VÖGELE Site Reports
OVERVIEW
NAVITRONIC Plus® Delivers Excellent Performance
The 3D system developed by VÖGELE uses the project’s digital survey data to guide the paver along the planned route.
SUPER 1800-2 Masters Long Stretches and Tight Bends
The high pavement quality was to a large extent due to ErgoPlus®, the well-proven and innovative concept for paver and screed operation developed by VÖGELE.
SUPER 800 Boasts Easy Operation and Remarkable Performance
The SUPER 800 paved up to within 5cm of the existing boundaries.
SUPER 3000-2 Paves Top Quality Wearing Course without Joints
New large VÖGELE paver delights German professionals when working in 12.5m width.
Spray Paver with NAVITRONIC Plus® Makes its Norwegian Debut
It was the first time that a SUPER 1800-2 with SprayJet Module was used together with NAVITRONIC Plus.
Clean Paving of Wearing Course with Low-Noise Stone Mastic Asphalt
The SUPER 1800-2 with SprayJet Module spreads bitumen emulsion and paves asphalt in a single pass.
Team of Four Paves “Hot to Hot”
Equipped with high compaction screeds and multi-cell sonic sensors, the team of four pavers placed the new binder course and wearing course in strips, 5 to 6m wide, “hot to hot”.
A New “Beach” Made of Coloured Asphalt
Three SUPER 1800-2 paved sand-coloured asphalt “hot to hot” across a width of 24m – the widest area of coloured asphalt ever paved.
15m Pave Width: New Runway for Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport, Germany
A new SUPER 3000-2 was used to this end, and handled the task in the shortest time thanks to its large pave width.
“Swiss Champion”: VÖGELE Technology Sets New Speed Record
Pavement rehabilitation of a 7.7km stretch of the A 53 motorway in the Zürich highlands broke all records.
Thinking Big: SUPER 3000-2 Realizes Spanish Infrastructure Project
Construction of the B-40 orbital motorway on the doorstep of Barcelona was a major project in every respect.
Over the Alps with NAVITRONIC® Basic and Swiss Precision
NAVITRONIC®, the innovative System for 3D Machine Control of VÖGELE pavers, is getting increasingly established throughout the world.
Economical and Versatile: Modular InLine Pave® Technology Truly Excels
The core element of the “hot on hot” paving method for asphalt roads is the SUPER 2100-2 IP paver for binder course equipped with the AB 600-2 Extending Screed in TP2 Plus version for extremely high precompaction.
Small and Compact-size VÖGELE Pavers at Work in Düsseldorf City Centre
The small SUPER 800 carried out asphalt paving between the rails and the compact SUPER 1300-2 surfacing the areas on both sides of the track.
SUPER 3000-2 Unites Technology and Performance
The machine impressed the paving team in all phases of work, from placing water-bound base all the way to paving wearing course.
Two SUPER 1800-2 with SprayJet Module Pave Thin Overlay of Noise-Absorbing Asphalt
Rehabilitating a stretch of the A 9 motorway in Bavaria, Germany.
SUPER Infrastructure for Nigeria
Six SUPER 2100‑2 pavers do their bit in several road construction projects.
VÖGELE Laser Receiver for Pinpoint Landing in Terms of Evenness
Construction of the New Quito International Airport is currently the largest building project in Ecuador. The airport operator has invested USD 600 million in the modern infrastructure, and the requirements on evenness of the runway and taxiways were every bit as high as the sum involved.
70% Higher Laydown Rate Thanks to NAVITRONIC Plus®
Above all on airport sites, time is a critical factor. The faster a job needs to be completed, the smoother aviation operations can proceed. The time saved on reconstruction of the runway at Zweibrücken Airport was particularly impressive.
High Laydown Rate of 4,200 Tonnes per Shift
The job site on the German A 48 motorway between Ochtendung and Mayen was a master stroke of productivity: a SUPER 2100-2 worked across a width up to 12.5m at a top pave speed of 4.5m/min.
VISION 5200-2 Defines New Standards
Ohio State University Airport in the USA looks back on a long tradition, having already served as a training facility for military and civilian pilots since as far back as 1943. Reconstruction of the asphalt pavement was called for to ensure that flight safety could be guaranteed in the future, too. The supreme requirement in this respect was maximum evenness of the pavement. And this is why contractor Shelly & Sands Inc. opted for a VISION 5200-2.
VÖGELE Paver Provides for Perfect Evenness
Test drivers and vehicle developers will soon be able to make tyres scream when they test new vehicle components to the limit at the “Aldenhoven Vehicle Testing Centre” near Aachen, Germany.
Combination of Asphalt and Cement for a High Load-bearing Capacity
When it came to carrying out pavement reconstruction of its central bus station, the municipality of Dusseldorf (Germany) decided to strike out in a new direction.
VÖGELE Paver Achieves Maximum Precompaction
Well-founded know-how is also needed for highly cost-effective and high-quality paving of Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC). This has been demonstrated in Indianapolis, USA, where RCC and asphalt were paved using the combination of SUPER 2100-2 paver and AB 600 High Compaction Screed in TP2 version.
Special Features: Versatile, Excellent Manoeuvrability, Powerful
VÖGELE launched their new pavers in the compact equipment class roughly two years ago. Since their debut, the tracked SUPER 1100-2 and SUPER 1300-2 pavers, as well as the wheeled SUPER 1103-2 and SUPER 1303-2 models, have gained a firm footing in jobs that call for a lean machine design with strong performance figures.
InLine Pave® Train Widens Highway While Open to Traffic
The innovative VÖGELE technology permitting the paving of binder and surface courses in a single pass is becoming the method of choice on ever more job sites when it comes to cost-efficiency and quality.
Reconstruction of Motorway in Full-Road Width Across 12m
When reconstructing a 5km stretch of the A 61 motorway in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a SUPER 2100-2 paved two new lanes including hard shoulder in full-road width.
SUPER 1800-2 with SprayJet Module Speeds up Paving and Cuts Costs
Although the contract marked the first ever use of the SUPER 1800-2 with SprayJet Module in the Netherlands, the team easily got to grips with the VÖGELE paver right from the start.
Modular Machine Design Plays out its Strengths
New construction of the B 178 (n) Federal highway near Löbau in the German Free State of Saxony was extraordinary in many respects. When it came to paving the 5.9km stretch of the highway, hot on hot, the VÖGELE InLine Pave® train displayed all its advantages.
VÖGELE Open the Throttle for the Formula 1
All told, the project in Abu Dhabi involves laying some 950,000 tonnes of crushed stone for base course and surfacing an area of 750,000m² with 210,000 tonnes of asphalt.
Yellow Asphalt for a Dash of Colour
It was a lucky coincidence that just at that time, the contractor took delivery of a brand-new SUPER 1303-2 from VÖGELE’s compact equipment class.
5.2km of Motorway Rehabilitated in Just Four Night Shifts
With InLine Pave®, VÖGELE have developed a concept allowing to reduce traffic obstruction to a minimum.
SUPER 1800-2 Rehabilitates Runway and Landing Strip at Airport in Iceland
On the job site in Iceland, the use of NAVITRONIC Plus® yielded major advantages: without 3D machine control, reference wires would have had to be installed.
Construction of Motorway without Tensioned Wire but with Swiss Precision
NAVITRONIC Plus® the 3D System for Machine Control, guides the SUPER 2100-2 towards highly accurate paving results.
SUPER Power for the “Autoroute Transmaghrébine”
Some 70 machines from the WIRTGEN Group are involved in the world’s currently largest road construction project.
“Workhorses” Master Mammoth Project
The first task involved placing and compacting base course comprising a volume of 800,000 tonnes of CTB (cement-treated base). This job proved to be a tough challenge for two VÖGELE SUPER 2100-2 pavers and numerous HAMM Series 3000 rollers.
The SUPER Pavers’ Fastest Lap in South-East Asia
VÖGELE pavers hold the pole position and resurface the new Formula 1 circuit in Singapore with a special mix. These machines fulfil strictest requirements when constructing race tracks.
Olympic Games: The 1,000m Sprint of the VÖGELE Pavers
Successful mission of SUPER pavers in Beijing. They resurfaced the 4th Ring Road in the vicinity of the Bird's Nest, Beijing's National Stadium.
Paving at Top Speed
Speed is essential on every race track. And that was also true for the extensive rehabilitation work on the Automotodrom Brno circuit carried out in a record-breaking six weeks.
Easy and Accurate: Grade and Slope Control with 2 Big MultiPlex Skis
How to build a road true to line and level without an existing reference ? The Big MultiPlex Ski, VÖGELE’s sensor system for grade and slope control, was fitted to a SUPER 1900-2 and helped achieve a perfect paving result when rehabilitating a rural road in Germany.
Clear the Ring on the A99
Two SUPER 1800-2 with SprayJet Module rehabilitated one of Germany‘s busiest motorways. A pavement preservation contract was awarded and thin overlay paved on spray seal, hot on hot.
NAVITRONIC® Plus Cuts Costs and Boosts Productivity
When closing the gap on the German A26 motorway by new construction of a section in the Hamburg area, NAVITRONIC® Plus, the 3D Machine Control System offered by VÖGELE, performed excellently.
SUPER 1803-2 Paves the Way into Latter-Day Noah’s Ark
A SUPER 1803-2 played a crucial role in the construction of a latter-day Noah’s Arc on Spitsbergen. The “Svalbard Global Seed Vault” was built in the permafrost soil of the Arctic archipelago as a depository for plant seeds that is intended to preserve the biodiversity of our planet.
SUPER 800 Enhances Park with Coloured Asphalt
In Leinefelde, where the River Leine has it source, a SUPER 800 carried out a landscaping contract. The small VÖGELE paver was on the scene to surface pathways with yellow asphalt around a lake in the new recreational area.
Perfect Paving Result Despite Tight Conditions
A SUPER 800 was on the scene on a provisional bridge adjacent to VÖGELE’s main plant in Mannheim, Germany. The small machine paved narrow asphalt strips between tramway tracks.
Staying in Line Around Roundabout
In road construction, building roundabouts is a considerable challenge that calls for the very best equipment. However, with the right paver technology and site logistics, jobs of this kind can be completed without difficulty, even when tight radii are required.
Tracked SUPER 1300-2 on the “Vulkan Cycle Path” in Germany
The first job for the SUPER 1300-2 was on the 93km long “Vulkan Cycle Path” in Hesse, Germany. The brand-new tracked paver resurfaced a section of the popular cycle path 60km northeast of Frankfurt/Main.
Successful Debut for the SUPER 1303-2 in Cremona, Italy
One of the first applications of the SUPER 1303-2 in Italy was in Cremona. The paving team used the wheeled paver for placing 3cm wearing course on a job site in the harbour of the river Po.
Brilliant Premiere for the SUPER 1103-2 in Lombardy
The Italian contractor used a SUPER 1103-2 for surfacing a car park and sidewalks in a residential neighbourhood. The small paver impressed by high productivity, excellent pavement quality and outstanding manoeuvrability.
SUPER 1103-2 Rehabilitates Carriageway in a Single Shift in England
The British contractor's paving team in Leicestershire, UK, put their new wheeled SUPER 1103-2 paver through its paces on the very first job.
Super Quiet SUPER 1103-2 Paid Utmost Respect to its Surroundings
The surfacing of pathways in a graveyard in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England was the first job the British contractor carried out with the new SUPER 1103-2. This was a job which demanded the utmost respect for the surroundings, so that the super quiet VÖGELE paver was the ideal candidate.
Paving Thin Wearing Course under the Midnight Sun in Swedish Lapland
Stretching some 1,600km from Helsingborg in southern Sweden to just short of the Arctic Circle, the E4 is Sweden's second longest highway. The fantastic landscape provided the perfect backdrop for the new VÖGELE spray paver of Swedish contractor PEAB.
SUPER 1800-2 Spray Paver Keeps Carriageway Clean in Southern Norway
The fortress of Frederiksten in Halden in the south of Norway, overlooking the city and the fjord, makes for a majestic sight. In the summer of 2007, Swedish contractor Skanska carried out resurfacing works on a 5km stretch of the "Rijksweg" RW 22 highroad.
The tracked SUPER 2100-2 Places Super Quiet Overlay on Motorway
The volume of traffic on Germany’s motorways is growing from year to year and with it the associated noise emission. At the same time, new residential areas are being built ever closer to carriageways and motorways.
10 VÖGELE Pavers Build a 90km Stretch on Europe’s Largest Road Construction Site
Poland’s A1 motorway currently represents the largest road construction project in Europe. RoadNews first reported on this project in Issue 09, when asphalt works had just begun. Great progress has since been made on the first 90km long stretch of the motorway.
Extreme Paving on a Steep Slope of 31 Degrees
The project of a hydro power station in the Chinese province of Henan is extreme from every point of view: a giant 3 million cubic metres of water will turn turbine generators achieving a combined output of 1,200MW of electricity.
SUPER 700 Proves Above Par
SUPER 700, a small paver developed and produced by VÖGELE especially for the US market, demonstrated its versatility when surfacing pathways on a golf course.
VÖGELE Actively Supports Up and Coming Sports Talent
The hockey team of Mannheim Athletic and Sports Club called and VÖGELE answered. A paving team delegated by VÖGELE built an absolutely even asphalt base in a new hockey hall to provide the youth hockey team with better training conditions.
Night Shift at the Airport
Four SUPER pavers rehabilitated the runway at Brussels Charleroi Airport, Belgium. The 20-year-old asphalt pavement was successively repaired over a period of several nights.
Road Construction in the Desert Sands
Boom Construction Co. from Doha relied on a wheeled VÖGELE SUPER 1803-1 paver for building a municipal arterial road in Qatar.
WIRTGEN Group Power for Europe's Largest Road Building Project
Since mid-2006, Skanska-NDI, a Swedish-Polish joint venture, has been undertaking construction of the first 90km stretch of a motorway that will traverse the whole of Poland in just a couple of years. This is the largest road construction project currently underway in Europe.
"InLine Pave" Saves 2 Days on Contract for Pavement Rehabilitation in Single-Lane Width
The German A61 motorway leading from the Hockenheim junction to the border with the Netherlands is a traffic route carrying a particularly high number of heavy goods vehicles. The enormous axle loads of HGV traffic had caused deep rutting on the right-hand lane which now was in need of rehabilitation.
Manual Work Banned, SUPER 800 Planned
For works on the crest of the embankment in Cologne, Germany, VBS opted for a small VÖGELE SUPER 800 paver to get the job done and was awarded the contract.
Small SUPER 800 Ideal for Placing Crushed Stone, Chippings and Asphalt
This year for the first time, Mannheim-based JOSEPH VÖGELE AG is going to use the GaLaBau exhibition as a platform to present two of their machines specially to contractors from the garden and landscaping sector.
Last Stop Before the North Pole
Flights from Oslo and Tromsø are the most important link to Norway's Svalbard islands, which lie north of the Arctic Circle. Aircraft take off and land on the world’s most northerly runway located near the largest settlement on the group of islands, the town of Longyearbyen.
Power for Paris
The A1 motorway around the Villepinte exit to the north of Paris is well known to professionals from the building industry, as close to this place the "Intermat" fair opens its doors every 3 years.
The Première on the A48 Motorway, Germany, was a Success
A VÖGELE SUPER 2500 paves in full-road width and shortens construction period by 3 weeks.
Approximate Temperature 130°C: SUPER 2500 Paves Low-Temperature Asphalt
A SUPER 2500 was on the scene on the A7 motorway near Schleswig, Germany, when the contractor Eurovia built a 5.6km long section in record time.QUICK FINDER
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