Potholes
are cracks and cleavages formed on roads due to various reasons like
water logging, frost, heavy traffics etc. Potholes are not only the
determinants of overall maintenance of roads but also causes severe
damage to vehicles. For maintenance of roads, treatment of these pothole
is must. There are many pothole machines that are also called as pothole
patchers which are used to cover up these potholes.
Generally hot mix asphalts or asphalt with various additives are used
to patch these pot holes. Asphalt patcher which is trailer mounted has
storage bin and asphalt pavement heater. In some patching machines there
are steel conveyor that ensures continuous supply of asphalt for non
stop operations.
Apart from patching some machines can also repair
utility cuts, as well as spreads sands chippings etc. Single-drum
vibratory roller is also ideal for asphalt patching jobs that are too
small to be completed by tandem rollers. Spray patcher, concrete
patcher, velocity-filled asphalt patcher, process heating patching
machine.
Applications
The applications of pothole patcher machines are :
- Construction and rehabilitation of bridge decks, expansion
joints, bearing pads, and other concrete structures.
- In addition to pothole patching, the machine can also repair
utility cuts.
- Repair roads and highways.
- Parking lots.
- Pavements etc.
