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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2014
Astec, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US);
J. Donald Brock, Lookout Moutain, TN (US);
Gary L. Catlett, Hixson, TN (US);
Malcolm L. Swanson, Chickamauga, GA (US);
Astec, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Abstract
A combination of components is provided for use in making asphalt concrete from a plurality of aggregate material streams. The combination includes an indirect dryer for heating aggregate material from a first material stream without directly exposing said first stream material to hot gases of combustion. The combination also includes a mixer for mixing aggregate material from the first material stream, aggregate material that has not been heated in the indirect dryer from a second material stream, and a binder component to produce asphalt concrete.