Cold Planers for Road Milling

The machine is commonly called a cold planer, asphalt milling machine, or road planer. It uses a rotating cutting drum equipped with carbide or rolling-wedge style tools to grind away asphalt or concrete surfaces during road resurfacing, repair, or rehabilitation projects.

In road construction, a planing machine (cold planer) is heavy equipment that removes a defined thickness of pavement using a rotating drum lined with cutting tools. It's used to remove damaged asphalt or concrete, create textured surfaces, or prepare roads for overlay without heating the material.

An asphalt planer removes deteriorated or excess asphalt from roadways by grinding the surface with a rotating cutting drum. It's used to correct pavement grade, remove rutting and cracking, and prepare a clean, textured base before a new asphalt overlay is applied.

Rolling Wedge tools typically need replacement every 1-3 months, compared to twice-weekly replacements common with traditional carbide picks. This significantly reduces downtime, labor costs, and the frequency of production stoppages on active milling jobs.

Yes. Rolling Wedge tools are designed to cut through many grades of rebar without jamming, stalling, or breaking tools, making them suitable for reinforced concrete deconstruction projects that traditional carbide pick systems struggle to handle efficiently.

Yes, Rolling Wedge tools work with both rubber-tire and track skid steers, effectively transforming them into production-grade milling machines. They're also compatible with larger milling equipment, including CAT and Roadtec machinery, for bigger projects.