March 2007

  • Two high-performance pavers now marketed by Vögele America

    Two high-performance tracked paver models from Vögele AG now are being marketed by Vögele America, Inc., Chambersburg, Pa.

    The Super 1800-2 SJ tracked paver with spray assembly for high-performance surfacings, and the powerful and efficient Super 2100-2 tracked paver, now are available through Vögele America. Previously they had been marketed through an arm of Wirtgen America Inc. in Nashville, Tenn.

    "The transfer of these unique pavers to Vögele America will consolidate all Wirtgen Group North American asphalt paver marketing in Chambersburg, enhance customer service, and give us a broader product line that will meet the many different needs of our different customers," said Brodie Hutchins, general manager, Vögele America, Inc.

    In North America, the Super 1800-2 SJ is the preferred paver for placement of premium modified emulsion surfacings such as NovaChip. Powered by a 187.2-hp Deutz diesel engine, the 55,000-lb. Super 1800-2 SJ applies tack coat or sprayed seal -- and places asphalt -- in a single pass. The spray assembly incorporated into the paver is optimally designed for the uniform spreading of asphalt emulsion seconds ahead of hot mix asphalt, providing robust bonding between lifts and enhancing thin asphalt surfacings. Its large, heated emulsion tank holds up to 1,056 gal. of emulsion with heated emulsion circuit. Combined with the AB 500-2 Extending Screed - infinitely variable in width - this paver can handle all jobs, form narrow farm tracks to major Interstate highways.

    The Super 2100-2 is powered by a 244-hp Deutz diesel engine and weighs 47,180 lb. Like the Super 1800-2 SJ, its screed size is a nominal 8.3 ft., but unlike the Super 1800-2 SJ, it can pave up to 42.5 ft. Conveyors and augers installed in the paver are so dimensioned as to transfer and spread even largest quantities of mix with effortless ease, but also other materials like water-bound base in thick layers, or roller-compacted concrete. Its innovative Ergo-Plus design means the operator enjoys a modern, ergonomic working environment that will optimize productivity even over the longest working days. And its super-quiet operation means it can work at nights or in noise-sensitive areas.

    For further information, please contact:

    Wirtgen America, Inc.
    Bruce Monical
    6030 Dana Way
    Antioch, TN 37013

    Phone: 615-501-0600
    Fax: 615-501-0691
    email: bmonical@wirtgenamerica.com

    BACKGROUNDER


    Wirtgen America, Inc., Nashville, is the North American arm of the Wirtgen Group, the single-source marketer of the world's most technologically advanced lines of asphalt reclaiming/recycling, concrete slipform paver, and surface mining equipment from Wirtgen, asphalt and soil compactors from Hamm Compaction Division, asphalt pavers from Vögele America Inc., and construction materials processing equipment from Kleemann.

    In late 2004 Reinhard Wirtgen, founder of Wirtgen Group, was honored as one of the "Top 100 Private Sector Transportation Design & Construction Professionals of the 20th Century" by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association.

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