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Improving energy efficiency

Asphalt plant manufacturers and operators are understandably placing great emphasis on higher productivity.

Road Equipment: Road to Recovery

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has big plans of constructing expressways, national highways, state highways and rural roads in the coming years. However, any uncertain economic situation in future may affect the recovery of the market as this will affect the payment of contractors, financing and thus equipment mobilisation.

Green Technology for Indian Roads

The Ghaziabad-based JRD Infratech is using an Ammann ACC 90 CounterMix asphalt-mixing plant in their project to meet the guidelines of the National Green Tribunal and Central Pollution Control Board

Low-cost, high-quality road REHABILITATIoN

The Wirtgen cold recycler and soil stabiliser WR 240 rehabilitates the 22-km road between Hapur and Kithore.

Neal Manufacturing updates full line to Tier 4 Final

Neal Manufacturing, a division of Blastcrete Equipment and a leader in asphalt pavement preservation equipment, announced that all its machines are Tier 4 Final compliant, including the DA 350 dual sealcoat applicator and high-volume road maintenance vehicle.

Towards Greener Future

Asphalt is regaining traction in the Indian road construction due to its better recyclability and the freedom to use waste materials like plastics along with asphalt mix. The future looks greener for asphalt mixing plants.

Neal Manufacturing updates full line to Tier 4 Final

Neal Manufacturing, a division of Blastcrete Equipment and a leader in asphalt pavement preservation equipment, announced that all their machines are Tier 4 Final compliant, including the DA 350 dual sealcoat applicator and high-volume road maintenance vehicle.

Technology Meets Opportunity

Rs 1.2 trillion investment in roads and highways; extension of 3.17 lakh km of rural roads; 35,000 km highway construction under Bharatmala Pariyojana scheme- it seems that there is a lot slated to happen in the coming years in rural roads and highways.

New technologies gaining traction

The Wirtgen Group has been continuously innovating its products in the brands Wirtgen, Vogele, and Hamm. They are not only global market leaders but also innovation leaders, with the average age of a machine being not more than three years.

Cold Recycling with Foamed Bitumen

Roads that are subjected to continuous and heavy traffic often show signs of damage that extend down to the road base. To eliminate this damage, the entire road needs structural rehabilitation.

Rolling ahead

Roads and highways is still going strong as the most happening infrastructure sector in India with many ongoing projects and many in the pipeline. India has the second largest road network across the world at 4.7 million km and is still growing.

Building Better Roads

The Ministry of Surface Transport has set an objective of building 40 km of roads a day from 2017-18 from the current level of 18 km a day. This has resulted in a paradigm shift in the use of road construction and rehabilitation methods and technologies.

The Road Ahead

In spite of the government's policy shift towards building four- and six-lane National Highways as concrete roads, plans to construct more rural roads and coastal roads will drive the demand for asphalt plants in the future. EQUIPMENT INDIA explores the road ahead for asphalt plants.

Successful Rehabilitation of Asphalt Pavement

Fraport AG, operator of Frankfurt Airport, renews the surface course on the runways about every seven years, including the centre runway, the most-frequently used section.

Asphalt Removal in Record-Breaking Time

Three Wirtgen cold milling machines (two W 210 and one W 200i) and two Wirtgen soil stabilisers (WR 2000) demonstrate their productivity and reliability at Alghero-Fertilia Airport in Sardinia.

RAP Essential in Asphalt Plants

Asphalt mix production has had a long and rapid journey of redefinitions over the past decade, to allow the incorporation of RAP recycling. This procedure is now gaining acceptance in Indian markets.

Cold Milling Machines

Similar to developed nations, pavement milling or cold milling or cold planning of asphalt topped pavements is fast going to become a necessity in India, considering the volumes of crushed, screened, sized and shaped aggregates required for the upcoming roads and infrastructure projects, in the country.

Delivering Versatility

One of the first Wirtgen W 200 Hi cold milling machines is being used in Italy, where the large milling machine demonstrates its unique practical flexibility day after day, with a milling drum assembly that can be displaced 400 mm to either side.

Intelligent Compaction

Performance and productivity remain key issues for compactor manufacturers, with firms keen to enhance output from their latest units. EQUIPMENT INDIA takes a peek into the features major OEMs have built in, in terms of improving machine

Efficiency Matters

Globally, the past decade saw amazing developments in the hot- mix production technology. In India too, with the entry of global players, OEMs have geared up to offer advanced plants that can produce a variety of mixes - be it low energy / low-temperature asphalt mixes, warm / cold mixes, high percentage RAP mix, high recycling technology

Asphalt Recycling

Millions of tonnes of asphalt have being wasted in the country, when these could be properly treated and recycled for rehabilitation of road projects and new pavements.

Scope for pavement rehabilitation alternatives is huge

Our Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) has no vision for the country. Cannot they spend even 0.01 per cent of the total outlay for training? This is simply unacceptable, says Prof. Prithvi Singh Kandhal, Associate Director Emeritus, National Center for Asphalt Technology, Auburn University, Alabama, USA.

Tech-Xage 2014

Living up to its commitment of innovation Ammann Apollo organised an in house exhibition - Tech-Xage 2014 at its facility in Ditasan near Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

ASTEC debuts double barrel HR at ConExpo

As Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) usage continues to increase as a way for producers to keep costs down while utilising stockpiles of reclaimed asphalt pavement, ASTEC has increased the ability of its signature double barrel drum dryer/mixer to handle RAP. The ASTEC double-barreled HR includes enhancements to the drum which allows use of up to 65 per cent RAP. A 1/8 model of the new high RAP double barrel drum was on display during the ConExpo 2014 trade show in Las Vegas.

Astec Voyager to run RAP

ASTEC Inc has introduced the 120 mtph Voyager plant with compact, highly portable design. Unique for a plant in this class is the ability to run up to 30 per cent reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP). In addition, it is backed by the best service support in the industry.

Hot Mix Technology: On Solid Ground

The current challenges in hot mix asphalt pavement-making in India is to manage sustainability, conserve energy and natural resources, eliminate waste yet achieve a pavement quality with competitive cost per unit length.

Our commitment to sustainable development is total

To promote sustainable development and encourage recycling, we have developed plants which take asphalt recycling to the next level.

The double barrel green system does not require the addition of commercial additives

TIL has always introduced world class products and is firmly associated with India's infrastructure development. Considering India's hot mix asphalt pavements` making needs and challenges, TIL has introduced the latest technology from Astec Inc,

We have the safety redundancy system to protect machines and operators

BOMAG builds on our vast and practical site experience, coupled with our engineering expertise, in the arena of compaction.

Milling and recycling

The W 50 DC Wirtgen small milling machine sets standards in the 50-cm class.For decades, the name Wirtgen has been synonymous with innovative, high-quality milling technology worldwide. The company offers its customers a complete range of products that leaves nothing to be desired and is unrivalled in the international market.

Using double-barrel and RAP technology will be a necessity

The double-barrel innovation is totally driven by customer need as well as the need of authorities. It actually delivers significant improvements in energy, carbon emission and the total cost of pavement making.

V?GELE Pavers on Buddh Circuit

Precise paving and perfect grade and slope control provide ideal conditions for Formula 1 drivers. More than 500 million people worldwide watched the first Formula 1 race in India?s history on 30 October 2011.

Perfect Evenness and Compaction

Vogele pavers rehabilitate the vehicle dynamic assessment pad of Continental Tire the Americas LLC in the USA. A Super 2100-2 replaced the asphalt pavement of the Vehicle Dynamic Assessment Pad (VDA Pad) at the Conti Proving Grounds in Uvalde, Texas (USA).

We stay committed to delivering solutions for the economical & technical challenges.

?The global change in environment and economy is now forcing us to look at sustainable development. Unless road-building professionals don?t go green, they will not be able to survive. We are excited to find that more and more professional road building companies are showing deep interest in producing high content RAP

Cold Milling Machine Technology

Rehabilitation of roads to overcome the existing problems, by cold milling technology, is the most cost-effective, suitable and eco-friendly solution at hand.Growing volumes of traffic and increasing axle loads leave the pavement wearing course severely damaged and unusable for the traffic in city roads and highways.

It?s Time to RAP

With over Rs 700 billion being invested in the road sector in 2010-11 alone, it?s high time we moved up to highly efficient and sustainable technologies that help optimise resources, considerably reduce pollutants and keep to a minimum damage to the environment

Double-barrel technology will revolutionise road construction.

The double-barrel technology is a result of intensive research done by Astec Inc on road construction techniques, the voice of the customer, the need of a sustainable road construction methodology, and most importantly, conserving the environment,? says R Nandagopal, Vice President, Equipment & Project Solutions, TIL

Sustainable solutions

If the numbers can be believed, in India, about 15,000 tonne of aggregates are required per kilometre of highway. A typical project of National Highway Development Project (NHDP), of 60 km of road improvement requires 20 lakh tonne of virgin material

We are expanding network to be closer to our customers

The complete range of jaw, cone, HSI and VSI crushers offered by the ASTEC Group (Telsmith and KPI-JCI) is available to TIL for exploring the markets in India, says R Nandagopal, Vice President - Equipment & Project Solutions, TIL.

Mobile & Moving Up

Out of the total market for the CE industry, the share of crushing and screening equipment (CSE) is pegged at 13 per cent - that is, US $ 30 billion across 2012-17; what's more, the CSE market is projected to grow at the rate of 15-20 per cent YoY for the next five years.

Road Equipment: Green Light for Road Equipment

With more than 60 per cent of the cargo movement being done by the road network, the focus will be on road infrastructure which in turn, will provide great impetus to the growth prospects of road construction equipment.

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