Description
Brick roads are beautiful and durable, but we do not see them too
often due to the effort it takes to produce them. What once was a
laborintensive, backbreaking job has now become a snap with this
automatic Chinese paver laying machine, called the TigerStone in
Holand. The device rolls out a beautiful and sustainable hardscape,
creating an instant road anywhere it travels. While the process may
look magical, the secret lies in a smartly designed gravitybased
system.
The machine consists of an angled plain that workers feed with
paving stones or bricks. As the electric crawler inches forward
along a sand base layer, the bricks are automatically packed
together by gravity. A small telescoping forklift feeds the hopper,
allowing the TigerStone to lay out an impressive **0 square meters
of road day, and the span can be adjusted up to six meters
wide.
Brick roads have been around for centuries and they have been
revisited lately by the green building community for a number of
reasons. Bricks are easy to procure and reuse, cement pavers last a
very long time, and they are easy to repair and replace. They
tolerate water and freezing without forming cracks, and some newer
systems actually absorb rainwater between the pavers and infuse it
back into the ground again, reducing storm water runoff and
helping
improve the effectiveness of aquifers. Not to mention, the roads
look pretty great too.
