Foam Technology Seminar
Who should attend:
The class is intended for those managing and overseeing recycling jobs or those individuals analyzing existing road material and determining the formulation of asphalt oil mix ingredients to be incorporated by the recycler.
Overview:
This 2-day class will be conducted by representatives of the A. A. Loudon Company, foam technology specialists. The class will cover: introduction to pavements and foamed asphalt, designing foamed asphalt, materials used in mix designs, laboratory procedures, the Wirtgen WLB 10 S and WLM 30 labs, pavement thickness design, application systems, machine selection, construction procedures, current status of research and basic quality controls.
This class will not cover any machine-specific service topic nor will it cover operation techniques of a recycler.
Objectives: 2-day course
- Introduce students to recycling technology
- Enable students to manage recycling operations
- Acquaint students with the construction procedures necessary to produce quality work
- Acquaint students with typical bid preparation procedures
Course Program
Day 1
- Introduction
- Pavements
- Foamed asphalt
- Using Foamed asphalt
- Designing for foamed asphalt stabilization
- WLB10S/WLM30 Lab demonstration
Day 2
- Review day 1
- Foamed asphalt application systems
- Working with foamed asphalt
- Selected project examples
- Discussion
