The moniker aptly describes the machine: combination roller. Take a double drum vibratory compactor, swap out the rear drum for an axle carrying four tires, and a manufacturer can field a machine that ...

A good paving job will have a smooth, dense appearance that looks flat and tight, without any gaps between the aggregates at the surface. Yet, that appearance doesn't just happen. There are a lot of ...

When it comes to compaction — whether it’s soil or asphalt — many contractors rely on past experience with similar materials to set amplitude and frequency, the number of passes and roller speed. Yet, ...

In addition to avoiding the damaging effects of over-compaction, Bomag's intelligent compaction systems prevent the operator from wasting time in areas no longer needing attention. Thanks to ...

It’s been a rocky road for an unusual asphalt compactor design that once showed clear signs of outperforming traditional compactors. The Ministry of Transportation Ontario had been very keen on the ...

Proper asphalt compaction is the key to ensuring the life of roads, and finding new ways to measure that compaction is seen as the key to improving infrastructure construction. To extend the life of ...

Pairing Trimble Roadworks with GSSI delivers pass-by-pass compaction data that helps crews monitor asphalt density as work happens and standardize results across a paving train. Trimble Roadworks is a ...