Asphalt milling, paving & compaction

Key innovations in asphalt compaction will help improve overall paving quality - Mike Woof writes

Atlas Copco’s CC1200 is aimed at the rental market, with power from a Tier 4 Final compliant Kubota diesel. Weighing 2.5tonnes, the machine is offered with a drum width of 1.2m and features including a foldable Rops system, spring-loaded scrapers and beacon lights. Meanwhile Hyundai is offering the HR25T-9 compactor to the US rental market. This 2.5tonne compactor has 1m wide drums and is made for Hyundai by German company Atlas Weyhausen, with power from a Tier 4 Final compliant Deutz diesel rated at 22

A new Cat AP600F paver used by Maltese contractor Bonnici Brothers has helped with important resurfacing work at Malta’s International Airport. The machine was able to carry out the paving job within a tight time frame, due to its high productivity. The work was needed at the airport as part of a programme to increase its capacity. Malta is seeing growth in passenger numbers at the airport from both business travellers and tourists and there was a need to upgrade the facility. Local contractor Bonnic

A damp and foggy morning at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. Some of the five runways are in normal use, but one of them shows a different kind of activity. At a slow but steady pace, a small army of bright yellow machines is repaving the surface. The project is being carried out by Heijmans, one of the largest road-building contractors in the Netherlands.

UK-based ASI Solutions has produced a four-minute video that explains the workings of RHiNOPHALT, the company’s BBA Hapas approved and CE marked asphalt preservation solution. BBA is the British Board of Agrément, one of the UK’s leading notified bodies offering approval, certification and test services to manufacturers of products and systems supplying the construction industry. Hapas is the Highway Authorities Product Approval Scheme.

Wirtgen cold milling machines recently demonstrated their ability on runway rehabilitation work at Alghero-Fertilia Airport in Sardinia. Alghero-Fertilia Airport, about 8km northwest of Alghero, is one of three commercial airports on the Italian island. Built as a military airport in the late 1930s, Alghero-Fertilia still occasionally serves this purpose today. It is also a major hub for low-cost carriers that ferry many of the annual 1.7 million passengers who pass through the airport. Summer tourist mo

A steady resurgence in demand for rubber tyred compactors for finishing work has seen manufacturers introduce new models - Mike Woof writes The rubber tyred compactor looked for a time as if it might disappear from the market only a few years ago, when demand began to dip for these units. However a resurgence in interest from the marketplace prompted manufacturers to revamp their respective product ranges, delivering new models to meet demand. Typically used for tasks such as finishing work, rubber tyred

Key developments are being seen in the market for US pavers, with new models being introduced by several key manufacturers - Mike Woof writes An array of new US-style paver models is now being made available on the market. Several of the main manufacturers have developed updated paver models, with new low emission engines being amongst the key upgrades being fitted. Atlas Copco has new Dynapac pavers available in the shape of its F800T tracked machine as well as the F1000T tracked and F1000W wheeled