World's 1st 3D Asphalt Paver to Lessen Traffic Congestion, Fix Roads Faster and Reduce Waste

DAVIS, Calif. - Sept. 3, 2015 - PRLog -- September, 2015. Monterey, CA.  On October 15^th, 2015, Advanced Paving Technologies, Inc. http://www.adpavtec.com, in partnership with the UC Davis Pavement Research Center, will launch a Kickstarter campaign to raise funding for a research project necessary to produce the World’s First 3D Asphalt Paving Machine. The cutting edge road rehabilitation research will be conducted at the Pavement Research Center in Spring/Summer 2016.

The 3D Asphalt Paving Machine will be used to rehabilitate broken roads Better, Faster, Cheaper and Cleaner. It improves upon current road rehabilitation methods that perpetuate a costly cycle of predictable road degradation. The result of this cycle is rough, bumpy roads, increased wear on vehicles, more money spent on road rehabilitation, unnecessary pollution and, of course, increased traffic congestion.

The concept behind the machine is simple: it uses Lidar to scan the broken down road, generates a model of a thin 3D shaped asphalt layer to compensate for surface deformations, and delivers that asphalt layer using a variable screed. As opposed to the 2D flat screeds used in all current paving machines, the variable screed will allow road engineers to apply asphalt intelligently, delivering more or less material where needed to result in a smooth flat surface once compacted. This will provide better and more uniform compaction, which will greatly increase the life of the road and minimize the need to mill down the entire road surface. It’s the milling of roads that causes the long road delays, increased costs and additional carbon output.

Professor John Harvey of the UC Davis Pavement Research Center spoke of the research to be funded saying, “By delivering asphalt in this manner compaction and smoothness levels will be maximized increasing the lifespan of the road.”

Drivers, governments and businesses will benefit from:

·      Faster road rehabilitation process

·      Less funding allocated to asphalt rehabilitation projects

·      Better traffic flow in urban and rural areas

·      Less carbon emissions from road work and nearby traffic congestion

·      Less road related damage to cars and trucks

·      Increased options for paving contractors

·      Smoother roads are safer and save gas mileage