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Lecture On Asphalt2

Hot mix asphalt plants come in different types - stationary, portable, batch, and continuous mix - and use different mixing methods like drum mixers. Their main purpose is to produce a quality asphalt mixture meeting specifications. Batch plants mix aggregate and asphalt in a tower, while drum mixer plants use a dryer mixer. Both require aggregate storage and feeding, dust control, mix storage, and weighing systems. Plants must control dust and properly store hot mix until use to ensure product quality.

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Lecture On Asphalt2

Hot mix asphalt plants come in different types - stationary, portable, batch, and continuous mix - and use different mixing methods like drum mixers. Their main purpose is to produce a quality asphalt mixture meeting specifications. Batch plants mix aggregate and asphalt in a tower, while drum mixer plants use a dryer mixer. Both require aggregate storage and feeding, dust control, mix storage, and weighing systems. Plants must control dust and properly store hot mix until use to ensure product quality.

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HMA PLANT

OPERATION
Types Of Plants
Stationary
Portable
Batch
Continuous Mix type
Drum Mixer

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Types Of Plants

BATCH DRUM MIXER


Basic Purpose Of HMA Plants

To produce a quality hot


asphalt mixture that
contains the desired
proportions of asphalt and
aggregate and meets all
specifications.

4 NCAT
Batch plant
typical layout
Asphalt Storage

Aggregate Conveyor Belt


Bins

Batch
Dryer Tower

Burner Hot Storage


Silo
elevator
Drum Mixer Plant
typical layout

Asphalt Storage
Aggregate Conveyor Belts
Bins

Dryer

Storage
Burner Silo
Common Plant Operations
Cold aggregate storage and feeding
Dust control and collection
Mix storage
Weighing and handling

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Common Plant Operations
Cold aggregate storage and feeding
Dust control and collection
Mix storage
Weighing and handling

8 NCAT
Aggregate Stockpile

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Stockpiling Operations

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Cold Feed
BINS

Conveyor
Belts

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Common Plant Operations
Cold aggregate storage and feeding
Dust control and collection
Mix storage
Weighing and handling

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Hma Mixing Plants Create
Dust

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Centrifugal Dust Collector

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Baghouse Dust Collector

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Common Plant Operations

Cold aggregate storage and feeding


Dust control and collection
Mix storage
Weighing and handling

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Storage Stucture Typical Layout
Surge Bin- can store hot mix up to 12 hrs
with no loss of heat or quality

Conveyor

HOT
Surge MIX
Bin PLANT

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SURGE
SILO

-Can store more than


12 hrs of HMA
-Capacity is as much as
350 tons
Common Plant Operations
Cold aggregate storage and feeding
Dust control and collection
Mix storage
Weighing and handling

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Plants are computer controlled

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TRUCK BEING
LOADED FROM
A DIRECTLY
FROM A BATCH
PLANT
Truck Being Loaded From A
Surge Silo
Truck Loading
from a
Surge
Bin

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BATCH PLANT
typical layout
Asphalt Storage

Aggregate Conveyor Belt


Bins

Batch
Dryer Tower

Burner Hot Storage


Silo
elevator
Batch Plant

Batch Tower

Pug Mill

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Burner - Batch Plant

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Schematic of
a batch plant

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Screen Deck

HOT BINS

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Pug Mill
- mixing chamber of aggregate and asphalt

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Drum Mixer Plant
typical layout

Asphalt Storage
Aggregate Conveyor Belts
Bins

Dryer

Storage
Burner Silo
Drum Dryer Mixer
Temperature Profile in Drum Mixer

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Dryer For Drum Dryer Mix
Plant
Dryer For A Drum Mixer Plant

Aggregate
Entry Point
Controls

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Small Drum Mixer Plant
Sometimes Things Go Wrong
Inspection of Mix
In charge
Paving inspector
Plant inspector

Mix Deficiencies
Too hot
Too cold
Too much asphalt
Too little asphalt
Non-uniform mixing

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Inspection of Mix
Mix Deficiencies
- excess coarse aggregates
- excess fine aggregate
- excess moisture
- miscellaneous
- segregation of aggregate

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