Pave with New Parts, Asphalt Equipment

With this being the innovations edition of AsphaltPro magazine, it’s only fitting that we focus on new-to-you equipment in the product gallery. Advances in technology and electronics crop up all year long, but will take center stage in most original equipment manufacturers’ (OEM) booths at CONEXPO/CON-AGG this March 10-14 in Las Vegas. If you’re one of the team members who has to stay home and hold down the fort, you can at least see a preview of some nifty paving and pavement maintenance innovations by checking out this month’s product gallery on the next few pages. Also, turn to the show preview on page 46 for a quick look at asphalt-specific exhibitors who are also partners with AsphaltPro. W

ALLEN Allen Engineering, Paragould, Arkansas, has introduced its all-new 2020 AW16E fully electric wheel buggy with travel speeds of up to 6 miles per hour and a payload of 2,500 pounds. Its standard features include a rechargeable 48-volt lithium battery, a bucket capacity of 16 cubic feet with 90-degree dump angle and easy access to charging with standard three-prong industrial power cord.

For more information, visit your local Allen Engineering dealer.

AMMANN While most AsphaltPro readers will recognize the Ammann Group for its innovative asphalt plant products, including the new continuous high-recycling plant—the Ammann ACP ContiHRT—that will be on display in the company’s booth 5254 in the silver lots one and two, you may not know that the OEM also makes a line of soil and asphalt compactors, and light compaction equipment, which will also be on display. The OEM offers intelligent assistance systems for more efficient compaction.

Ammann Compaction Expert (ACE) intelligent compaction technology is offered on selected light equipment machines. ACE uses intuitive LED signals to keep the operator abreast of compaction progress. Operators also can evaluate when compaction goals have been met, helping reduce unnecessary passes. ACE also helps prevent overcompaction. ACE is available on larger vibratory APH and APR plates, APA Add-On Compactors and ARR Trench Rollers. For more information, visit www.ammann.com.

BOMAG The team from Bomag Americas, Ridgeway, South Carolina, has launched its second generation compact cold planers and will have them on display in booth 30316 in the central hall. Available in three- and four-wheel designs, the new BOMAG BM 500/15-2 and BM 600/15-2 compact mills feature a reengineered vibration-isolation operator’s station to improve operator efficiency and productivity. A new suspension seat with optional heating boasts a 45-degree slewing angle for visibility to the left cutting edge and front/ rear of the machine. The main control console is fully adjustable to fit individual operator preferences and simplified control grouping improves machine operating efficiency.

Machine leveling sensors are now integrated into the side plate cylinders of the new mills. A new 7-inch, full graphic color display offers intuitive operation and leveling control for efficient mill setup. The conveyor joystick control has been repositioned for easier access, and it integrates both lifting and lowering functions for faster operation.

Advancements to hydraulic system efficiency boost transport speed to 3.7 mph for three-wheel and 6.2 mph for four-wheel configurations. Maximum milling speed for four-wheel configurations

Ammann will present its Lightweight Champions in the silver lot, offering Ammann Compaction Expert (ACE) on selected light equipment machines.

The new BOMAG BM 500/15-2 offers a maximum milling width of 19.7 inches. Check it out in BOMAG’s booth C30316.

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is increased by more than 25 percent for both models to improve machine productivity.

The BOMAG BM 500/15-2 offers a maximum milling width of 19.7 inches and the BM 600/15-2 a maximum width of 23.6 inches. Four extra cutting tools positioned at the left- and right-edge rings, plus optimal arrangement of the tools across the drum, is designed to deliver uniform, low-vibration milling and smooth milled edges. A range of standard, fine, power and trenching drum designs are available in widths from 3.15 to 23.6 inches with all featuring standard quick-exchange designs.

The machines’ new, super-light conveyor design features an increased, 30-degree swiveling angle in both directions for efficient truck loading. The 15.7-inch-wide conveyor offers a discharge rate of up to 111.2 cubic yards per hour and hydraulically folds for transport.

A 140.8-hp diesel engine meets Tier 4 Final (Stage V) emissions standards. Each model features improved front-to-rear weight balance, enhancing traction. Both machines offer a minimum milling radius of 9.6 inches. The machines’ new triple-setting water pump system—sprinkling, high-flow and refill/suction—is designed to allow the operator to adjust water flow as needed to extend intervals between refills.

For more information, visit https://www.bomag.com/us-en/.

CASE CASE Construction Equipment, Racine, Wisconsin, is launching a new Tier 4 Final PT240D pneumatic tire roller for the asphalt industry. With an operating weight of 21,380 pounds, a 100-horsepower Deutz engine and a compaction width of 78.2 inches, it’s built for sub-base and asphalt compaction on large-scale projects. The tire configuration is four in front, four in back with 2-inch tire overlap. It’s designed to handle up to 31,530 pounds of ballast—including steel, sand and water—to meet compaction requirements. The polyethylene water tank supplies a pressurized water feed system and holds up to 103 gallons.

The PT240D also features an iso-static front axle, allowing each of the front tires to oscillate. It also features a standard automatic central tire inflation system to ensure consistent pressure to all eight tires.

The PT240D achieves Tier 4 Final compliance with a fuel-efficient and maintenance-free combination diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) aftertreatment system. All fluid ports, drains and service checkpoints are grouped for simplified maintenance.

See this machine on display alongside the next generation of CASE loaders (CTLs)—consisting of five CTLs and eight skid steers—at CONEXPO.

For more information, visit your CASE dealer.

CATERPILLAR Among the new iron Caterpillar will have on display at the festival grounds at CONEXPO, don’t forget the company’s service and solutions for asphalt paving. For example, the CAT® app for IOS and Android devices, released at the end of 2019, is designed to curb downtime and boost your bottom line with fleet management.

It makes equipment easier to track, giving you access to real-time data. According to the manufacturer, the app allows you to: • Track hours, location, fuel and utilization; • Monitor machine health; • Stay on top f maintenance; • Order parts and request service; and • Activate Product Link™ devices. For more information, download the app from the Apple or Google Play store.

HAMM At the almost 30,000-square-foot outdoor space in booth S-5419, the Wirtgen Group will include a new compactor with padfoot drum from HAMM that offers a drum width of 84.3 inches and a weight of 46,096 pounds.

The H 20i C P offers three-point articulation for optimum steering, driving safety and driving comfort. It also features HAMM’s Easy Drive, which comprises a range of features to improve ergonomic, safety-related and service-related characteristics. It’s designed to reduce complexity and enable operators to react quickly and correctly. The compactor also includes Hammtronic, which is an electronic machine management system that monitors and controls all key machine functions, with the goal of increasing safety and economy while reducing fuel use. For example, Hammtronic can automatically adjust the diesel engine speed to meet the power requirements of the individual drives. It controls startup and braking, and distributes the drive torques across the drum axis and back wheels in line with current operating data. It also controls the hydrostatic vibration drive and various steering program for the DV+ series.

For more information, visit www.wirtgen-group.com or https://www. wirtgen-group.com/en-us/conexpo.

The HAMM H 20i C P padfoot compactor is one of 30 products that will be displayed in the silver lot in Vegas. It’s one of the new offerings from the Wirtgen Group for North America.

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HAMMERHEAD For the mechanic—or operators functioning as proxy mechanics— on your crew, the team at Hammerhead Industries, Ventura, California, has released six new ANSI 121-compliant Gear Keeper® retractable tethers to increase convenience and keep tools out of the way but always accessible.

Current compliance challenges often require that all tools must be tethered when working at heights. Of course this would also include smaller tools such as screwdrivers, pliers, radios, smart phones and tablets. To avoid the obvious dangers of technicians being “over-tethered,” with numerous dangling cables hanging from tool belts, Gear Keeper’s vest-mounted tethering products offer a solution.

The new ANSI 121-compliant vest-mounted retractable tethers are designed to combine convenience and productivity with safe tool tethering. This low-profile Gear Keeper family of six retractable tethers is less obtrusive and cumbersome than using bulky coils and cables. Mounted in a vest pocket, the retractable cables keep valuable small gear safe and out of the way but always available for use.

All of the new vest-mounted retractable tethers are attached by sturdy threaded mounts, which can be installed in vests, coveralls and any other clothing that has structure (not mesh). Included in the new vest-mounted family of retractable tethers are the RT5- 5420 retractable smart phone tether, RT4-5622 retractable tape measure or hand tools tether, and more.

MILWAUKEE It’s not new iron, but the news from Milwaukee Tool is about its production of smaller tools of the trade and positive growth.

Milwaukee Tool is expanding its footprint in the United States with the announcement of a new vertically integrated manufacturing plant in West Bend, Wisconsin. Located 20 minutes from Milwaukee Tool’s global headquarters, the facility will manufacture new-to-market hand tools. “With a focus on core users in the electrical, plumbing and mechanical trades, our strategy for hand tools

from the beginning has been to disrupt the market with superior performance, quality and user-driven feature sets,” said Tim Albrecht, president of hand tools for Milwaukee Tool.

With an initial expected investment of almost $26 million, Milwaukee Tool will break ground in April 2020 on the new manufacturing plant, and expects mass production to begin in early 2021.

“We will continue to invest, we will continue to grow, and we will continue to change the game,” said Steve Richman, group president of Milwaukee Tool. “In 2020 alone, we will invest over $100 million, and create 350 jobs in the United States to diversify our operations and better serve the professional trades.”

Milwaukee Tool currently has manufacturing and distribution operations around the nation in Greenwood, Olive Branch, and Jackson, Mississippi, as well as in Mukwonago and Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Along with the new hand tool manufacturing plant in West Bend, plans in progress to expand in 2020 include: operations in Cookeville, Tennessee, for power tool manufacturing and assembly; in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, for accessories manufacturing; and in Olive Branch, Mississippi, for a new 766,000 square foot distribution facility.

While U.S. manufacturing and distribution are an integral part of Milwaukee Tool’s global footprint, the disruptive innovation for the trades all start at the global headquarters in Brookfield, Wisconsin. The company has grown from 190,000 square feet and 300 jobs in Brookfield in 2011, to 390,000 square feet and over 1,400 jobs in 2019. With an additional 329,500 square feet of space slated to open in 2020, and a recent announcement of 65 acres of land purchased in Menomonee Falls, Milwaukee Tool is positioned to stay in the heart of Wisconsin long term.

ROADTEC Of the two new mills Roadtec Inc., Chattanooga, will have on display at CONEXPO, the RX-700 has some changes to make note of, according to Director of Sales Eric Baker. For example, the machine has a full lane option now. Stop by booth C30336 to check that out.

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Because this is the paving-centric product gallery, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention the new controls Roadtec offers on all of its pavers now. Baker said the new controls are making it easier for the operators to run the machines, of course, but also are making it easier for training new op erators to get quality results. See some other surprises in the booth that we’ll cover in future issues.

For more information, visit www.roadtec.com and booth C30336 at CON EXPO.

VOLVO Volvo Construction Equipment will debut two new asphalt paver models for its North American line-up at the festival grounds in Vegas—the P5110B tracked and P5170B wheeled eight-foot pavers. They are built for heavy commercial and light highway tasks.

“The P5110B and P5170B give contractors a new heavy eight-foot size class option, meeting demand for mid-size pavers that fall between our existing P4410B and 7000B series models,” said Bill Laing, product man ager, road products at Volvo CE. “We also integrated adaptive Volvo engine speed technology into the 5000 series to give high productivity at a very low 1200 rpm. This results in lower operating costs day in, day out.” The 5000B series is powered by the latest Volvo D6 Tier 4 Final engine. The P5110B and P5170B pavers are fitted with a large capacity hopper to ensure continuous paving, while rolled wings help prevent material build-up and cut cleaning time. Once loaded, four sonic sensors regulate the flow and delivery of material. The P5170B also has the option of front wheel assist for added traction and grade-ability.

Both models come with an UltiMat160 screed, which features exten sions that can adjust paving width hydraulically from eight feet up to 16 feet. The screed’s front-mounted extension supports head-of-material control in the auger channel. The screed’s optional bolt-on extensions provide paving up to 18 feet wide.

These models also have ground-level access to common service ar eas, filters, hydraulic test ports and fuel/DEF tanks. Greaseless bearings in the auger and conveyor and wear parts in the hopper that are easy to access and replace also make servicing these machines easy, according

to the manufacturer. Both are backed by the Volvo Lifetime Frame and Structure Warranty, which covers the tractor frame on both machines and the track frame on the P5110B for the entirety of the initial period of ownership. They also come with one year ofActiveCare Direct®,Volvo’s advanced telematics service that provides 24/7/365 active machine mon itoring and fleet utilization reporting.

Volvo also announced it’s bringing back its popular Million Ton Guar antee, a North American after-purchase program that gives customers of Volvo 7000 Series asphalt pavers manufacturer support for the re placement of auger and conveyor system wear parts over a five-year period. There’s more information on the AsphaltPro.com site about that. For more information, visit your local Volvo CE dealer.

WIRTGEN Wirtgen America will have more than 30 products on display in almost 30,000 square feet of outdoor space in booth 5419 in the silver lots one and two, including the new HAMM H 20i C P mentioned above, the new Kleemann Mobicat MC 120 Z, and the new W 220 Fi and W 250 Fi large milling machines. For our paving focus this month, let’s look at the mills serving a wide range of applications at a maximum milling depth of 14 inches.

Various drive concepts are available. For example, the W 220 Fi is equipped with a two-speed dual shift powershift transmission, while the W 250 Fi has an actual dual power dual engine drive. The W 220 Fi has an engine power of 801 horsepower (HP). The W 250 Fi has an engine pow er of 1,010 HP.

Both feature mill assist as standard. In the automatic mode, the mill assist standard assistance system is designed to improve milling per formance while reducing diesel, water, and pick consumption, and CO2 emissions. Mill assist also automatically controls the two-speed dual shift powershift transmission. Together with the diesel engine, the intel ligent control of the two-speed powershift transmission extends both the upper and lower range of possible milling drum speeds.

For more information, visit www.wirtgen-group.com or https://www. wirtgen-group.com/en-us/conexpo.

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