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Term of the Road Dictionary

chipping 2

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Roads Construction General Items
  • Definition : Provision of hardness or roughness by rolling precoated aggregates (''chippings'') into a pavement surface during laying, just behind the paver.
  • Synonyms : embedment of chippings

Absplitten2

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Straßen Bau Allgemeines
  • Definition : Behandlung, die durch Einwalzen von Splitt in die Fahrbahnbefestigungsoberfläche zu ihrer Verhärtung führt (oder sie rau macht).
  • Synonyms : Splitteinwalzen