TTM Asphalt Plant - Wopanga Zida Zosakaniza ndi Kubwezeretsanso za Asphalt Waukadaulo Kuyambira 2004.
Ngati munayimapo mayadi angapo kutali ndi chomera chosakaniza ng'oma masana a chilimwe, mukudziwa kale kuti yankho lake ndi " lotentha kwambiri kuposa momwe mukuganizira ." Ma specs ambiri a DOT m'boma amafuna kutentha kwa kusakaniza pakati pa 275 °F ndi 325 °F (135 °C–163 °C) pa chute yodzaza katundu. Mu Chingerezi chosavuta, ndikotentha mokwanira kukazinga nyama yang'ombe yapakatikati yosafunikira m'masekondi osakwana 30. Ndipo inde, mwawerenga bwino zimenezo—275 °F ndiye chocheperako , osati chokulirapo.
Simenti ya asphalt (guluu wakuda womwe umagwirira miyala pamodzi) imakhala ndi mawonekedwe ofanana ndi a molasses ozizira kutentha kwa chipinda. Kuti iphimbe mwala uliwonse ndi tinthu ta mchenga, chomangiracho chiyenera kukhala chamadzimadzi. Kutentha kumachepetsa kukhuthala kwakukulu: pa kutentha kulikonse kwa 25 °F, chomangiracho chimakhala pafupifupi kawiri kuposa madzi . Chifukwa chake chomeracho chimakankhira envelopu kuti chitsimikizire kuphimba kwathunthu, makamaka pa ma aggregates okhala ndi mapovu omwe amamwa madziwo. Mfundo yofunika: kusakaniza kukakhala kotentha, kuphimba kumakhala bwino, komanso kulimba kwa msewu.
Galimoto ikangotuluka pachipata, kutentha kumayamba kuchepa. Kafukufuku wochokera ku National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) akuwonetsa kuchepa kwa 5–7 °F pa kilomita imodzi pa tsiku lozungulira 60 °F. Onjezani mphepo, kuyenda mtunda wautali, kapena kuyenda usiku ndipo delta imakula. Ngati mphasayo ifika pansi pa chipatacho.240 °F (116 °C) , kupanikizika kumakhala kovuta kwambiri. Ma roller sangathenso kutseka malo opanda mpweya, ndipo kusakanizaku kumakhala kofooka, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale ming'alu komanso kugwedezeka msanga. Kumasulira : malo anu atsopano oimika magalimoto angawoneke ngati ali ndi zaka khumi m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi.
Musamatulutse zinthu m'magawo . Kutaya theka la katundu, kudikira mphindi khumi, kenako kutaya zina zonse kumapanga pakati pozizira pomwe palibe chopukutira chomwe chingakonze.
Makampani amakono tsopano amaika makamera a infrared pamwamba pa hopper yokweza katundu. Zipangizozi zimayesa malo onse a galimoto iliyonse nthawi yeniyeni, kuyika katundu wocheperako poyerekeza ndi zomwe zafotokozedwa. Deta imayikidwa yokha ku ma dashboard a mitambo, kotero oyang'anira DOT ndi oyang'anira paving amatha kukana gulu lozizira lisanafike pamsewu.
Inde. M'mawa wa masika kutentha kumafika madigiri 40 Celsius, woyendetsa fakitale akhoza kuponya chandamalecho pa330 °F kuti athetse misewu yozizira yonyamula katundu. Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, masana a Julayi kutentha kwa madigiri 95, malo oimika magalimoto akhoza kubwerera ku290 °F kuti mupewe kutayikira kwa madzi m'chikwama. Taganizirani izi ngati kutenthetsa uvuni wanu pasadakhale: mumasintha choyikiracho kutengera zomwe zikuphika panja.
Inde. Kankhirani kusakaniza kudutsa350 °F (177 °C) ndipo simenti ya phula imayamba kusungunuka mofulumira. Chomangiracho chimasanduka chofooka, ndipo utsi wabuluu womwe mukuwona ukuyaka mafuta opepuka . Izi sizimangobweretsa mavuto ku chilengedwe, komanso zimapangitsa kuti msewu ukhale pachiwopsezo cha kutentha m'nyengo yozizira yoyamba. Mwachidule, kutentha kumakhala bwino—mpaka pamene sikunatero.
Tiyeni tiwerenge manambala. Kutentha kwa chipata cha fakitale: 315 °F. Malo ozungulira: 105 °F. Mtunda wonyamula: makilomita 20 pa liwiro la 55 mph. Pogwiritsa ntchito chitsanzo cha kuziziritsa cha NAPA, kusakaniza kumafika pa285 °F —idakali bwino mkati mwa zenera lolimba. Koma onjezani mphepo yamphamvu ya 15-mph ndipo kutentha kofika kumatsika kufika270 °F Tsopano chotsukira chophwanyika chili ndi mphindi zisanu ndi zitatu zokha kuti chifike pa 92% density mat isanatsike pansi pa 240 °F. Mukaphonya zenera limenelo ndipo mukuthamangitsa mithunzi.
Katundu umodzi wa matani 20 womwe ungafikire pansi pa zomwe zafotokozedwazo ukhoza kuwonongera kontrakitala ndalama:
| Chinthu | Mtengo |
|---|---|
| Kuchotsa ndi kusintha | $1,200 |
| Kupukuta ndi kuphimba pamwamba | $800 |
| Zilango za DOT | $500 |
| Kuwonekera konse | $2,500 pa galimoto imodzi |
Mukachulukitsa zimenezo ndi magalimoto khumi patsiku, mukuyang'ana $25,000 yokonzanso musanadye nkhomaliro. Mwadzidzidzi, kukweza kamera ya infrared ya $300 kumeneko kumawoneka ngati kusintha pang'ono.
Kumbukirani, kutentha ndi cholinga chosuntha . Yang'anirani malo omwe chomera chimayambira, mtunda wonyamulira katundu, liwiro la mphepo, ndi kutentha kwa malo ozungulira nthawi yeniyeni. Chitani chilichonse ngati pizza yotentha yotumizidwa: ikafika mwachangu komanso yotentha kwambiri kwa kasitomala, aliyense amakhala wosangalala kwambiri.