A road roller, also known as a soil compactor, is a type of road construction equipment, available in two main categories: steel-wheeled and tire-mounted. Within the broader category of construction machinery, road rollers fall under the umbrella of road equipment and are widely used in compaction operations for large-scale projects such as highways, railways, airport runways, dams, and stadiums. They can compact sandy, semi-cohesive, and cohesive soils, as well as stabilized subgrade soils and asphalt concrete pavement layers.
Road rollers utilize their own weight to perform various compaction tasks, causing permanent deformation and densification of the compacted layer.
