Processing a product including aggregate materials and a volatile component

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6575303
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09992169

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A system for controlling the operation of a first item of equipment for processing materials in connection with the production of a product which includes aggregate materials and a volatile component includes an oven, a gradation assembly having a plurality of screens, and a mechanism for transporting aggregate materials from the oven to the gradation assembly. The system also includes a mechanism for controlling the operation of an item of equipment if one or more of the ratios of the weight of the aggregate materials that are retained on any of the screens or that pass through all of the screens to the total weight of the aggregate materials fails to meet a predetermined standard. A preferred embodiment of the system also includes a mechanism for controlling the operation of a second item of equipment for combining asphalt cement and aggregate materials if the ratio of the weight of the asphalt cement in a sample of the product to the total weight of the sample fails to meet a predetermined standard.

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ASTEC INC4101 JEROME AVENUE CHATTANOOGA TN 37407

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barrett, Michael E Lula, GA 14 1604
Brock, J Donald Chattanooga, TN 21 279
Collins, R Ronald Mansfield, GA 3 43
Heeszel, Gary P Eugene, OR 4 74
Jakob, Herbert E Chattanooga, TN 12 239
Peaks, David F Eugene, OR 5 68

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