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We’re finding the Topcon system to be essential for our high-profile
big jobs to ensure we remain on task and is instrumental for
when we work at night. It also is proving handy for smaller
parking-lot-type jobs as well.
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“We’re using the Topcon C-53 IC
System with a GX-75 control box
on our 850 Series Sakai oscillation/
vibration paving roller, which allows
the machine operator to monitor the
compaction pattern and the tem-
perature as they’re working,” stated
Sergio Muniz, paving superinten-
dent with Payne & Dolan, Inc.,
Waukesha, Wis., who acquired the
system working through his local
Topcon Solutions Store. “I like that I
can jump onto my laptop and see the
work being completed in real time
and make certain we’re complying
with the tough DOT state specifica-
tions.”
Muniz added: “We’re finding the
Topcon system to be essential for our
high-profile big jobs to ensure we
remain on task and is instrumental
for when we work at night. It also is
proving handy for smaller parking-
lot-type jobs as well.”
The key benefit of IC is greater
control over the compaction results,
which in turn provides better fin-
ished paved results. Compaction at
its most elemental is the exertion
of force on something so that it be-
comes more dense, while Intelligent
Compaction provides the techno-
logical means to ensure that com-
paction is performed consistently,
thoroughly, and accurately. The goal
is to achieve optimum densities that
ensure adequate support, stability,
and strength. Achieving these densi-
ties uniformly is key, and clearly IC
aids this process.
Jeff Winke is a business and con-
struction writer based in Milwau-
kee, Wisconsin. He can be reached
through [email protected].
1.800.210.5923