J Don Brock dies - Astec Industries founder from Chattanooga

One of Chattanooga’s most successful inventors has died.
J. Don Brock founded Astec Industries in 1972.
He started the company on a bet with a friend over who could engineer a faster way to dry carpet.
The business now employs 4,000 people around the globe, and Brock has 100 patents to his name.
He passed away Tuesday at Memorial Hospital from cancer. He was 76.