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Breakdown  Rolling
Roller Safety

Equipment Operator Basic - Beginning construction equipment operators manual
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Figure  11-52.—Correct  rolling  pattern. steel-tired rollers is shown in figure 11-52. The rolling operation should start from the edge of the hot mat on the low side with the roller moving forward as close behind the paver as possible. The second movement of the roller should be reversed in the same path until the roller  has  reached  previously  compacted  material.  At this point align the roller for pass number three, again staying as close as possible behind the paver. The fourth movement is a reversal of the third path and a repetition of the third operation. After the entire width of the hot mix has been rolled in this fashion, you should swing the roller back to the low side and repeat the process. With this pattern, on each forward pass the roller only needs to overlap the previous rolled area by 3 to 4 inches. For thick lifts (a lift of 4 inches or more compacted thickness), the rolling process should start 12 to 15 inches  from  the  lower  unsupported  edge  and  progress towards  the  center  portion  of  the  hot  mix.  The uncompacted  edge  provides  initial  confinement  during the  first  pass,  thus  minimizing  lateral  movement  of  the hot mix. After the central portion of the hot mix has been rolled and compacted, the compacted portion of the hot mix will support the roller and allow the edge to be compacted  without  lateral  movement. When using steel-wheeled rollers, the operation should always progress with the drive wheel forward in the  direction  of  travel.  This  is  especially  important  in breakdown  rolling.  A  primary  reason  that  breakdown rolling should be done with the drive wheel in the direction of travel is that there is a more direct vertical load applied by this wheel than by the tiller wheel (fig.  11-53). If the breakdown pass of the roller is made with the tiller wheel forward, the pushing force and the weight arc  slightly  ahead  of  the  downward  vertical  force, causing material to push up in front of the wheel. The greater  weight  of  the  drive  wheel  produces  the compaction, while the turning force tends to tuck the hot mix under the front of the wheel. There are cxceptions to rolling with the drive wheel forward. They usually occur when superelevations are being constructed or if the grade on which the asphalt mix is being placed is excessive. The exception occurs when, due to these high grades, the drive wheel of the roller  begins  to  chatter  on  the  hot  mat,  causing displacement of the hot mix resulting with a very rough Figure 11-53.—Forces acting when tiller wheel or drive wheel is forward. 11-28







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