There are three significant factors that influence the ability of a paving train to achieve specified or target density air void content on any paving project. The first is mix design, especially with ...

Temperature of the asphalt mat, the pattern of the rollers, mat density and other factors all have an impact on the success (or failure) of your asphalt compaction. The level of compaction directly ...

Compacting asphalt pavement sufficiently is crucial to extending the life of roadways. Intelligent compaction technologies offer methods of evaluating the state of pavement compaction in real time, ...

How often have you run over a nasty pothole or gotten a headache from driving on the bumpy pavement? No matter where you live, everyone claims to have the worst roads — and everyone’s rights to a ...

Vibratory soil compactors are usually the least conspicuous machines on road-building projects. Either they're long gone before the more glamorous paving train arrives, or they're working so far ahead ...

Among the top roadbuilding equipment picks for 2025 are machines from Caterpillar, Hamm, John Deere, BOMAG and more.

The new joystick control in Hamm’s pavement compactor has 15 plastic components, some very complex. Time-to-market was short, and the run was only 5000 pieces. No problem. A mean set of wheels. The ...