Abstract: A system and process for mixing and distributing building materials. This system and process can also include a way or a means for calibrating the mixing of these materials. This system and process can also include a system for tracking the materials that flow through the system, and for controlling the type of material used in the system.

Abstract: Dust produced by handling proppant during fracking or other mechanical operations can be a health and/or safety hazard. The dust can be eliminated or at least mitigated using a method of conducting a hydraulic fracturing or other mechanical operation on an oil or gas well including treating a proppant that has been transported to an end use site at a level sufficient to prevent the formation of dust during handling of the proppant.

Abstract: A combination of components is provided for use in making asphalt concrete from a plurality of aggregate material streams. The combination includes an indirect dryer for heating aggregate material from a first material stream without directly exposing said first stream material to hot gases of combustion. The combination also includes a mixer for mixing aggregate material from the first material stream, aggregate material that has not been heated in the indirect dryer from a second material stream, and a binder component to produce asphalt concrete.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hot asphalt recycling system for adding any used and then ripped asphalt from its original place into new asphalt production, having a heat-insulated frame with a closed volume; at least one RAP material transmission channel within frame, transmission channel being embodied so as to produce a geometrical shape with at least three edges; a transmission line displacing within the RAP material transmission channel and comprising a plurality of transmission plates positioned thereon at certain intervals; optionally a feeding mechanism feeding RAP material to transmission line at a certain speed; an accumulation reservoir formed within frame to store the RAP material heated to a certain temperature without causing any temperature fall; optionally a discharge mechanism providing the transfer of accumulated hot RAP material; and optionally a discharge unit to discharge the RAP material within the transmission line to the exterior when it becomes necessary.

Abstract: This invention encompasses rubber modified asphalt cement compositions, as well as systems, apparatuses, methods for preparing, as well as methods for using rubber-modified asphalt cement compositions.

Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a hot mix including aggregate and bitumen includes a cylindrical vessel incorporating a mixing chamber having a rotating paddle assembly mixing aggregate and bitumen. A heating chamber is below the mixing chamber, separated by a dome shaped separating element, the center of which is above its periphery. The heating chamber's lower part has a diameter less than that of its upper part. A blower forces air into the lower part through a horizontal passage with a burner heating the air. The axis of the passage is offset from the vertical axis of the heating chamber. The heated air spirals upwardly and outwardly through the lower and upper parts of the heating chamber, traversing the separating element before exiting through apertures about the periphery of the separating element. The mix is heated by the heat transferred from the air as it passes over the separating element.

Abstract: A warm mix asphalt plant comprising a counter-flow drum, apparatus for precisely metering flows of A/C and water, an asphalt expander with no moving internal parts where a circular curtain of flowing clean water is mixed with a coaxial circular curtain of moving heated A/C to create asphalt foam which is heated and mixed inside a lower portion of the asphalt expander and then distributed to cover aggregate inside the counter-flow drum.

Abstract: An HMA plant which uses incidental heating of metal surfaces in combination with hot exhaust gases to pre-heat and pre-dry virgin aggregate material contained in an enclosed container which permits hot dry air to pass through interstices in the virgin aggregate material stored in the container.

Abstract: An asphalt plant adapted to use RAP to produce asphalt. The preferred asphalt plant comprises a bin that is adapted to store the RAP, a heat source that is adapted to supply heat, a dryer that is adapted to dry the RAP, a mixer that is adapted the mix the RAP and a means for conveying the RAP from the bin to the dryer. The preferred asphalt plant uses substantially only the RAP to produce asphalt. A method for producing asphalt from RAP comprising providing an asphalt plant adapted to use the RAP to produce asphalt. The preferred method further comprises conveying the RAP from the bin to the dryer, drying the RAP, and mixing the RAP.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for adding wet ash to cement which make it possible to fed wet ash to a cement mill without generating cost for drying the wet ash and new setting space at the neighboring area of the entrance portion of the cement mill. The apparatus comprises a dewaterer for dewatering wet ash, a mixer 7 for mixing the wet ash with one of materials that are mixed with clinker and ground together, and a feeder 11 for feeding the mixture to a cement mill 14. After dewatered, the wet ash with predetermined quantity is mixed with the one of the materials that are mixed with clinker and ground together and fed to the mill. The water content of the wet ash after dewatered is adjusted to 20 mass percent or below, preferably to 15 mass percent or below. A centrifugal separator can be used as the dewaterer, and a pug mill may be used as the mixer. Modified ash (fly ash slurry) from fly ash decarbonization facilities can effectively be used as the wet ash by feeding it to the cement mill.

Abstract: This invention encompasses rubber modified asphalt cement compositions, as well as systems, apparatuses, methods for preparing, as well as methods for using rubber-modified asphalt cement compositions.

Abstract: A warm mix asphalt plant comprising a counter-flow drum, apparatus for precisely metering flows of A/C and water, an asphalt expander with no moving internal parts where a circular curtain of flowing clean water is mixed with a coaxial circular curtain of moving heated A/C to create asphalt foam which is heated and mixed inside a lower portion of the asphalt expander and then distributed to cover aggregate inside the counter-flow drum.

Abstract: A method of operating a paving system includes establishing a plan for paving a work area which is based on a positional temperature model. The method further includes receiving temperature data for paving material and comparing the temperature data with data predicted by the positional temperature model. Operation of the paving system is adjusted where actual data differs from model predicted data. A paving system and control system are provided having an electronic control unit configured to compare electronic temperature data with a positional temperature model for paving material. The electronic control unit can control machines of the paving system based on comparing actual data with model predicted data, and can further update either or both of a plan for paving a work area and the positional temperature model itself based on differences between actual data and model predicted data.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sintered body is provided. A molding powder, a gel-forming material powder and a solvent are mixed at a temperature not higher than a dissolving point of the gel-forming material. A treatment of pulverizing agglomerates containing the molding powder, gel-forming material powder and solvent absorbed in the gel-forming material powder is carried out. The mixture is then heated to a temperature not lower than the dissolving point thereby forming a sol. The sol is then cooled to a temperature not higher than the gel point, thereby forming a molding material. The molding material is used for producing a sintering body.

Abstract: A system for producing asphalt from RAP including a conveyor belt, a source of fuel, at least one infrared chamber, at least one rotary mixer, and an asphalt producing module, preferably a drum heater. The system includes measures for carefully controlling the heat of the reclaimed asphalt pavement as it is dried, including controls for adjusting the distance between the infrared chambers and the conveyor belt, controls for turning each individual infrared chamber on and off, and controls for adjusting the rate of the conveyor belt and the rotary mixers.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for adding a liquid in a mixing process. The apparatus in the described embodiments includes a liquid inlet, a continuous flow heater, a holding tank, a support structure, and a metering device. The continuous flow heater is coupled to the liquid inlet. The holding tank is adapted to be coupled to the continuous flow heater and to receive heated liquid from the continuous flow heater. The support structure is configured to support the holding tank at a height greater than approximately four feet above a ground level. The metering device is coupled to the holding tank and has an indicator for identifying an amount of liquid dispensed from the holding tank.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for adding wet ash to cement which make it possible to fed wet ash to a cement mill without generating cost for drying the wet ash and new setting space at the neighboring area of the entrance portion of the cement mill. The apparatus comprises a dewaterer for dewatering wet ash, a mixer 7 for mixing the wet ash with one of materials that are mixed with clinker and ground together, and a feeder 11 for feeding the mixture to a cement mill 14. After dewatered, the wet ash with predetermined quantity is mixed with the one of the materials that are mixed with clinker and ground together and fed to the mill. The water content of the wet ash after dewatered is adjusted to 20 mass percent or below, preferably to 15 mass percent or below. A centrifugal separator can be used as the dewaterer, and a pug mill may be used as the mixer. Modified ash (fly ash slurry) from fly ash decarbonization facilities can effectively be used as the wet ash by feeding it to the cement mill.

Abstract: Production of diesel oil from hydrocarbon-containing residues in an oil circuit with solids separation and product distillation for the diesel product with energy input by means of pumps and counterrotating agitators and by the use of fully crystallized catalysts of potassium, sodium, calcium, and magnesium-aluminum silicates, where all surfaces are cleaned continuously by the agitator mechanisms.

Abstract: A system, kit and method for preheating aggregate supplied to a drying drum uses in the HMA manufacturing process. The system includes a conveyor belt, at least one infrared chamber disposed in substantially parallel relation to the conveyor belt at a distance sufficient to allow infrared heating of the aggregate material, a source of fuel, a fuel control in communication with the infrared chamber, and at least one mixer disposed between the infrared chamber and the conveyor belt and dimensioned and disposed relative to the conveyor belt so as to mix the aggregate material during pre-drying.

Abstract: An Advanced Maritime Emissions Control System (AMECS) includes several Exhaust Intake Bonnets (EIBs) of different size and/or shape, an Emissions Capture System (ECS), and an Advanced Maritime Emissions Control Unit (AMECU) mounted on an Unpowered Seagoing Barge (USB). The EIB includes a cage formed by downward curved ribs, a shroud which is lowerable to cover the ribs, a belt near a lower edge of the EIB for retaining and sealing the EIB to a stack, and a mechanism for tightening the lower edge of the EIB (and thus the belt) around the stack. The ECS lifts one of the several EIBs onto the stack of an Ocean Going Vessel (OGV). Exhaust from the stack is drawn through a large diameter duct to the AMECU. The AMECU processes the exhaust through multiple treatment stages. The stages include pre conditioning the exhaust, oxidizing, reducing, polishing, and precipitating.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bituminous coated aggregate mix, said method comprising at least the following steps: (a) course aggregate are dried by heating; (b) an intermediate mix is formed by coating the course aggregate with hot bitumen; and (c) wet sand is mixed with the intermediate mix obtained in step (b).

Abstract: A portable concrete plant for producing ready mix concrete proximate to a location where the ready mix concrete is used. The portable concrete plant includes storage regions for storing components used in the ready mix concrete. The portable concrete plant also includes a slurry mixer for preparing slurry that is used in the ready mix concrete. The portable concrete plant further includes conveying systems for conveying the components from the storage regions and from the slurry mixer to a system discharge port.

Abstract: An asphalt production plant includes an asphalt binder storage tank, a mixer for mixing asphalt binder and aggregate materials, an asphalt binder pumping system for conveying asphalt binder to the mixer and an asphalt binder metering system for controlling the rate of flow of asphalt binder to the mixer. The asphalt production plant also includes a cold feed proportioning system having a plurality of cold feed bins for holding aggregate materials, with each such bin having a discharge opening through which aggregate materials may be discharged, a cold feed conveyor system that extends from beneath the discharge openings for the plurality of bins for conveying aggregate materials to the mixer and an apparatus and system for adjusting the relative proportions of aggregate materials from each of the cold feed bins that are conveyed to the mixer.

Abstract: An automated apparatus for preparing material samples includes a rotatable drum support assembly, a drum rotatably contacting the drum support assembly, a fan, and a powered drive mechanism. The drum includes a hollow main section and first and second hollow end sections attached to the main section. The first hollow end section includes a first end wall tapering to a first outer aperture. The second hollow end section includes a second end wall tapering to a second outer aperture. The fan is mounted approximate to the first outer aperture for establishing forced air flow through the drum toward the second outer aperture. The drive mechanism rotatably communicates with the drum support assembly for rotating the drum. The apparatus is useful for preparing samples such as paving materials for test such as the determination of specific gravity and absorption.

Abstract: A system and method for reducing the emissions from a dust generation station, such as a metal cutting station, can be easily transported from location to location. The system uses a mobile carrier which supports a separator, such as a baghouse, as well as a telescopically adjustable duct. A hood, which is attached to the duct and serves to contain exhaust gases generated at the dust generating station, is capable of rotation about the hood pivot point. An exhaust fan serves to induce flow of the exhaust gas from the hood, through the duct and across the separator. A mobile, emission-free metal cutting system incorporates the system for reducing emissions as well as a mobile transport cutting machine.

Abstract: A hot mix asphalt batching plant has two separate air handling systems—one for the dryer and another for handling the fugitive dust. These two systems are separate, so that variations in operating conditions for the dryer do not affect the performance of the fugitive air handling system.

Abstract: A bag house is mounted on a portable trailer and has a tube sheet with depending filter bags in part defining a first plenum for receiving a gas stream with fines and a second plenum for receiving clean gas from the filter bags. The fines are collected in one or more hoppers below the filter bags. A screw conveyor in each hopper has reverse flighting adjacent opposite ends for conveying separated fines longitudinally along and from adjacent opposite ends toward a central location intermediate the length of the housing. An elevation conveyor having an inlet located in the central location conveys the collected separated fines out of the housing to an external outlet for discharge into a surge operator.

Abstract: A portable concrete plant for producing ready mix concrete proximate to a location where the ready mix concrete is used. The portable concrete plant includes storage regions for storing components used in the ready mix concrete. The portable concrete plant also includes a slurry mixer for preparing slurry that is used in the ready mix concrete. The portable concrete plant further includes conveying systems for conveying the components from the storage regions and from the slurry mixer to a system discharge port.

Abstract: A portable concrete plant for producing ready mix concrete proximate to a location where the ready mix concrete is used. The portable concrete plant includes storage regions for storing components used in the ready mix concrete. The portable concrete plant also includes a slurry mixer for preparing slurry that is used in the ready mix concrete. The portable concrete plant further includes conveying systems for conveying the components from the storage regions and from the slurry mixer to a system discharge port.

Abstract: An apparatus for making asphalt paving material includes a dust collection and distribution system by which aggregate dust that is collected during the heating and drying of aggregate may be introduced into the mixing chamber and distributed over a substantial portion of the area of the mixing chamber. By distributing the aggregate dust over a broader area of the mixing chamber than has been previously known, the mixing effort required to achieve a thorough blending of the dust into the mixture is reduced, and the quality of the asphalt paving composition is improved.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus for used foundry sand provided with a homogenizing and conveying apparatus in a constant vacuum with controlled water inflow and a suction point for the water vapor, the water evaporating due to the reduced pressure draws the heat of evaporation from the sand, the apparatus having a condenser in which the vapor condenses into water which is cooled and re-used, and coupled locks provided on the inlet and outlet of the conveying apparatus, through which the sand enters and leaves the reduced pressure area.

Abstract: A storage silo system and an asphalt plant having the storage silo system, each including a silo bin, an input monitor arrangement for dynamically monitoring the mass of a flowable dry material being introduced into the silo bin, and an out monitor arrangement for dynamically monitoring the mass of the material being dispensed from the silo bin. The system includes a control unit which, in conjunction with the input and output monitor arrangements, dynamically monitors and controls the mass of the material contained in the silo bin. The input and output monitor arrangements each include a gravimetric weigh device having an enclosed, flexible wall belt scales and a clean-out auger for removing material that has fallen from the belt within the enclosure. The system may include an input bypass arrangement for adding additional portions of the material to the bin and an output bypass arrangement for removing additional portions of the material from the bin.

Abstract: An asphalt plant is provided with a system for containing noxious and nuisance gases and fumes generated therein. The system includes a substantially air tight casing encircling an slat conveyor of the plant, a substantially air tight elevator chute having a substantially air tight connection to each of a drum dryer/mixer and the casing, a batcher chute having a substantially air tight connection to each of the casing and a batcher of the plant, a substantially air tight seal between the batcher and a silo of the plant, and a bypass duct bypassing the seal between the batcher and the silo such that a negative pressure created in the drum dryer/mixer by a power exhaust of the plant is distributed substantially throughout various components of the plant as the batcher and the silo contain sufficient asphalt material being processed by the plant such that air and other gases and fumes contained within the plant are prevented from escaping directly into the ambient atmosphere.

Abstract: Portable metering and mixing apparatus includes a trailer having a hopper thereon divided into two compartments, one compartment for aggregate and another compartment for cementitious material. An auger receives aggregate from one compartment and feeds aggregate into a mixing compartment where cementitious material is added, and the resulting mixture is then delivered as required. Metering elements meter the aggregate and the cementitious material as desired, and the metered aggregate and cementitious material are mixed in a mixing chamber. A metering sleeve over the auger insures that only the metered amount of aggregate is conveyed by the auger to the mixing chamber. A second embodiment utilizes only a single hopper which contains premixed aggregate and cementitious material, and the premix is fed to the auger through a metering sleeve. Water is added to the material while in the auger and prior to the mixing chamber.

Abstract: A combination continuous/batch asphalt plant includes mechanisms and controls which permit it to be hot-stopped when operating in the continuous mode.

Abstract: A motor driven wheeled road patching vehicle includes a gravel hopper and a tank of heated asphalt. A gate assembly is adjusted to control gravel flow into a pressurized hose. A telescoping tube assembly extendable between a maximum and a minimum overall length for patching operations and compactness when not in use has debris air gaps to facilitate, by venturi effect, debris clearance. Telescoping elements of increasing diameter are further from the inlet end of the tube assembly to reduce wearing. An elbow couples the telescoping tube outlet to a mixing head, and has a hollow collector box for accumulating gravel which erodes the outside elbow portion, the collected material serving to prevent further wearing. The tank is heated by thermostatically controlled heater elements when not in use and by engine coolant from the truck engine coolant system flowing through a tube near the bottom of the tank. A nozzle, heated by the engine cooling system, mixes molten asphalt and gravel.

Abstract: A closed, pressurized apparatus for introducing aggregate dust and rubber into a stream of liquid asphalt is provided. Aggregate dust and rubber are dispensed through a valve from a receiving chamber into a mixing housing. The aggregate dust and rubber enter the mixing housing at an intermediate location therein. The liquid asphalt is introduced into the mixing housing through a separate conduit at a location thereon above the point of entry of the aggregate dust and rubber. The liquid asphalt, the aggregate and the rubber combine within the mixing housing to form a slurry composition. A heating jacket substantially surrounds the mixing housing and a system for preventing liquid asphalt from backing up into the receiving chamber is also provided. The apparatus is particularly useful in an asphalt plant using a bag house.

Abstract: A combustion chamber having improved heating efficiency and reduced NO.sub.x emissions includes a reduced diameter throat and a stepped configuration within the chamber. The chamber configuration encourages efficient combustion to reduce NO.sub.x production by promoting the formation of eddy currents within the chamber. A method for increasing heating efficiency and reducing NO.sub.x production is provided and involves passing combustion gases through such a combustion chamber.

Abstract: An asphalt manufacturing assembly (10) is disclosed that includes a rotatable cylindrical dryer drum (11) having an opening (14) in the front (12) for receiving virgin asphalt aggregate and for permitting the exhaust of fumes and an opening (18) in the back (13) for discharging the heated aggregate and for permitting the introduction of air. A burner (41) adjacent the back (13) introduces a flame and heat into the dryer drum (11). A longitudinal air conduit (22) is formed by a stationary annular shroud (20) around the back portion of the dryer drum (11) that extends longitudinally beyond the dryer drum back end (13). The shroud (20) includes two controllable discharge openings (24,25). The assembly (10) further includes a separate rotatable cylindrical mixer drum (51) having a materials inlet (54) for receiving the aggregate discharged from the dryer drum (11), reclaimed asphalt pavement, liquid asphalt and fines and a discharge opening (58) for discharging asphalt.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for producing mixtures containing bitumen, in which the material to be treated is conveyed by the force of gravity through a slit-type space between two vertically arranged heated surfaces.

Abstract: An asphalt production plant which is adapted to process mixtures of recycled paving and aggregate, and which comprises a rotary drum dryer for heating and drying stone aggregate, and an elevator for conveying the heated and dried aggregate to an elevated discharge location. A batch tower is positioned adjacent the elevator, and the batch tower comprises an aggregate sizing screen which receives and segregates the aggregate by size, and several underlying aggregate storage bins, with each aggregate bin receiving aggregate of predetermined average size from the sizing screen. Also, a recycle bin is positioned between and in alignment with the aggregate bins. A weigh hopper is provided for receiving the aggregate and/or recycle material from the bins, and a pugmill is positioned below the weigh hopper for mixing the material with hot liquid asphalt and then delivering the resulting mix into an underlying truck.

Abstract: An apparatus for making insulating cellular concrete consists of one or multiple mixing tanks. The multiple tanks are connected in tandom to a common pressure fed pump (6) via a valved (8) manifold (10). These simplified apparati can be trailer mounted (12), allowing for easy transport. A special blade assembly (14), water heating device (16), and check valve (20) allow for versatility, improved quality of concrete, and economy.

Abstract: An asphaltic mix batch apparatus which comprises a tower which mounts a number of aggregate storage bins, a weigh hopper underlying the storage bins, and a pugmill underlying the weigh hopper. Also, a screen assembly is positioned above the bins for segregating the aggregate by size, and such that the initial bin receives the more fine aggregate and the subsequent bins receive the more coarse aggregate. The initial bin has a relatively wide open top, and it receives a relatively broad gradation of the aggregate from its front to its back, with the front being disproportionately fine and the back being disproportionately coarse. A divider plate is positioned in the initial bin to prevent the gradation from interfering with the free discharge of the aggregate when the associated discharge port is opened, and to thereby provide a more uniform gradation being withdrawn through the discharge port.

Abstract: A closed, pressurized dust return system for introducing aggregate dust into a stream of liquid asphalt is provided. Aggregate dust is dispensed through a valve from a receiving chamber into a mixing housing. The aggregate dust enters the mixing housing at an intermediate location therein. The liquid asphalt is introduced into the mixing housing through a separate conduit at a location thereon above the point of entry of the aggregate dust. The liquid asphalt and the aggregate combine within the mixing housing to form a slurry composition. A heating jacket substantially surrounds the mixing housing and a system for preventing liquid asphalt from backing up into the receiving chamber is also provided. The dust return system is particularly useful in an asphalt plant using a baghouse.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed which is capable of efficiently decontaminating soil, and which has several common components with a conventional asphalt production plant. This feature permits a conventional asphalt plant to be retrofitted by the addition of a relatively small number of additional components, so as to permit the apparatus to selectively produce asphalt, or to decontaminate soil. When operated in the configuration for decontainating soil, the soil is initially heated to a temperature above the vaporization temperature but below the autoignition temperature of the contaminants, so as to volatilize the contaminants. The volatilized contaminants are then delivered to an incinerator, wherein the volatilized contaminants are heated to a temperature sufficient to be converted to non-toxic products, such as carbon dioxide and water.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for preparing concrete mortar. In order to regulate the moisture content of the concrete mortar a sand sample is taken of the sand used. This sand sample is dried. The amount of water added to a concrete charge is regulated subject to the weight difference of the sand sample prior to and after drying.

Abstract: A method according to the invention involves continuously moving a mix within a closed vessel having loading and discharge pipes at the ends thereof. The mix is subjected to oscillations during movement by means of a source of oscillations. A gate is provided in the vessel upstream the discharge pipe for contolling the cross-sectional area of the flow path of the vessel and for defining a sealed zone in the vessel with the mix being processed. During movement, the mix is heated to 100.degree. C. and above by passing electric current therein by means of an electrode installed in the vessel. Vapor is thus formed which penetrates the whole body of the mix so as to carry out uniform and rapid heating of all components of the mix.

Abstract: Asphalt plant apparatus comprising a drum dryer, a collection chamber or "knock-out box," a "baghouse," and a separate pugmill coater disposed directly underneath the collection chamber so that dust particles which settle out of the airstream in the collection chamber fall directly into the pugmill coater. The apparatus solves the problem of light-end hydrocarbon pollutants which can be stripped from liquid asphalt by contact with steam, in that the liquid asphalt is introduced not into the drum dryer but into the separate pugmill coater instead. Since no liquid asphalt is present in the drum dryer to coat and control the aggregate dust, the exhaust air from the dryer is more heavily dust-laden than that from a conventional drum mixer. However, the apparatus utilizes a collection chamber to compensate for the additional dust in the exhaust air by recovering part of that dust and dropping it directly into the pugmill coater, where it is mixed with the aggregate and liquid asphalt.

Abstract: A sealant melter/applicator includes a sealant melting chamber, an internal combustion engine having a rotating power output shaft and an hydraulic pump which converts the rotary motion of the engine power output shaft into a flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid. The hydraulic pump is coupled to selectively energize a first hydraulic motor which rotates a sealant agitator positioned within the sealant melting chamber and a second hydraulic motor which drives a sealant pump for transferring sealant from the melting chamber through an applicator hose to a sealant discharge nozzle. A sealant flow control valve is coupled in series with the applicator hose to regulate the flow of sealant through the sealant discharge nozzle. A flow control valve position sensor is coupled to an hydraulic flow diverter valve. When the sealant flow control valve is placed in the "closed" position, the flow diverter valve directs the flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid to the first hydraulic motor is activate the sealant agitator.

Abstract: Asphalt plant apparatus comprising a drum dryer, a collection chamber or "knock-out box," a "baghouse," and a separate pugmill coater disposed directly underneath the collection chamber so that dust particles which settle out of the airstream in the collection chamber fall directly into the pugmill coater. The apparatus solves the problem of light-end hydrocarbon pollutants which can be stripped from liquid asphalt by contact with steam, in that the liquid asphalt is introduced not into the drum dryer but into the separate pugmill coater instead. Since no liquid asphalt is present in the drum dryer to coat and control the aggregate dust, the exhaust air from the dryer is more heavily dust-laden than that from a conventional drum mixer. However, the apparatus utilizes a collection chamber to compensate for the additional dust in the exhaust air by recovering part of that dust and dropping it directly into the pugmill coater, where it is mixed with the aggregate and liquid asphalt.