Hot Mix Asphalt Production

Asphalt Plants

Batch
Plant

Drum
Plant

Continuous
Mix Plant

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Batch Plant

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Material Flow
(Taken from The Asphalt Institute Manual ES-1, Second Edition)

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Typical Batch Plant

(Taken from The Asphalt Institute Manual ES-1, Second Edition)

MajorBatchPlantComponents
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

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Cold Bins
Cold Feed Gate
Cold Elevator
Dryer
Dust Collector
Exhaust Stack
Hot Elevator

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

Screening Unit
Hot Bins
Weigh Box
Pugmill
Mineral Filler
Hot AC Storage
Weigh Bucket

Typical Cold Bins

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Typical Cold Bins

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Aggregate Dryer

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Dryer Cutaway

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Mixing Tower

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Mixing Tower Cutaway

(Taken from The Asphalt Institute Manual ES-1, Second Edition)

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Hot Feed Bins

(Taken from The Asphalt Institute Manual ES-1, Second Edition)

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Hot Feed Bins

(Taken from The Asphalt Institute Manual ES-1, Second Edition)

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Pugmill Mixer
(Taken from The Asphalt Institute Manual ES-1, Second Edition)

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Typical Mixing Cycle

1.

3.

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Aggregateandasphalt
cementaremixed

Aggregate enters
pugmill fromweighbox

4.

2.

Asphaltcemententers
pugmill fromspraybar

Finishedmixdischarged
throughpugmill gate

5.

Pugmill gateclosesto
receivethenextbatch

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Continuous Weighing
(Taken from The Asphalt Institute Manual ES-1, Second Edition)

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Continuous Pugmill
(Taken from The Asphalt Institute Manual ES-1, Second Edition)

Material Flow

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Drum Plant

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Parallel-Flow Drum Plant

(Taken from The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Hot Mix Paving Handbook)

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Counter-Flow Drum Plant

(Taken from The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Hot Mix Paving Handbook)

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Double-Drum Plant
(Taken from The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Hot Mix Paving Handbook)

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Double-Drum Plant
(Taken from The ASTEC Double-Barrel Brochure)

Burner

Combustion
Zone Flights
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Showering
Flights

Conditioning
Flights
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Double-Drum Plant
(Taken from The ASTEC Double-Barrel Brochure)

RAP Enters
Here
Burner

AC Enters
Here
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Final Product
Exits Here
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Portable Drum Plant

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Modern Fixed Drum Plant

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Hot Mix Asphalt Paving

Asphalt Paver

Hopper

Screed

SideArm
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Asphalt Paver
Hopper
Screed

SideArm
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Paving Machine

Source: PTC Pavement Guide Interactive

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Paving Machine

Source: PTC Pavement Guide Interactive

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Paving Train

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Paving Train

Source: Pavement Guide Interactive

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Paving Train

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Shuttle Buggy

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