Asphalt cold recycling machine
Roadtec

The CIR process preserves natural resources by reusing 100 percent of the old asphalt layer layer. Cutting out trips to haul off the milled up material reduces not only transportation costs but also fuel emissions. With a train of equipment moving in sync to reconstruct the roadway, the overall emissions are greatly reduced from the construction zone. CIR reduces the construction site's carbon footprint.

Among the problems that can be fixed cost-effectively with CIR are reflective cracking, raveling, potholes, rutting, shoving, bumps, and depressions.

The Roadtec style "recycling train" employs tanker trucks, a cold planer, crushing and screening units, mixers, pavers, and rollers-all designed and integrated into one comprehensive operation. The sole source of propulsion is the Roadtec 950 horsepower RX-900 cold planer. The maximum width that can be handled in one path using this equipment depends upon the amount of material put through the RT-500, which is designed for maximum throughput of about 600 tons per hour, and upon the size of the paver. A practical maximum width estimate would be 20 feet (6 meters).

The RT-500 cold recycler can either deposit the recycled material into a windrow or with an optional conveyor installed, it can feed directly into the paver.