Escorts Construction Equipment has been on the forefront, providing comprehensive compaction equipment solution for road construction activity in the country. It claims to be the only manufacturer which can boast of the widest range of Vibratory Roller in the country. The range includes a 10-tonne and a 12-tonne Soil Vibratory roller, a 10-tonne Tandem Vibratory Roller and a 3-tonne Mini Tandem Vibratory Roller.

Road construction is now wide spread  in India, which includes the extreme weather of places like deserts which have high temperatures and dry weather and high altitudes which have low temperatures and thin air. Escorts are all geared up with necessary adaptations on the equipment and also the network to render after sales support. The network of Escorts now comprises of more than 140 outlets spread across the length and breadth of the country.

Escorts is ideal for road construction
The Vibratory roller range of Escorts offers an optimum solution for the compaction of both soil and asphalt. Having absorbed the technology earlier, Escorts has done lot of work in adapting the equipment for Indian conditions.

Current range of equipment offered by Escorts are not only capable of offering the desired performance levels but can achieve them with the least overall cost calculated at cost per cubic metre of compacted earth or asphalt .

Demand for compactors is growing
Rajinder Raina, General Manager, Marketing, Escorts Construction Equipment Limited speaks about the market conditions of compactors in India. He says, “The compactor equipment in India has been constantly evolving and matching the framework of the requirement. This evolution has happened earlier due to the mandatory requirements of usage and is currently being driven by end specifications of roads and also the necessity to maximize the productivity of the compaction equipment.”

Mr Raina says, “Over the years and more specifically in the last few years, we have seen that demand of higher tonnage rollers growing. The compactobars having dynamic on board compaction measuring devices and equipment monitoring systems have found acceptance from different user segments. However, these solutions cannot classify as innovations per se, but a developmental activity necessitated by the requirement.  It’s more of an adaptation exercise. The shift from method specification to end specification of road construction can see many innovations unfolding in the compaction equipment industry in India.”

Address primary reasons to make roads ‘Monsoon Resistant’
Speaking of the roads in monsoon, Mr Raina observes, “The wash away roads or pot-hole ridden stretches during monsoon have many dimensions to the disruption of roads in monsoon, and this is not limited to compaction equipment alone. The lack of proper drainage, poor design of flexible pavement, improper compaction achieved during construction along with difficult soil condition are some of the reasons for the roads to give away during monsoon. The technology of compaction equipment available is sufficient enough to tackle the issue. However, we need to address the primary reasons first to make our roads ‘monsoon resistant.”

The shift from method specification to end specification of road construction can see many innovations unfolding in the compaction equipment industry in India.
Rajinder Raina, General Manager, Marketing, Escorts Construction Equipment Limited