For the last 3 days I have been working in the field at a hot-mix plant in New Britain, CT. We are gathering samples of the state's first Warm-Mix project being placed on Rt. 70 in Merriden, CT. The plant is a double-barrel batch plant with 9 silos for storing mix. They have 3 heated tanks for storing binder and a large aggregate cold-batch operation for the plant. I had the privilege of getting a tour of most of their facility on the 1st day I was there and it was a spectacular operation.
In this photo you can see the back 3 silos, (3, 6 and 9) with the mix distribution system on the top of them. The control tower in the foreground of the photo has 2 workers controlling the mixing, storage and dispersement operations for the plant. To the right of the photo, not pictured, is the quality assurance lab, where I met many friendly employees and state QA people as well where we were all testing samples and comparing numbers.
Later in the year I suspect I will be doing more with the 1+ tons of asphalt pavement we sampled.... stay tuned.
