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A longline thermoplastic striping truck using innovative melting technology that enables a less than 1-hour start-up time and instant shutdown .
HOGging the Road to Success
How HOG is innovating by following a familiar path
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OG Technologies is melting the competition with its line of thermoplastic equipment . Whether you need something mounted to a chassis or skid , or something smaller and more compact , HOG is your total pavement solution . HOG began with a desire to melt and apply thermoplastic more efficiently . After years of research and testing , the Thermo HOG was born . Instead of using a traditional direct-fired kettle , the Thermo HOG circulates heated oil throughout the melter to provide lower , but more effective , heat transfer over the entire surface area . Since the surface is evenly heated , a Thermo HOG can shut down instantly without waiting for the thermoplastic to cool , minimizing the separation of solids . The solids that do separate are thoroughly blended back into the system through recirculation at startup . This innovative process allows the Thermo HOG to achieve ultrafast startup times of around one hour . With heated oil , the heat transfer temperature on the kettle surface never exceeds 500 F , eliminating the risk of scorched or charred material that ’ s caused by traditional kettles which can get as hot as 2,000 F . The Thermo HOG ’ s kettles can be built to any size and offer capacities ranging from 4,000 to 16,000 pounds . With two kettles per truck , you can house up to 32,000 pounds of thermoplastic and melt them at rates of up to 24,000 pounds per hour . While traditional thermoplastic trucks can have up to nine burners , the Thermo HOG 8.0 and 16.0 use only one burner , while the 32.0 uses two burners to heat the thermoplastic thanks to a unique extremity heating system with separate temperature control . After innovating this new technology , www . callape . com [ 6 ] 1.800.210.5923