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Verification Procedure for a Gyratory Compactor
  • Publication no: AGPT-T211-05
  • Published: 1 May 2005

Asphalt characterisation tests require equipment that is well maintained and correctly adjusted. The procedures described in this document will provide a means of verifying that a Gyropac gyratory compactor is in a suitable working condition to comply with the requirements of AS 2891.2.2 ‘Sample preparation – Compaction of asphalt test specimens using a gyratory compactor’. The procedures are advisory rather than mandatory.

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