Here are the machines
paver marketers are featuring as we head into the show season
Advanced operating system simplifies and automates
Gomaco
Commander III
 Gomaco’s
new generation Commander III pavers feature the company’s powerful new G21
digital operating system. The G21 is the company’s response to contractors’
requests for a simpler operating system with a universal design that is easy
to read and understand.
Advanced system diagnostics automatically pinpoint and
identify electrical circuit opens, shorts. and fault codes to aid in
troubleshooting. A red LED display provides high visibility for monitoring
deviation meters.
G21 offers push-button steering setup and trainable track
steering when interfaced with Gomaco smart cylinders. Software for the slope
transition system provides automatic grade elevation correction and
automatic steering correction; it eliminates stringline adjustment.
According to Gomaco, G21 has 20 times more program memory
than the previous system, allowing owners to take advantage of the wide
variety of operating programs available today and in the future.
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Bridge parapets, clean and fast
Miller Formless M-8100
Miller Formless says its M-8100 excels at bridge parapet
work. Its auger delivery system, standard equipment, keeps the bridge deck
free of spilled concrete and its low-silhouette, high-capacity hopper gives
concrete trucks a large target to dump into.
All M-8100 models have four steerable tracks for optimum
stability. The company says the use of four steering tracks gives the
machine the accuracy needed for tight rebar clearance.
In side mount mode, the M-8100 can pour barrier and
parapet nearly 7-feet tall, as well as curb and gutter, sidewalk, V-ditch,
and pavement up to 12-feet wide. It can pave 16-feet wide in straddle mode.
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New two-track paver for highways and residential
Allen XHD 12-36
 Allen
Engineering has introduced a new two-track slip form paver, the XHD 12-36.
The new machine features a bigger, heavier 36-inch-deep frame and can pave
from 12- to 41-feet wide with proper extensions. The paver weighs 63,280
pounds when it is configured to pave 28-feet wide, exceeding the minimum
weight requirements for Corps of Engineers specification work.
Allen designed the XHD 12-36 to be heavy and powerful
enough for highway and airfield paving, yet light enough for city and
residential paving. Features include a low profile design that integrates
the paving pan with the main frame which, Allen says, improves productivity
by putting the power where it needs to be
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Compact slipformer for small-job efficiency
MBW Slipform Paver
 The
compact MBW paver is designed to slipform small curbs and gutters more cost
efficiently than large machines. It slipforms curb, curb and gutter, and
valley ribbon in any typical configuration up to 18-inches high and
48-inches wide. It works on soil or pavement, on stringline or manual
controls, and is said to excel at slipforming tight radii.
Drive formats include one-wheel drive in the vertical
curb-over-pavement mode, two-wheel drive in the vertical curb-over-soil
mode, and three-wheel drive in the curb-and- gutter mode. The hydraulic
drive system is powered by a 26-horsepower diesel engine.
MBW’s quick-attach hopper system enables users to switch
pouring modes from offset (curb only) to between centers (curb and gutter,
valley ribbon) in minutes. The machine can be hauled by pickup and trailer.
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New big-job paver designed for mobility
Bid-Well 6500
 Bid-Well’s
recently introduced 6500 Heavy-Duty Automatic Roller Paver is the company’s
most mobile paver ever, with super flex-filled rubber tires, automatic
skid-steer for paving, and automobile steering for on-the-job travel.
Designed to pave airports, streets, roads, parking areas, and other slabs,
the 6500 has automatic string- line sensing control for elevation and
steering, and a patented dual internal vibrator system to consolidate even
the harshest mixes.
The machine’s boom truss has a basic length of 30 feet
and can be extended to 60 feet, with a truss depth of 48 inches. Two
58-horsepower diesel engines power the paver and paving carriage, including
6-foot-long paving rollers. The machine also has powered crown control,
which allows crown transitions to be controlled from the operator’s
console without interruption of the paving process.
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New upgrades for Curb Fox 3000
Messinger Curb Fox 3000
 Messinger’s
economical Curb Fox 3000 curb and gutter machine has two new optional
features. Automatic mold steering puts the rear of the slipform mold in
precise alignment to the string line, which is especially helpful in paving
very tight radii. Optional right-rear-wheel drive is for slipforming curbs
over soft grade conditions and it adds traction when pivoting the right side
of the machine around tight radii.
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Mid-size paver with a narrow profile
Guntert & Zimmerman S850 Quadra
G&Z markets the S850 Quadra Slipform Paver as a
midsize, high-performance paver that is cost-effective in urban and
residential paving as well as in highway and airport applications. The
machine can pave widths from 12 to 34 feet.
The company says the machine’s narrow profile lets it
work close to obstacles and in tight quarters. It is also designed for rapid
loading, unloading, tearing down, and changing widths. G&Z says the S850
gives the operator exceptional visibility and dramatically reduces operator
exposure to noise and heat.
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Pours curb, barrier, and 16-foot slabs
Power Curber 8700
The Power Curber 8700 pours flat surfaces up to 16-feet
wide; barrier and bridge/parapet up to almost 6-feet high in a single pass;
and monolithic curb, gutter, and sidewalk. It can also pour V-ditches for
irrigations and roller-compacted concrete dams. It can look for a left-side
string line, a right-side string line or for two string lines at the flip of
a switch.
The 8700 can be operated as a three- or a four-track
machine. The standard three-track configuration handles curb and gutter and
median barrier applications, as well as some ditches and sidewalks. In its
three-track format, the 8700 can straddle-pave widths up to 10 feet. With
the optional fourth track, the 8700 can place variable barriers where the
sides of the wall are varied to match asphalt pavement; it also gives the
machine the traction and stability to pave a 16-foot width.
Power Curber has designed the 8700 to travel at legal
width without major disassembly. The curb and gutter mold pivots on a
swinging arm to the rear of the machine for transport, and the paving
trimmer shifts to the center of the machine.
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