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Construction Equipment Used in Road Construction
Construction Equipment Used in Road Construction
USED IN
PNEUMATIC TOOLS
ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
1. Air Compressor
2. Rock Drill/ Jack Hammer/ Steel Drill/ Wood Drill
3. Concrete Breaker
4. Asphalt Cutter
5. Rock Splitter
6. Compactor
7. Impact Wrenches/ Nail Driver
8. Grinder
9. Concrete Vibrator
10. Backfill Tamper
11. Circular Saw/ Chain Saw
12. Road Broom
A. Rock Crushers
1. Jaw Crushers, Double Roll Crusher, Cone Crusher, Hammer Mill
2. Screens
3. Conveyors
B. Asphalt Plant
1. Central Mix Plant (Batch Plant/ Continuous Mix Plant)
2. Hot Oil Heater
3. Asphalt Melter
4. Bitumen Distributor (Trailer Mounted/ Self propelled)
5. Asphalt kettle/ Bitumen Heater
6. Portable Mix Plant
7. Pavers
8. Rotary Sweeper
9. Aggregate Spreader
C. Concrete Plant
1.CONSTRUCTION
Aggregate Batching Plant EQUIPMENT
2. Concrete Mixers
3. Concrete Pavers
4. Concrete Vibrator
5. Concrete Saw
6. Portable Concrete Curing Machine
A. Earth Moving
1. Dozers (Track/ Wheel)
2. Loader / Shovel (Track / Wheel)
3. Excavator/ Backhoe (Track/ wheel)
4. Scrapers
5. Grader
6. Hauler (Off-highway haulers, Tipper Truck, Mini Dumper)
B. Compaction Equipment
1. Sheep foot Roller, Tamping Roller
2. Steel Wheel Vibratory Roller
3. Steel Wheel Static Roller
4. Pneumatic Roller
5. Plate compactor/ Rammer
1. Water Distributor
2. Rotary Tiller Mixer
3. Portable Electric generator
4. Welding generator
5. Crane
6. Pile Driver
7. Water Pump
8. Boring Rig
9. Fork Lift
10. Trucks Flat Bed
11. Low Bed Transporter
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
Pneumatic Tools
0- 2 hole
2-8 hole
8-12 hole
12-16 hole
16- 14 hole
8-24 hole
Drifter
Drill
Mounted)
Air
Quantity in
cfm
30-50
55-75
80-100
90-110
150-175
(wagon 150-275
Pressure
in psi
105
Functions
Different pneumatic tools have been shown in the attached sheets. The functions of these
tools can be understood from the above table.
6. Asphalt Pavers:
The Paver receives hot bituminous mix and places it to the desired thickness and cross
section. The standard paving width is 10 feet. This can be reduced by cutoff shoes to a
minimum width of 8 feet, or extended to a maximum width of 12 feet. It is capable of
paving 0.25 to 6 inches at the travel speed of 12 feet to 64 feet per minute.
Concrete Equipment
1. Aggregate Batching Plant
The aggregate Batching plant is designed to proportion, rapidly and accurately, the sand,
gravel, cement and water used in a concrete mix. This equipment is used to have mass
production of mix hence it is used in massive concrete casting like bridge construction or
concrete road paving.
2. Concrete Mixers
This is a portable unit used for small casting works. This machine comes with various
capacities ranging from 5 cft to 25 cft.
3. Loader/ Shovel
This equipment is mainly used for material handling. The following works can be done
with this machine
- Lowering materials to hopper
- To lift and haul around short distance.
- Light and medium excavation and dozing
- Land clearing
4. Excavator/ Backhoe
Excavators are other highly versatile machines in the sense; they can be equipped with
several different types of front-end operating attachments, which are easily
interchangeable. Excavators are generally available on three types of mountings. Crawler,
Truck, and self propelled Tyre Mountings. The common attachments available are
Shovel, Hoe, Dragline, and Clamshell- type Bucket.
5. Scrapers
Scrapers are primarily designed for self-loading, hauling and dumping during the
earthmoving phase of construction. This machine is used during the construction of roads
where massive earth excavation is to be done. Generally borrow pit material are
excavated with this machine. This machine is capable of excavation, loading, hauling,
dumping and compacting. Hence, it may be called a multi purpose machine.
6. Grader
Graders are multi purpose machines used for grading, shaping, bank sloping, and ditching
and for general construction and maintenance of roads. Grader can be employed for
leveling and crowning, mixing and spreading, ditching and bank-sloping and side-casting
material. It may also be used for light striping operations but it is not intended for heavy
excavation. Grade is also equipped with scarifier, which is used to break the hard
material.
Tips:
Avoid wet and muddy condition because the traction decreases to maximum extent.
Eliminate turns if it works less than1000feet. To do more passes in such situations
reversing the grader is more efficient.
Avoid unnecessary passes if it is possible
Proper tire inflation is very important to gain more efficiency
Proper working speed.- operation should be performed as fast as possible
7. Hauling Equipment:
Mainly there are two types of hauling equipment used in the DOR. Tipping Trucks and
Mini Dumpers.
Compaction Equipment
The amount of compaction, which can be obtained, is influenced by the following factors.
1. The moisture content of the soil
2. The nature of the soil (Grain size distribution and physical properties)
3. The type and amount of tractive effort
4. Thickness of lift
5. Climatic conditions
6. Type of equipment
Among above factors the last factor is related to the equipment.
Compacting effort refers to the method employed by equipment to impart energy into the
soil to achieve required compactions. The equipment are designed to use one or a
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combination the following types of compactive efforts to the soil to achieve ultimate
result of compaction.
a. Static Weight (or Pressure)
b. Crushing
c. Kneading Action
d. Impact (or Sharp Blow)
e. Vibration (or Shaking)
Types of Compactors
Compactors can be grouped in the following types: 1. Sheep foot
2. Grid or Mesh
3. Vibratory
4. Smooth steel drum
5. Multi tyred pneumatic
6. Heavy pneumatic
7. Vibratory tamping
8. High speed tamping foot
9. Towed tamping foot
SELECTION OF COMPACTOR
Compactive Effort
100% Sand
Silt
Rock
Sheepsfoot
Vibratory
Static Weight, Vibration
Smooth Steel Drum
Multi Tyred Pneumatic
Heavy Pneumatic
Static Wt, Kneading
Vibratory Tamping Foot
Static Wt, Impact, Vibration
Towed Tamping Foot
1. Sheepfoot Roller:
A sheepfoot roller is intended to shear and knead the soil to gain the required compacted
mass. Since the contact area is relatively small, many passes are necessary to obtain
maximum bearing pressure over given area. This type of roller is most effective on
cohesive soil and it is not recommended for granular or non-cohesive soils. This type of
roller is generally used for 10 to 12 inches of lift thickness.
Tip: The roller becomes lighter as the density of the soil increases.
2. Grid roller:
The roll surface is made of cast steel with grid or mesh. They are particularly effective on
granular soils to compact 6 to 8 inches to up to 18 inches on rock fills. It is an excellent
compaction machine for rock fills as it crushes the rocks with the help of mesh and
crushed particles fill the voids as it moves forward.
3. Vibratory:
Rotating eccentric shaft of the roll or wheel provides vibratory action. At the point of
resonance, the vibration of the soil is added to the compactor amplitude. At this point of
frequency, the amplitude is maximum. This frequency is approximately equal to the
natural frequency of the vibrator and the soil at contact area. Therefore the, compactor
operating frequency should be maintained at resonance or above for maximum
performance. The effect of vibration on clay is less than on sand. Dynamic force created
by a vibrators mechanism can be calculated from the following calculation;
F = 0 . 000341 WRN
5. Pneumatic Roller:
These rollers are used to compact mainly bituminous road construction. They provide
more uniform compaction effect than steel roller, as there is no bridging effect due to
smaller tyre width. It has horizontal compaction forces in addition to the normal vertical
compaction force. These horizontal compaction forces work not only in the direction of
travel, but also across the machine. These various compaction forces thus are able to
move materials in all directions. The effect of these forces supplemented by the elasticity
of the rubber tyres provides a Kneading effect and results in superior compaction. The
contact area can be increased or decreased by variation of tyre air pressure to have
different compaction pressure on the material.