Vögele Vision Series Pavers Debut At Conexpo-Con/Agg 2008

December 2007 – The domestic and international construction world will come to Las Vegas Mar.11-15, and Wirtgen Group will be there full force with new products, and a unique view into the future of road building and pavement maintenance.

There, the “Three Amigos” of Wirtgen, Hamm and Vögele America will display new equipment, new technologies, and new ways to improve pavements at the same, central location as in the previous Conexpo-Con/Agg 2005, Stand No. S-500 on the outdoor Silver Lot.

Among many other products, the 25,200 sq. ft. exhibit will showcase the exciting new Vögele Vision Series pavers, a technologically advanced complement of midsized Wirtgen cold milling machines, and high performance compactors from the Hamm Compaction division, including the new “Compact Line” of smaller rollers, and the problem-solving 3412 VIO soil compactor, which features both conventional vibration – and exclusive Hamm Oscillation compaction – in a single drum.

New Vision Series From Vögele America

Shown for the first time at any trade exposition, the new Vision Series of pavers from Vögele America Inc. will turn heads at Conexpo-Con/Agg 2008 in March in Las Vegas.

The “clean sheet-design” Vision Series includes the 10-ft. tracked Vision 5200-2 and the 10-ft. wheeled Vision 5203-2. Together they represent the highest evolution of asphalt paver design to-date, and are quieter, cooler and more productive than either competing pavers, or Vögele America predecessor models. Operators will benefit from outstanding forward visibility, with unparalleled all-around visibility without turning. The slope of the machine and hood have been designed so the operator can see the sides, the hopper, and the conveyors in the back, without having to move around. The operator stations swing out from both edges of the machine, for superior visibility to the sides, behind and into the hopper.

With its Tier III engines, the Vision Series suppresses noise and redirects exhaust and heat away from operator and crew, with raked, streamlined exhaust pipes that reinforce the impression of forward movement.

On the wheeled Vision 5203-2, three drive versions are available, one with rear wheel drive, one with optional two-wheel front-wheel assist, and a new optional version, with six-wheel drive.

Self-diagnostics are built into the new Vision Series, and help the crew concentrate on placing asphalt instead of working on the paver. Fluid levels and other inspection points need not be checked each day. Instead they are monitored from a display panel, part of the Vögele Ergo-Plus ergonomic design for enhanced productivity.

New W 120 F Cold Mill At Conexpo-Con/Agg

With its comprehensive line of asphalt milling machines, Wirtgen America Inc. will exhibit the new W 120 F at Conexpo-Con/Agg 2008 in Las Vegas in March.

Part of a new line of midsized mills, the W 120 F is a high-performance cold milling machine with a drum width of 48 inches (120 cm), ideal for removing complete asphalt courses with a milling depth of 0 to 12.6 inches (0 to 320 mm). Its engine output is 304 hp, and it replaces the W 1200 F/T in the product line.

The W 120 F has a hydraulic swinging track for flush cutting, and features front-end loading of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) via a two-part conveyor system. The machine is available in a tracked version but can be ordered in a wheeled version.

The optional Flexible Cutter System (FCS) permits the use of different milling drums with working widths of up to 48 in. and a variety of line spacings. And the W 120 F will be equipped with the new Wirtgen Level Pro® leveling system.

Wirtgen also will exhibit the new WR 2000 XL recycler/stabilizer, with a 94-in. cutting drum and 425 hp engine.

Hamm Compact Line Of Rollers On Display At Conexpo

Among its many other products in asphalt and soil compaction, Hamm will feature its new Compact Line of asphalt rollers at Conexpo-Con/Agg 2008 this March in Las Vegas.

These new articulated tandem rollers offer big-time compactive effort in a small package equally at home for commercial or roadbuilding applications.

They’re a new line of models in the 30 to 54-inch-wide drum size.

Featured will be the HD 8 VV, with a drum width of 31.5 inches; the 39-inch HD 10 VV and the slightly smaller HD 10 C VV; the 47-inch HD 12 VV; the 51-inch HD 13 VV; and the 54-inch HD 14 VV. Each offers a wider compaction width when operated in offset mode.

VV stands for “Vibration Front, Vibration Rear”, in which both drums offer vibration, with the capability of vibration running in the front drum only, in the rear drum only, in both drums, or no vibration.

Also of note, Hamm will exhibit the 3412 VIO, a single-drum soil compactor that features exclusive Oscillation compaction — as well as conventional vibratory compaction — in a single 84-inch-wide drum.

PRESS EVENT ALERT FOR TRADE JOURNAL EDITORS
A breakfast press event for the domestic and international trade press will be held Thursday morning, Mar. 13, from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. at the Wirtgen Stand at No. S-500 on the outdoor Silver Lot. Please watch for your invitation in early 2008.

BACKGROUNDER
Wirtgen America, Inc., Nashville, is the North American arm of the Wirtgen Group, the single-source marketer of the world's most technologically advanced lines of asphalt reclaiming and recycling equipment from Wirtgen, asphalt and soil compactors from Hamm Compaction Division, and U.S.-sourced asphalt pavers from Vögele America Inc. In late 2004 Reinhard Wirtgen, founder of Wirtgen Group, was honored as one of the "Top 100 Private Sector Transportation Design & Construction Professionals of the 20th Century" by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)

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