Looking for 160 Tons Per Hour? Here Are Three TTM Plants Worth a Closer Look
Not too big, not too small — 160 t/h hits a sweet spot for a lot of contractors we talk to. Enough output to keep a paving crew busy without standing around, but it won't bleed your budget dry the way a 240 or 320 setup can. If you're bidding mid-range highway work, municipal roads, or airport taxiways, this is probably the capacity you keep circling back to.
The question is which plant to actually buy. That depends on your site, what you already own, and how much room you've got. We build three models at 160 t/h, and they're really meant for three different situations.
1. GLB-2000（Top Qualit Road Construction Asphalt Mixing Plant） — When Land Is Tight
If your site is cramped (and most are), start here. The GLB-2000 tucks the finished storage silo right underneath the main structure — bottom-type, integrated — so you're not sprawling equipment across the lot just to hold hot mix.
Specs: 160 t/h, 28 m³ hot aggregate bin, 2000 kg per batch, and finished storage from 50 up to 300 tons. The baghouse sits directly above the dryer drum, which cuts down duct length and heat loss. Everything's modular, so when the project wraps up, you break it down and move it without a three-week teardown.
The catch is that you're committing to the bottom-silo layout. If your material flow needs storage positioned elsewhere, skip this one. But for a fixed installation where footprint is the constraint, it's the cleanest answer.
2. LB-2000（Asphalt Aggregate Mixing Plant） — The One You Configure Yourself
Same 160 t/h, same 2000 kg batch — but no finished silo in the package. That's not a weakness; it's the whole idea. The LB-2000 is built for contractors who already have storage on site, or who'd rather spec their own bin size and placement instead of inheriting someone else's arrangement.
One thing that stands out in the field: the hot aggregate bin is 50 m³, nearly double the GLB's. That extra buffer matters when your aggregate supply gets spotty — which, if you've run a plant for more than a season, you know it will. The vibration screen runs on Italian-made motors, genuinely maintenance-free. And there's a RAP interface already reserved, so adding recycling later doesn't mean midnight welding.
Think of it as the core engine. You build the rest around what your project actually needs.
3. RLBZ-2000 （Asphalt Hot Recycling Mixing Plant）— The Upgrade That Earns Its Keep
Different animal entirely. The RLBZ-2000 isn't a standalone plant — it's a recycling facility that attaches to a mixer you already run. Got an LB-3000 or LB-4000 sitting there? This is how you cut material costs without buying a whole new line.
At 160 t/h of RAP throughput, you can push recycled content to 67% paired with an LB-3000, or 50% with an LB-4000. Less virgin aggregate, less fresh bitumen — and given how material prices have been swinging, that's money staying in your account every single month.
Two patents worth knowing about. The heating drum uses an elastic paddle design (ZL200810189181.1) that stops RAP from caking onto the drum and paddles during heating — if you've ever chiseled cured asphalt out of a drum, you know why that matters. The premix mixer (201110063817.X) blends reclaimed asphalt with recycling agents before the main mix, so going green doesn't cost you cycle time or mix quality.
Bottom Line
It really comes down to one thing: are you starting fresh, or upgrading what you've got?
Tight site, want it all in one package → GLB-2000
Building your own layout → LB-2000
Already running a plant, want to slash material spend → RLBZ-2000
All three ship from our Quanzhou facility in 30-35 days, with installation support and operator training included. We've put these into the field across 50+ countries — if you want to run the numbers on your specific project, send us an inquiry and we'll get into the details.
