Abstract: The device includes in a rotary cylindrical drum (1) a zone for transfer and heating (11) where the inner surface of the drum (1) is fitted with sections of blades (17) wound in a spiral across the drum (1). These blades (17) arranged projecting with respect to the inner surface of the drum (1), by their edges remote from the drum support baffleplates (18) in a longitudinal direction. The drum (1) likewise exhibits an isolation and drying zone (12) where the inner surface of the drum (1) is fitted with lifter devices (20-21) having a high retention capacity for lifting materials (25) up to the upper portion of the drum (1) and the formation by falling back of these materials (25) of a continuous screen isolating the flame (5) of the burner (4) from the next zone of the drum (1).

Abstract: A device for the preparation of coated products, particularly, but not exclusively, for the construction and maintenance of highways, from aggregate, finely divided material and a binder, comprising a cylindrical drum having an inlet end and an outlet end and rotatably mounted on a platform so that the inlet end is higher than the outlet end, a mechanism for feeding aggregate and finely divided material to the inlet end of the drum, a burner projecting into the inlet end of the drum, and a fixed chamber at the outlet end of the drum for receiving coated products and for discharge of gases circulating in the drum.