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AN OVERVIEW OF ASPHALT PLANTS

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Page 1: Asphalt Plant Presentation - Guest Speaker

AN OVERVIEW OF

ASPHALT PLANTS

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Introduction

• Shawn A. Riley – VP of APAC Kansas City & Missouri

• Career– Hall & Riley Construction – APAC– Oldcastle

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Who is APAC?

• Until 2006– Leading Construction Company in U.S.• #1 Asphalt• #5 Quarry

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History of APAC

• 1900 Warren Brothers Company, the forerunner of APAC, was founded February 5, 1900 in Nashville, Tennessee.

• 1900 Frederick J. Warren filed a patent for "Bitulithic" pavement, a mixture of bitumen and aggregate.

• 1901 The first modern asphalt production facility was opened by the Warren Brothers in East Cambridge, MA.

• 1968 Ashland Oil, Inc. acquired Warren Brothers and the name changed to Ashland-Warren, Inc.

• 1980 the Ashland-Warren name was changed to APAC, Inc. still under the ownership of Ashland.

• 2006 APAC was acquired by Oldcastle Materials Group.

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Who is Oldcastle?

• Subsidiary of CRH, Inc. – Dublin, Ireland• 2 Division– Oldcastle Products Group• Oldcastle Glass• Oldcastle Architectural Products• Oldcastle Distribution• Oldcastle Precast• Oldcastle Merchants Metals

– Oldcastle Materials Group

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Oldcastle Materials Group

• Supplies aggregates, asphalt, and ready-mix concrete, and provides paving services.

• Over 1200 locations• Employees 17,500 • 44 states• Over $6 billion Revenues

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Locations

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Why Asphalt Plants?

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Original Design

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First Plants

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Modern High Production?

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Today’s Plants

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Types of Plants

• Drum Plant– Parallel Flow– Counter Flow– Double Barrel

• Batch Plant

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Components of Asphalt Plant

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Material Blending (bins)

• Keeps materials separated• Allows operator to blend materials at

rates/percentages dictated by mix design• Weighs aggregate as it enters drum

dryer• Screens Aggregate

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Drum Dryer

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The Aggregate Dryer Performs Two Functions:

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Drying and Mixing

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Burner

• Types of Fuel• Diesel• Recycled Fuel Oil• Natural Gas• Propane• Coal• Glycerin• Bio fuel• Industrial By-products• Food Industry By-products

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Environmental Controls

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Baghouse

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Baghouse Flow

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Early System

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Silo System

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Silo Systems

• Multiple Silos

Systems

• 250 tons each

• Load Trucks

• Ticket System

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Controls

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Fully Integrated Computer Systems

• Fully Automated Systems

• System Cost $250k

• High Speed Internet

Connection

• Integrated with Accounting

Software

• Remote Troubleshooting

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Costs of Production

Rock18%

Sand13%

Asphalt46%

Ad-mix-tures1%

Equipment6%

Fuel7%

Labor4%

FOH3%

Rock

Sand

Asphalt

Admix-tures

Equipment

Fuel

Labor

FOH

2012

Rock26%

Sand22%

Asphalt13%

Equipment11%

Fuel6%

Labor19%

FOH3%

RockSandAsphaltAdmixturesEquipmentFuelLaborFOH

1950

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