Startup Operations
TIle initial plant startup is
c~nsidered
to be when asphalt cement is first
mixed with the dried aggregate.
As
indicated previously, this will occur ap-
proximately 3 weeks after the plant has been physically erected.
Various ad-
justments and recalibrations are made after the plant has been started up to
fine tune process operations.
Once the production of asphalt concrete has commenced, it may take any-
where from only a day or two to 2 months for a plant to achieve its maximum
production rate.
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