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What to look for when buying a road roller?

Date: Jul 18, 2024 Views:

Choosing a road roller is an important decision that involves several considerations. Here are some key points and suggestions to help you make an informed choice:


1. Define your needs:

   - Before you buy a road roller, you should first clarify your needs, including the size of the project, operating environment, budget and many other aspects. Different models and brands of road 

rollers differ in terms of performance, price, and applicable scenes.


2. Brand selection:

   - Brand is a very important consideration. Road rollers of famous brands usually have better quality assurance, after-sales service and technical support. Hengwang, is a national high-tech 

enterprise integrating product development, design, manufacturing, international trade, e-commerce, logistics and transportation.


3. Product performance:

   - Compaction performance: pay attention to the roller's compaction capacity, compaction depth, compaction speed and other indicators, and consider its ability to adapt to different operating 

environments.

   - Power performance: focus on engine power, fuel consumption rate and other indicators, and consider its fuel economy.

   - Maneuvering performance: pay attention to the comfort of the cab, operational flexibility, braking performance and other indicators.

   - Maintenance: choose products that are easy to maintain and have lower maintenance costs.


4. Price and cost-effective:

   - Price is a factor that should not be ignored when buying a road roller. When comparing different brands and models of road rollers, in addition to focusing on its price, but also consider its 

cost-effective. Cost-effective products usually have better performance, lower operating costs and good after-sales service.


5. After-sales service and technical support:

   - Understand the supplier's after-sales service policy, technical support and the convenience of repair and maintenance. Choosing a brand with good after-sales service and technical support will 

enable you to get timely solutions to problems encountered in the course of use and reduce operational risks.


6. Selection of online shopping platform:

   - When buying road rollers online, it is very important to choose a reliable shopping platform. You should choose the e-commerce platforms with good reputation and good word of mouth, such 

as Tmall, Jingdong, etc. These platforms have perfect after-sales service and transaction guarantee mechanisms.


7. Types of road rollers:

   - Road rollers are mainly divided into two types: light wheel rollers and rubber wheel rollers. Light wheel rollers are suitable for compaction operations on hard surfaces such as asphalt and 

cement, while rubber wheel rollers are more suitable for compaction of loose materials such as sand and gravel.


8. Select according to the requirement of project quality:

   - If you want to obtain uniform compaction density, you can choose tire rollers; if you want to make the road surface compacted and smooth, you can choose full-drive rollers.


9. Select according to the thickness of the pavement:

   - When rolling asphalt concrete pavement, the weight, amplitude and vibration frequency of the roller should be selected according to the paving thickness of the mixture.


10. Select according to the type (grade) of highway:

    - For the first and second grade national trunk highways and automobile-only roads, large vibratory rollers with high compaction capacity of 6~10t should be used; for the highways below the 

third grade, or when compaction operations are not frequently carried out, it is better to equip with vibratory rollers with mobility and flexibility of about 2t.


With these steps and precautions above, you can better buy a road roller that suits your needs.


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