At the heart of our products!

The company "Groupement des Enrobés de l’Ain" and MRI have once again placed their trust in Pyrocontrole! Follow us!

For this new episode at the heart of our products, Alexandre Soukphouangkham, Product Manager - Control Products, and the sales engineer Valentin Filser are working for "Groupement des Enrobés de l’Ain". This job involves joint work between MRI, which installed the system, and Pyrocontrole, which handled commissioning of the Thyritop 500 models at GEA in Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain, France).

Our Thyritop 500 power controllers can optimize the heating of tar. Once the right temperature is reached (120 °C), it is mixed with various gravels and maintained at that temperature by means of the Thyritop 500s. Once this operation has terminated, the asphalt is finally ready to cover our roads and motorways, either for maintenance or for building new infrastructure.

Additional technical details…

Products // Thyritop 500 power controller

Voltage // 400V

Loads // 12Kw

Conduction mode // BURST firing

Options // Open loop

Fieldbus // MODBUS RTU

The earliest known uses of tar have been found in Mesopotamia, where it served as glue in prehistoric times.

Tar is derived from coal and should not be confused with bitumen, which is derived from oil.