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MOBA is aiming to improve paving quality and cut contractor’s costs with its sophisticated heat measuring package for asphalt pavers, as well as its new sonic ski system. Called the PAVE-IR, this heat measuring system provides accurate temperature scanning and monitoring of mat temperature during asphalt paving. This can be documented for an entire project and allow contractors to optimise processes and verify the quality of paving work. Marketing manager Christine Seidel said, “The early generation system

MOBA says that its colour-coded compaction roller guidance system, the MCA-2000, now comes with additional functionality. This package offers wireless data transfer between the roller and the office and will allow more homogeneous and high-quality compaction of an asphalt road surface. Marketing manager Christine Seidel said, “The operator can see what has been done, where the machine has been and where it should go next. At the end of the day all this day can be taken out of the machine and used to make up

The latest tack coat spraying equipment from French firm Fayat helps ensure adhesion of micro-surfacing products when carrying out road repairs. The latest NOVASEALER machine offers versatility as it can spray on a tack coat and micro-surfacing product at the same time, instead of having to use two separate machines.

The new SWIFT pothole patching machine from the Fayat Group is said to deliver fast road repairs that are long-lasting and durable. This all-in-one machine is equipped with a 2,000-litre capacity emulsion tank, a 4m3 hot-mix hopper, a pneumatic drill, a compactor, a 200litre water tank and a storage area for road signs. The firm says that the tools are easy to hold, and have been carefully positioned at the ideal height in boxes designed for this operation. All of the heavier items, such as the pneumatic dr

Fayat is aiming its new multi-function spraying machine at contractors looking to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Most conventional sprayers are not used to lay tack coats before hot mixes so Fayat opted to make a multi-function machine able to combine these functions. In addition to spraying, this new machine also carries sealing material or supplies of water and diesel for worksite equipment.

BOMAG is introducing the first of its Series 5 articulated tandem rollers, which are designed for asphalt compaction. These new machines are in the 6-8tonne weight class and will be followed by other models in the Series 5 line-up towards the end of this year. The machines have been designed around a modular concept and share a number of components and are suited to work in small-medium size projects. They have also been designed so as to offer high manoeuvrability and good visibility for the operator, as w

BOMAG continues to develop its asphalt paver range with the introduction of a new top-of-the range machine, the BF900C. This features an S300M screed and offers maximum paving widths of up to 13m. In addition, the firm is also developing its smaller pavers and is now offering the BF300C with its new S340-2 screed, with paving widths from 1.7-5m, as well as a new compact paver, the BF223C.The Fayat Group’s sales and marketing manager Jacques Bonvallet said that the machine retains the heavy screed design fro

JCB has introduced two new soil compactors; the VM117D and the VM137D with operating weights of 11tonnes and 12.2tonnes respectively. The single-drum vibratory compactors can be used for a wide range of work in infrastructure and housing projects and have a smooth drum as standard with pad foot drums as an option. They are powered by JCB’s 93kW Stage IIIB/Tier 4 Interim Ecomax engines, which meet the emissions target without using a DPF and are said to deliver fuel savings of 16%. Changes to the compaction

Hitachi Construction Machinery is showing four models from its Zaxis 5 range of wheeled excavators. The ZX140W-5, ZX170W-5, ZX190W-5 and ZX220W-5 all feature Isuzu Stage IIIB emissions-compliant engines powering the HIOS III hydraulic system. They benefit from increased lifting capacities, as the power boost function has been increased by 11%. The machines have a revised ROPS cab that has been redesigned to improve visibility. A new monitor sits on the right-hand pillar with a rear-view camera providing vis

Komatsu expects to see ‘intelligent’ machine control as a standard feature on dozers, excavators and potentially other machines within 10 years. It has started the roll-out of its intelligent machines with the D61EXi/PXi-23 dozer and a prototype PC210LCi-10 excavator.