Asphalt Zipper, Inc.
Asphalt Zipper, Inc. is the world wide leader in portable reclamation machines. They manufacture and sell an asphalt grinding machine called, the Asphalt Zipper. This machine is an attachment engineered to fit on wheel loaders, backhoes and skid steers. It has its own power plant and is not a hydraulic grinder. It features a turbo diesel engine that powers a rotating cutter head festooned with carbide cutting teeth. The Asphalt Zipper differs from larger grinding machines in that it has a proprietary bucket slot in it where the bucket of the host machine fits and is tightly secured by hydraulic clamps. This configuration literally transforms the loader or backhoe into a powerful asphalt pulverizing machine capable of grinding asphalt up to 12 inches thick in one pass.Asphalt Zipper produces the most powerful, yet affordable, asphalt reclamation attachments in the world.
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- Construction & Construction Materials
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
About Us
In the early 1990's, a contractor had been observing large milling machines and wondered if a similar capability could be had in an attachment that would help him open utility trenches faster and easier. After several tries, the early Asphalt Zipper machine was born in 1994. Thereafter, contractors started realizing significant cost and time savings with asphalt removal tasks that used to take an entire day being completed in 30 minutes. Contractors were also finding that by eliminating saw-cutting, chunking, hauling and disposal, their cost savings were easily in excess of 70%.
A few years later experimentation began with pothole and street repairs. Early tests showed that crews that had been completing 1-2 patches per day with traditional repair methods were instantly doing 8-9 patches per day with what would later prove to be even greater durability. It wasn't long before full roads of up to a half-mile or more were being completed per day.
Over the years a dedicated team of factory engineers responding to the input and needs of customers have produced significant improvements in design and power. Now Asphalt Zipper machines dot the landscape with contractors, municipalities, counties and DOT's. What began as a small contractor's hope has blossomed into the most cost effective and simple way to repair roads and open utility trenches.
Models start at 24 inches wide for skid steers, 30 inches wide for backhoes, 3 feet, 4 feet, 6 feet and 8 feet wide for wheel loaders. Because of their design, they are able to accomplish the same production as the larger self-propelled grinding machines but at a fraction of the cost. Because of this, many smaller municipalities are now able to purchase their own machines and benefit from full-depth reclamation for their road and street repairs.
Because the Asphalt Zipper is so efficient at pulverizing asphalt, it is able to save cities, counties and D.O.T.s thousands of dollars on each job. Jobs that normally take 3-4 days can now be done in less than one day!
Six-Sigma Quality
Asphalt Zipper is proud to be a Six Sigma certified manufacturer with an industry leading customer-oriented, data driven approach to process improvement.
Asphalt Zipper Six Sigma Black Belt certified engineers employ proven methodologies to minimize defects and variability in every aspect of the design and manufacturing process. This means that every new Asphalt Zipper machine is built to the highest quality standards and will arrive as expected.
Manufactured to Precise Engineering Standards
Four generations of machines later, Asphalt Zipper is considered by those who use it to be the world leader in portable reclamation. Utilizing state-of-the-art design and manufacturing methods, Asphalt Zipper produces the most powerful, yet affordable, asphalt reclamation attachments in the world.
Asphalt Zipper has successfully incorporated the power of large asphalt mills into portable attachments for loaders and backhoes costing only a fraction as much.