MOBILE HOTMIX HOPPER SPEEDS SHOULDER PAVING

A mobile hopper is being used to convey hotmix to an asphalt paver on the shoulder from haul trucks on the concrete slab for construction of the shoulders of the new 10,000-ft runway and taxiway being placed at the Indianapolis International Airport. The shoulders are 35 ft wide for 2000 ft at each end of the 150-ft-wide runway, and 12 ft wide along the 6,000-ft middle section. Both sides of the 75-ft-wide 10,000-ft-long taxiway are receiving 35-ft-wide shoulders. A Barber-Greene MTD-3000 material transfer vehicle (MTV) is used to maintain a supply buffer for the paver. With the combination of the MTV, the special hopper, and the cooperation of traffic to permit a steady supply of trucks, the paver can proceed continuously. Non-stop paving boosts production and yields a better mat. Further details are provided in this article.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company

  275 Washington Street
  Newton, MA  United States  02158-1630
• Authors:
  • Klemens, T L
• Publication Date: 1990-5

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 38-39
• Serial:
  • Highways and Heavy Construction
  • Volume: 133
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0362-0506

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Asphalt pavements; Construction equipment; Construction management; Productivity; Road shoulders; Taxiways
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00496700
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM