How to Save Energy, CO2, and Costs with Modern Transport Technology in Asphalt Construction and Installation

This chapter is about the problems associated with asphalt paving and an approach that enhances paving quality and protects the environment and resources. There are usually three major problems that arise when paving asphalt. These include mechanical, thermal, and binder segregation. The push-off technology provides a solution to meet the requirements of asphalt paving. If the asphalt is pushed off, instead of dumped, then there is a continuous mixing of the grain structure and temperature during the entire unloading process. The asphalt is unloaded “bit by bit” into the paver due to the push-off mechanism. Thus, both cool and hot asphalt and coarser and finer grain sizes are evenly paved.