Stripe Hog Blog

2011-07-01T07:30:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release:

JAMACO INDUSTRIES LLC HAS LICENSED WATERBLASTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC OF STUART, FLORIDA,USA, TO MANUFACTURE, MARKET AND SELL THE RS-20B RUMBLE STRIP MILLING MACHINE

Stuart, Florida, USA – July 1, 2011 – Jamaco Industries LLC has licensed Waterblasting Technologies of Stuart, FL, USA, to manufacture, market and sell the RS-20B pavement rumble strip milling machine.

The Jamaco Industries LLC RS-20B pavement rumble strip milling machine surpasses expectations at cutting median and centerline rumble strips, which have been proven to reduce automobile accidents. With the ability to cut at up to 3.4 mph, the RS-20B is the most productive rumble strip unit on the market. In development now is an additional cutter drum which will excel at making cuts for inlaid pavement markings and recessed pavement markers.

About Gary Jakits
Through the years, Jakits has grown and expanded on rumble strip machine ideas to create the most efficient equipment for rumble strips and the improvement on safety that it delivers.

For more information contact Waterblasting Technologies, Inc., Dave Friday, at (001) 772-223-7393, email at dave@waterblasting.com or visit the website at www.jamacorumblestrip.com or www.waterblastingtechnologies.com.

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TOP 10 REASONS WHY AIRPORTS CHOOSE STRIPE HOG

2011-01-11T08:24:00.000-08:00

1. More Production – The Stripe Hog is on the scene quickly, works fast, cleans up after itself, and gets off the site. Airport operators will open windows of access to work tasks that can be performed with little to no impact.

2. No Chemicals - No harsh chemicals for operators, machinery or environment. Uses only water.

3. No Damage – Pavement marking removal and runway rubber removal without damaging the asphalt or concrete surfaces.

4. Less Labor - Requires one operator to operate the Stripe Hog. Consider the value of sending one individual for a stripe removal project to remove more than 700 square feet of paint in less than 45 minutes.

5. More Freedom – Working with contractors on rubber removal or pavement marking removal forces you to create a well-defined window of opportunity with little to no wiggle room. With your own Stripe Hog, you work when you want or need to and you can flex with the dynamic scheduling we all contend with in the REAL world.

6. Fewer Closures - The Stripe Hog’s ability to deeply clean traction grooves reduces the frequency of cleaning while preserving runway traction. Additionally; having your own Stripe Hog gives you the ability to give the centerline a quick wash to increase reflectivity between scheduled rubber removals.

7. More Applications - The Stripe Hog makes quick work of runway rubber removal, pavement marking removal such as water base paint, oil base paint and even thermal plastic markings, cleaning or rejuvenation of existing markings and retexturing of pavement surfaces.

8. More Mobility - If you are part of an Airport System with multiple airfields to maintain, the Stripe Hog is street ready to move about quickly from site to site. No trailers, no caravans of manpower and equipment. Get in and go.

9. Emergency Pull-back - The Stripe Hog's immediate vacuum recovery is not only great for the environment but allows the equipment to vacate the runway, and clear the object free zone in 30 seconds, leaving a clean surface in the case the Tower orders an immediate pull back.

10. Water Recycling - The Stripe Hog SH8000R is the only system in the world that purifies and reuses the collected water instead of needing to dump and refill every few hours.

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AVION 50 Runway Rubber Removal Vs. Water Blasting

2008-09-29T17:58:00.000-07:00

What do I think about Avion 50’s position on their website regarding waterblasting? Instead of simply giving a seemingly biased opinion please allow me to share a couple of facts.

I have surveyed every single airport in North America with a passenger count of over 1 ML passengers per year. This has put me in touch with the facts and reality of rubber removal methods currently being used.

60% of North American airports currently use waterblasting for their rubber removal, 31% use chemicals and 9% do not need to do rubber removal because it is naturally removed with the de-icing chemicals and snow removal processes combined with low traffic volumes throughout the year.

The airport individuals I have spoken to about what is on Avion’s website say that it’s obvious to them that they are not accurately portraying waterblasting and in the end it only hurts their credibility because it makes them look like they don’t know what they’re talking about.

I must thank you because what you have helped me to realize is that I need to take their webpage content and text and create a document that speaks to the reality of their position.

For instance, I hired a 3rd party, iso certified, lab to test our rubber removal debris that was collected during a rubber removal job on an asphalt surface. There was only 13% of the material that they could not accurately identify. The 87% was identified as components of rubber and had absolutely no traces of aggregate or materials pertaining to the asphalt surface. The 13% unidentified, they said, could have been dust from the environment, dirt, jet fuel, etc. Bottom line is Avion’s statement that says 80% of the collected debris from the waterblasting method for rubber removal is so far fetched it dramatically reduces their credibility.

I understand there is little to no FOD on the runways but if you took a sweeper and ran it down a grooved asphalt runway from one end to the other what do you think you would find? I’ve never done this test but you see my logic and I will try to find someone to do this test as well to keep it factual.

The major North American airports that I have spoken to say that after a certain number of cleanings with chemicals they must do something like waterblasting or shotblasting because the chemicals lose they’re effectiveness and reach a point that a chemical cleaning cannot bring the friction levels up to where they need to be. Kind of ironic but, I just received a call while writing this email from a major NA airport that was complaining that after using Avion 50 over time, they can go back to the runway a week after a cleaning and they can’t tell that it was ever cleaned. He wanted to know more about the statements in our materials that speak to the fact that the water jets penetrate the tiniest of pores and with our simultaneous vacuum recovery the rubber is immediately extracted while in a suspended state which results in a deeper cleaning which translates into fewer cleanings needed.

Another fact is the Stripe Hog, with a properly trained operator, will not damage the surface by altering or polishing the shoulders of the grooves whether on concrete or asphalt.

I will work on further developing these initial thoughts regarding the Avion website statements and chemical cleaning vs. waterblasting cleaning for rubber removal.

Dave

Dave Friday
VP, Sales & Marketing
http://waterblastingtechnologies.com

Welcome

2006-11-10T21:59:00.001-08:00

Welcome! The Hog Blog is your connection to the The Hog Farm which is located in Stuart Florida USA and is where the Stripe Hog Waterblasting System was created and is still evolving today. The Stripe Hog excels at runway rubber removal, pavement marking removal and surface preparation.