There is no need to construct separate retaining walls. Built-in bulkheads protect machinery.

You’ll never find plywood on Astec equipment. Bulkheads are constructed of steel.

Load cells ensure that hot mix asphalt is dispensed accurately.

Add optional portable Heatec asphalt tanks for reliability.

Bulkheads

Save yourself the construction of separate retaining walls for loader ramps. The Six Pack plant features built-in steel bulkheads on cold feed bins and RAP bins. Bulkheads also protect your machinery from damage by loaders and they keep dirt out of belt and drive mechanisms and away from wheels and brakes. For transport, the hinged walls are quickly folded up and pinned off. You won’t have to put together the cumbersome "guardrail" type walls used on some other plants, and you won’t find any plywood bulkheads on Astec equipment. An additional bulkhead is located at the bottom of the drag conveyor by-pass chute. It makes it easier to remove accumulated material with a loader and to keep the drag by-pass area clean.

Load Cells

Astec uses a precise, National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) approved silo weighing system. Load cells at each corner of the SEB accurately weigh the mix, eliminating the need for truck scales.

Heatec Tanks

Optional portable style Heatec Heli-Tank™ units combine a hot oil heater with a heated asphalt storage tank. Each fully insulated unit has serpentine heating coils. Liquid asphalt in the tank is heated by hot oil flowing through the coils. Numerous options are available.