Hand-guided road drier H95-2

The Hofmann H95-2 Road Dryer is a hand-guided diesel-powered road surface dryer for enabling road marking operations in damp or wet surface conditions. The unit is powered by a single-cylinder Hatz diesel engine with 232 cm³ displacement, air-cooled, delivering 2.8 kW at 2,300 rpm. The blower unit outputs 10,500 liters per minute at an exit air temperature of approximately 600°C. Overall dimensions are 2,200 mm (L) x 800 mm (W) x 1,100 mm (H) with an operating weight of approximately 185 kg. Standard drying width is approximately 30 cm, with an optional 50 cm drying width configuration available. The unit operates as a fully independent self-contained machine — no separate compressor, external air supply, or power connection is required on-site.

The diesel engine drives the blower directly, producing the high-volume, high-temperature airflow that evaporates surface moisture from the road before marking material is applied. The drying unit geometry is configured to reach edge areas and border zones of road sections — locations where surface moisture accumulates and is most difficult to dry using the forward pass of a full marking machine alone. A secondary functional capability is a melt function for removing road marking films — the high-temperature airflow softens and lifts old thermoplastic or cold plastic marking sheets from the road surface, allowing removal without mechanical cutting or grinding. This makes the H95-2 useful for both pre-marking preparation and marking removal operations on the same site.

The Hofmann H95-2 Road Dryer is deployed by road marking contractors and highway maintenance teams during small-scale marking operations in wet or humid weather conditions — including pedestrian crossing refreshes, stop line applications, symbol markings, and edge line work — wherever surface moisture would prevent proper adhesion of thermoplastic or cold plastic marking material if applied directly to an undried surface. It is also used for marking film removal at maintenance and repair sites.

Leader Infra supplies this diesel-powered independent road surface dryer for road marking contractors — enabling marking operations in damp conditions without compressor dependency, across a 30 to 50 cm drying width, with additional marking film removal capability in a single 185 kg hand-guided unit.

FAQ — Why does the H95-2 use a Hatz diesel engine rather than a gas burner for road surface drying? The diesel engine drives the blower mechanically, producing high-volume forced hot air without an open flame at the road surface — which a gas burner would produce. Forced hot air drying at 600°C exit temperature with 10,500 liters per minute blower output evaporates surface moisture across the full drying width rapidly and uniformly, without the localized heat concentration and flame risk that direct gas burner contact with the road surface would create in confined or urban working environments.