Abstract: Hot-mix asphaltic concrete is fed from a supply hopper, located off-center above one end of a coolant tank containing a coolant bath, on to a rotating vaned projecting drum. Sheets of asphaltic concrete, the thickness of which are controlled by the clearance between the shearing edge of the supply hopper and the vaned projecting drum, are formed and projected above the coolant bath toward the opposite side of the coolant tank against a dispersing drum rotating in a direction opposite to that of the vaned projecting drum about an axis of rotation substantially parallel to that of the projecting drum. The sheets of asphaltic concrete are broken into particles and deflected through the coolant bath towards an endless conveyer. The particles, which are collected by the endless conveyer, are further cooled by the coolant bath as they are conveyed to the opposite end of the coolant tank and discharged.