Paving operations in Perth, Western Australia, are being aided by Dynapac's productive and versatile F6-4W, which is paving links for new suburbs to meet the latest surge in population. The machine is working for specialist contractor BGC Asphalt and is laying roads in the remaining sub-divisions of Ridge Wood in Brighton, to the north of Perth.
An asphalt plant upgrade has helped boost long-term efficiency for a producer in southern Germany. The firm, Fiegl, based in Bavaria, invested in a new asphalt mixing plant four years ago. More recently, the firm also replaced the plant’s baghouse. The retrofit has since helped lower the plant’s emissions, noise output and fuel consumption.
The time frame for the retrofit was tight because it was important to avoid lengthy downtime and production outages in mid-season. This meant that the changeover had to
US-based P&S Paving has boosted output from its asphalt facility in Daytona, Florida with the purchase of a new plant from Astec Industries.
The firm supplies a wide range of customers ranging from small urban works up to large highway projects for the Florida Department of Transportation. As a result the company needed a modern, versatile and productive plant capable of delivering an array of mixes and quantities, including high quality materials.
Tim Phillips, president of P&S Paving said, “We want
