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Article: Paving without string: freeing pavers, trimmers, and curb-and-gutter slipform pavers from their lifelines.
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- Concrete Construction
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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For years, paving equipment manufacturers have been telling us that stringless paving technology is close at hand. But freeing paving machines from the string lines that guide them has been much more difficult than expected. All of the paving equipment manufacturers are working hard to develop this technology. Contractors, too, are anxious to move into this new realm. Setting up and checking string lines is expensive, especially with the current emphasis on smooth-riding pavements. Early attempts to introduce stringless pavers produced poor results, so equipment manufacturers have been careful not to market equipment that isn't fully up to the task.
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