BREAK OUT OF THE COMPACTION SQUEEZE

THIS SURVEY OF COMPACTION EQUIPMENT INCLUDES A SELECTION CHART OF AVAILABLE MODELS OF LARGE RIDER COMPACTORS AND OF SMALL, SELF-PROPELLED, WALK-BEHIND COMPACTORS. ON LARGE ROLLERS, HYDROSTATIC DRIVE LETS THE OPERATOR SELECT THE OPTIMUM SPEED WITHOUT SHIFTING GEARS AND HOLD IT THERE DESPITE CHANGE IN GRADE. THE SELF-PROPELLED COMPACTOR OFFERS INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY ON LARGE EMBANKMENT PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY IN COHESIVE AND SEMI-COHESIVE SOILS. ADDITION OF THE VIBRATORY COMPACTOR HAS IMPROVED THE OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPACTION EFFORTS. /DOT/

• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 21-31
• Serial:
  • Construction Equipment
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compactors; Human powered vehicles; Rollers; Vibratory compaction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Compaction equipment
• Old TRIS Terms: Self propelled
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219495
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 1973 12:00AM