Hot-Mix Asphalt Plant

There is where Asphalt cement and aggregate are combined

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Drum (Continuous) Plant

Primary ✓
Collector

Control Room

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Batch Plant

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 Aggregate Storage

HMA is mixture of Aggregate

and asphalt binder

Aggregate are stored in

stockpiles or silos

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 Cold Feed Bins
Aggregates go from Stockpile to
cold feed bin in a front-end loader.

Cold feed bins meter the different

aggregates in the mix to the drum.

The amount controlled by a gate in

the bin and conveyor belt speed.

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 Aggregate Conveyor
A conveyor transfers the
aggregate to the dryer where
it is dried and heated.

A weigh scale weighs the

aggregate before the dryer so
the amount of asphalt cement
can be accurately added.

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 Dryers

Aggregates dried and heated in the dryer drum - tumbled through hot
air. The hot air comes from dryer a burner in the end of the drum.

Parallel Flow Counter Flow

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 Emission Control

Hot air passing through the

plant picks up some particles.

. Removed by the emissions

control system before air
goes into the atmosphere.

Most of the dust is collected

and returned to the mix.

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 Batch Tower
(only in Batch Plant)

Dried hot aggregate

goes from the dryer to
the batch tower.

Separated by size and

stored in hot bins.

Weighed into the

hopper.

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 Batch Tower
After weighing aggregate
dropped into pugmill where
it is mixed with the asphalt.

Asphalt added by a weigh

bucket or a pump and meter
system.

Mix is deposited in a truck or

in a storage silo

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Manufacturing Modified Asphalt in Plant

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Single Pass PMB (Plant)

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Multi Pass PMB (Plant)

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 Drum Plant

• Mix is made continuously.

• Asphalt added after the aggregate has been dried and heated.

• Mix is moved to a storage silo where it is loaded into trucks.

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 Storage Silos
Store the mix until it is
ready to be transported and
placed.

They are insulated and may be

heated to prevent heat loss. A mix
may be stored in a silo for days.

Mix discharged from the silo into

trucks for transport to the paving
site.

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 Control Room
HMA plants control production
with computers and automation.

If necessary plants may still be

operated manually.

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 Hot-Mix Asphalt Plants

✓ Batch and drum mix plants are capable of producing quality HMA for
highways, airports, parking lots, bike trails, and other structures.

✓ The type of plant used by a contractor is a business decision

dependent on cost and market.

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