Roller drum of a soil compacting machine

DETAILED DESCRIPTION This invention provides a compacting machine for compacting and densifying a material layer by travelling roller drums over the material layer which comprises: (a) a primary roller drum for performing a compacting function, and (b) a plurality of split roller segments for performing another compacting function.
The segments, which are annular segments, are detachably mounted around the outer peripheral surface of the primary roller drum which is coupled to the driving shaft of the machine.
Each of the segments has respective mounting means adapted to be coupled to the primary roller drum.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention, reference is made to the following detailed description and accompanying drawing.
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