Joint Heater

The HDE paver attached infrared joint heater is being recognized in North America as an excellent, time saving, and economical solution, to a problem that has plagued pavement owners for decades.  Early deterioration leads to costly repairs and replacement of centerline/lane edge longitudinal joints. Worldwide, there is a major problem with the joint deteriorating very early due to a lack of compaction at the edge. When a lane is paved and compacted, the edge is pushed out instead of down which leaves that outer edge some 4-6% less compacted than the mat.

The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) has estimated that a 1% decrease in density can lead to 10% decrease in the life of the pavement. So, your centerline joint falls apart much earlier than it should. The HDE paver attached infrared joint heater is being recognized in North America as an excellent, time saving, and economical solution, to a problem that has plagued pavement owners for decades.  Early deterioration leads to costly repairs and replacement of centerline/lane edge longitudinal joints. Worldwide, there is a major problem with the joint deteriorating very early due to a lack of compaction at the edge. When a lane is paved and compacted, the edge is pushed out instead of down which leaves that outer edge some 4-6% less compacted than the mat.

The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) has estimated that a 1% decrease in density can lead to 10% decrease in the life of the pavement. So, your centerline joint falls apart much earlier than it should. This has been well documented in the industry over the years. What has been challenging is how to solve the problem with deteriorating joints. Heat Design Equipment Inc. solved this very problem many years ago by developing a paver attached longitudinal joint heater that re-heats the cold uncompacted edge so that it can be recompacted. We have successful customers from Florida to Alaska in the USA, from Newfoundland right across the country to British Columbia, in Canada.

Our customers have worked on major highways including I40 in Tennessee and Hwy 401 and 402 in Canada. Also major Army airbase work including Fort Drum in New York and Fort Stewart in Georgia, as well as International airports including Halifax, Quebec City (our first job in 1996), Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Waterloo, Calgary, Vancouver, right across Canada.