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Athey Force Feed Loader.
PS...anybody got a good Athey 712 for sale? Must have the swivel conveyor set up...less than 2000 hours Mike Egan 570 424 1321 -
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Athey Force Feed Loader.
All Roadtec Shuttle Buggies have a mixing auger set up inside the Shuttlebuggy transfer hopper...since the days of the first units built by Barber Greene (subsequently acquired by astec/roadtec circa 1988). The spec for a re-mixing auger in the paver hopper was for the MTV units from Blaw Knox... -
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Athey Force Feed Loader.
Shurrlebuggy There is no way to re-heat the existing already hot asphalt (approx. 300 deg.). It may be that later units used heatstrips under the floor of the drag slat to warm it up, but that would only be to prevent material from sticking to the cold floor of the drag, but I am not sure... -
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Volvo / IR - MT2000
The problem with all ultrasonic sensing systems is that the return signals from the ultrasonic sensors (transducers) must be carefully modified to accomodate changes in media density. ie the air through which it passes. As such adjusting bales with thermo resistors must be added to accomodate... -
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Lets see your Teeth
Forgot to mention improper angles of attack as a major cause of premature tooth wear. This is more true on welded drums than on "quick change" holder systems. Milling teeth in asphalt are typically most efficient at around 45 degrees, and skewed 7 - 8 degrees to the center of the drum... -
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Lets see your Teeth
tooth wear There are a lot of things that effect tooth wear...carbide composition (cobalt content), material abrasiveness, material average particle size, drum design (perhaps the biggest influence), water distribution, load in the drum (depth and speed). Unknown to many users, most...