Road Roller

Road roller is an important engineering vehicle that is considered necessary for the roads and highway constructions and is used for the compaction of dirt, gravel, concrete, and asphalt. In landfill compaction too, road roller has great utility. The size vary according to the usage. Its size vary from simple drum with a handle, to a size of many tonnes.

Types of Rollers
Based on their sizes rollers are of following types :

Combinations
Tandem
Trench
Applications
The major utility of rollers lies in the following areas :

Compaction of roads.
Compaction of runways in airports.
It also has utility in the landfill compaction.
It is also used in the compaction of car parking areas, pavements etc.