GETTING SAVINGS OUT OF THE MIX

This article describes the West German wirtgen 4500 remix-plus machine, a combined recycler and paver unit that is claimed to achieve substantial savings on road resurfacing. This machine re-uses the existing wearing course of the road and adds new ingredients in a process that is said to produce savings of between 15% and 30% on traditional resurfacing methods. Wirtgen's hydrostatically controlled system, which can handle lane widths of 3.0 m to 4.5 m, has been tested by the Danish surfacing specialist inreco on the major e3 route in Denmark. Wirtgen's system remixes the existing pavement surface to create a foundation for a thin capping layer of virgin asphalt. (TRRL)

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  Reed Business Information, Limited

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• Authors:
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• Publication Date: 1989-3-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20
• Serial:
  • SURVEYOR
  • Volume: 171
  • Issue Number: 5034
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0039-6303

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bitumen; Costs; Equipment; Pavements; Pavers; Recycling; Resurfacing
• ITRD Terms: 4963: Bitumen; 224: Cost; 3674: Equipment; 2955: Pavement; 3663: Paver; 4573: Recycling (mater); 2991: Resurfacing
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00499178
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM