Asphalt recycling plant equipment

Asphalt recycling plant equipment covers a wide range of machinery, from recycling equipment added onto a large fixed asphalt production plant, to small mobile pieces of equipment for specific asphalting operations that use recycled aggregates, such as in situ foamed bitumen recycling of road planings.

The asphalt recycling plant equipment used at large asphalt plants (which may also be producing asphalt from primary materials) tends to be focused on treating the feedstock to ensure it is acceptable for adding into the asphalt production. This could be equipment such as crushers and screens, suitably modified to accommodate an asphalt feedstock.

The process-specific small mobile pieces of equipment are normally focused on supporting a single operation, such as hot, cold or foamed bitumen recycling. This equipment is normally transported between sites on a low loader and could be mounted on tracks for movement around site. It could have components such as hoppers for receiving feedstock (asphalt planings and binders), mixing tanks and equipment for laying the product.

Asphalt Recycling Plant

Asphalt recycling plant covers a wide range of equipment from feed systems added onto a large fixed asphalt production plant to small mobile pieces of equipment for reheating asphalt arisings for re-use. This term may also relate to both in-situ and ex-situ cold process recycling plants utilising foamed bitumen and road planings.

There are four main ways of handling/recycling recuperated asphalt:

1. Reclaimed materials are thrown away at a waste disposal site, which results in a loss of aggregates and bitumen.
2. Reclaimed materials are crushed and reused as gravel substitute, which results in a loss of bitumen.
3. Reclaimed material can be recycled on site. This requires special machinery, can be problematic in practice and is only useful in restricted circumstances.
4. Reclaimed materials can be crushed and reused in asphalt plants. This solution has gained worldwide acceptance and is the most common technique. The quality of mixes has been proven to be as good as totally new mixes and they are capable of meeting the same standards.

The process of recycling in asphalt plants is well established and several alternatives are available, depending on the desired amount of recycled material in the mix. SBM Machinery, who offer a comprehensive range of recycling equipment, from new plants to retrofit solutions, and have more than 800 recycling installations in operation around the world.

About SBM Machinery:

SBM Machinery is the pioneer in the construction of mobile recycling plants with more than 1 decades of experience. Mineral materials such as masonry, removed steel reinforced concrete and broken out road materials made from asphalt or concrete are added processed using suitable process technology to form high-quality recycled construction materials and are then reused. This saves increasingly scarce construction material resources greatly.

SBM Machinery is a leading dealer of CRUSHING, SCREENING and RECYCLING EQUIPMENT to the commercial and industrial construction, demolition and recycling markets. Products include Jaw Crushers, Cone Crushers and Impact Crushers, Material Processing Screens, Trommel Screens, High Speed Grinders, Slow Speed Shredders, Compost Turning Equipment, Feeders, Rip Rap, Green Waste Sorting, Municipal Waste and Foundry Equipment. Services include new and used equipment sales, rentals, financing, service and repairs, and storage.

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