asfalt Kennis Centrum.

To meet rising demand, reduce unit cost and promote localisation, Caterpillar and its southern African dealer, Barloworld Power, have established the first ever assembly plant for Cat generators in South Africa. Located in Boksburg, Johannesburg, the facility will initially assemble the CFat i6 and 400 series generator sets ranging from 400kVA to 1,000kVA, according to Imrad Amod, Barloworld Power assembly manager. The facility is an upgraded existing workshop previously used as a customised solutions centr