Patent ID: 8646964

Claim:
A method for producing asphalt mix product for delivery at a desired temperature, the asphalt mix product being comprised of a mixture of recycled asphalt product and virgin material and having a selected proportion of recycled asphalt product to virgin material, the method comprising: heating recycled asphalt product indirectly in an indirectly heated recycled asphalt product heater to an elevated temperature to prepare heated recycled asphalt product at the elevated temperature, and heating virgin material in the indirectly heated recycled asphalt product heater exclusively indirectly to a maximum temperature not exceeding a prescribed temperature above which damage to the recycled asphalt product heater will occur, to prepare heated virgin material at the maximum temperature; and mixing the heated recycled asphalt product with the heated virgin material in the selected proportion of recycled asphalt product to virgin material to prepare the asphalt mix product for delivery at the desired temperature, whereby the selected proportion of recycled asphalt product to virgin material is not limited by the maximum temperature of the heated virgin material.