Materials

Visualise today's concept of a major commercial traffic corridor in the western United States. A roadway responsible for delivering goods to Arizona, Nevada and Utah, that also connects Mexico to the United States to Canada through the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). What springs to mind? A multi-lane highway carrying thousands of vehicles a day past cities at speeds up to 113km/hour, while egress ramps make sure vehicles get safely to city streets and their final destination. This is not the c

Simem says that its new concrete mixing system offers greater throughput and product quality than other systems on the market. The new Xentrix mixer features a modular mixer design with an eccentric drive system. Because of the modular construction, Simem can build each unit to a specific requirement from a range of standard components. Managing Director Federico Furlani said, "We can produce modules for stock and assemble them to suit the customer order and we can reduce the delivery time, which is importa

Astec has test-fired the 250th burner manufactured since entering the burner market in 2003. Astec, an Astec Industries company, built the 150-million BTU/hr gas-and-oil-firing Phoenix Talon burner for Illinois-based Gallagher Asphalt Corporation. The company says its burners offer the latest in reliable burner technology combined with complete one-source responsibility, and it is able to offer everything from a simple burner replacement to a complete installed system, including retrofit installations.

Compact and easy to transport, the Booster 15 concrete pump from IMER can deliver material with aggregate sizes of up to 25mm and at pressures of up to 70bars. This hydraulic control, two-piston pump is offered in two different basic versions, one aimed at shotcreting applications and the other designed for use on compact sites for concrete pumping duties. Power comes from a low emission, low noise Lombardini diesel A range of standard features are fitted including a 12V electro-vibrator, cable remote contr

As part of the R1 southern orbital motorway around the Czech capital, Prague, a joint venture is building a five-span, 461m long and approximately 65m high viaduct near the village of Lochkov, as a girder bridge construction. For the two steeply inclined twin piers, Doka has supplied an automatic climbing formwork solution that obviates the need for shoring and that will "cut more than 100 days from the construction period." Cast-in-place concrete construction of bridge piers with such a steep inclination

Foamed bitumen is a versatile and cost-effective tool in recycling roads - Mike Woof reports Wirtgen hopes to capitalise on the growing demand for materials recycling and its range of solutions for this sector has expanded considerably in recent times. The firm has been taking advantage of further developments in foamed bitumen technology to offer an array of cost-effective road repair solutions. The range allows this material to be used in array of cold recycling applications and Wirtgen also offers labora

The first new mobile screen to be launched under the Sandvik name, rather than the Fintec or Extec brands, is the heavy duty tracked QE440 scalping screen. The QE440 was displayed in a live demonstration at a customer event in the UK this summer to launch the newly unified branding and new machine colours. During the demonstration, customers had a chance to view other mobile crushing and screening units in the Sandvik range, as well as the new BR2577 hydraulic breaker.