COMAP on show

COMAP specialises in the production of industrial installations for bitumen heating, storing, spraying, transport and processing, and as well as its sprayer tanks with tube flame heating (with thermo oil heating of the spray unit), immersed pump and manual bar, it manufactures tanks heated by a thermal oil heater with an inner coil and hydraulic expanding spraying bar.

February 15, 2012 Read time: 1 min

A COMAP Sprayer Tank designed for the production of acid, basic and modified emulsion

1137 COMAP specialises in the production of industrial installations for bitumen heating, storing, spraying, transport and processing, and as well as its sprayer tanks with tube flame heating (with thermo oil heating of the spray unit), immersed pump and manual bar, it manufactures tanks heated by a thermal oil heater with an inner coil and hydraulic expanding spraying bar.

COMPAP's emulsion plants, produced in cylindrical or rectangular sections with a variable hourly production up to 15tonnes, are designed for the production of acid, basic and modified emulsion, with variable bitumen ranging from 50-69%.

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