Caterpillar Performance Handbook, January 2017, SEBD0351-47

Cold Planer Use By ProjectType

Cold Planers

COLD PLANER USE BY PROJECT TYPE

Applications

Highway/Airport

City/Urban

● To establish grade and slope. ● Remove excess pavement. ● For use with hot mix recycle. ● Remove pavement irregularities. ● Texture for skid resistance. ● Total rebuild. RAP used for base or hot recycle. ● Cold recycle.This requires additional surface treatment. ● For skid resistance and improved bond when overlay is applied.

● To establish proper grade and slope. ● To establish new grade and slope. ● To correct drainage and curb reveal. ● To lower elevation at overpass. ● For use with hot recycle. ● Eliminate leveling course. ● Total rebuild. RAP used for base or hot recycle. ● Cold recycle. Requires additional surface treatment. ● For skid resistance and improved bond when overlay is applied. ● At intersections to remove bumps, shoving and improve drainage. ● Intersection defect repair. ● Pothole repair. ● Railroad crossing repair. ● Tight radius profiling around manhole covers, etc. ● Pavement adjustments (transitions from existing pavements to new overlays).

Planing (Milling)

Partial Removal

Full Depth Removal

Texturing

Leveling

● Joint and crack repair. ● Cut rumble grooves on shoulders of bridge approaches. ● Concrete removal.

Special

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