Mobile asphalt mixer for highway construction has mixer tower with separable upper and lower sections

摘要

A mobile assembly prepares asphalt aggregates on-site for highway construction. The wheeled assembly has a drier (4) with a drying drum (11) to both dry and heat minerals (8), and a mixer tower (2) to mix the dried minerals with bitumen and conversion to asphalt. The mixer tower (18) incorporates a mixer mechanism (26). The mixer tower unit (2) is divided into linked lower (26) and upper (18) sections.