Trimble announces Trimble Roadworks 2D Paving Control Platform for asphalt pavers, an automatic screed control system that can improve the accuracy and productivity in applications of asphalt paving.

Flint, Mich.-based Ajax Paving handles both government highway and demanding private asphalt and concrete paving duties from its headquarters and asphalt jobs from a subsidiary in Fort Myers, Fla. But ...

As asphalt is paved, aggregate can segregate, making weak spots in the pavement. Though hard to see, segregation can be detected by checking for differences in temperatures as the asphalt is laid.

Asphalt pavers have grown more sophisticated with the latest technologies, but one of the most basic components on the paver is still one of—if not the—most important: the screed. The screed plates on ...

When taking the long view of asphalt-paving machines with operating weights less than 21,000 pounds, three basic machine types emerge: small gravity-feed models; small to mid-range conveyor-feed ...