Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100329783 | ROAD FINISHER WITH AUTOMATIC ENGINE CONTROLLER - The invention relates to a self-propelling machine for processing bituminous or concrete pavement material, in particular a road finisher or a feeder. The machine comprises an internal combustion engine as a primary drive source, a controller for the engine, said controller receiving control signals, at least one additional drive unit for functional and operational components of the machine as well as at least one hydraulic circuit comprising a hydraulic medium reservoir. The invention is characterized in that the controller is configured for automatically causing starting and/or stopping of the engine in response to receipt of at least one specific control signal. | 12-30-2010 |
20110091278 | SCREED FOR ROAD FINISHING MACHINE - In a screed with a basic screed and at least one extendable screed movable relative to the basic screed with a hydraulic cylinder and an electro-hydraulic control comprising a magnet-actuated directional control valve for at least controlling the direction of the hydraulic cylinder, the directional control valve for changing the rate of motion of the hydraulic cylinder is guided by an operator or automatically and is a proportional directional control valve (W) with proportional-electric direct actuation or proportional-electric-hydraulic pilot control. The proportional directional control valve for the hydraulic cylinder is connected on the actuation side with an electro-hydraulic control of a hydraulic system of the road finishing machine. | 04-21-2011 |
20110123267 | METHOD FOR LAYING DOWN A PAVEMENT, A SCREED AND A ROAD PAVER - In a method for laying down a pavement consisting of paving material with a screed of a road paver, in which a compaction unit, particularly a tamper, pre-compacts the paving material at cyclical work cycles with selectable stroke and selectable frequency while the pavement having a selectable pavement thickness) is in the process of being laid down at a selectable paving speed, at least the stroke is automatically adjustable in response to paving parameters, such as at least the paving speed and/or the pavement thickness, along a characteristic curve or in a characteristic map. In the screed the compaction unit comprises an adjusting mechanism which is operable during the ongoing paving work for adjusting the stroke of the compaction unit. | 05-26-2011 |
20110229263 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PROCESS WHEN PRODUCING A PAVING MAT AND ROAD FINISHER - A method for controlling the process laying a layer in a selectable paving thickness with a road finisher in which the laying process is automatically controlled in that a target value for the paving thickness is entered into an automatic closed-loop control system and communicates the actuating signals to such members and the signals. A road finisher has a computerized, either fully automatic or operator aided closed-loop control system for the direct control of the laying process with control of the paving thickness to a predetermined target value and for the optimization of the operating point of the pre-compaction system, which is connected to sensors at least for the acquisition of the setting angle of the screed, of the paving thickness and of the laying rate. | 09-22-2011 |
20120033065 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR A CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - The invention relates to a sensor arrangement for a construction machine with a sensor which is set up for gathering measurement data from a sampling region or from a sampling point. The invention is characterised in that an illumination device for illuminating the sampling region or the sampling point is integrated into the sensor arrangement. | 02-09-2012 |
20120263530 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING A ROAD SURFACE - A method and a system for applying a road surface using a mixing plant for producing laying material, a road finishing machine processing the laying material to a road surface, and a supply chain transporting the laying material from the mixing plant to the road finishing machine. Request commands are transmitted from the road finishing machine to the mixing plant and/or to the supply chain, and, depending on these request commands, the production rate of the laying material in the mixing plant, the temperature of the laying material produced in the mixing plant, and/or the mass flow of laying material supplied to the road finishing machine per time unit by means of the supply chain are adjusted. | 10-18-2012 |
20120263531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LAYING DOWN AND COMPACTING AN ASPHALT LAYER - In a system for laying down an asphalt layer made of asphalt material, and having a road paver having a screed with compacting tools, a compacting device and a mixer, an electronic material density module is provided in or for the road paver. The electronic material density module obtains data during the laying process regarding at least the actual degree of compaction of the asphalt layer produced in the area of at least one compacting tool and evaluates and/or documents these data at least for operational optimisation and/or operational monitoring of the road paver and/or compacting device and/or mixer. The data obtained is communicated to the compacting device that produces the final degree of compaction of the asphalt layer based on the data and on the actual degree of compaction determined at the screed. | 10-18-2012 |
20120263532 | METHOD AND ROAD PAVER FOR LAYING DOWN A PAVEMENT - Method for laying down a pavement with a road paver, in which machine parameters are coordinated at least with paving requirements of the pavement by means of a controller and in which at least one machine parameter set is created and stored in advance for a paving requirement determined before the paving, the parameter set allowing a high level of machine efficiency and pavement quality to be expected and/or has already produced the same for an at least similar earlier paving requirement of an already laid down pavement, and the pavement on the basis of the parameter set created in advance. The road paver has a controller with an on-board computer connected to a sensor system and an actuating system, and includes memories and a retrieval and/or comparison section for triggering the actuating system for implementing the machine parameters of the parameter set created in advance. | 10-18-2012 |
20120265371 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CONSTRUCTION SITE VEHICLES - A system for controlling construction site vehicles has a plurality of construction site vehicles and a control room. Data can be transmitted on communication channels between the control room and the construction site vehicles. In the control room, at least one digital map is stored in which at least one additional piece of information is stored for individual road sections, in addition to the route of the respective road section. A navigation module is provided and designed to generate, with reference to the at least one digital map, navigation recommendations for the construction site vehicles. | 10-18-2012 |
20130082161 | EXTERNAL CONTROL STAND FOR A CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - An external control stand for a self-propelled construction machine. The construction machine has a working component that can be operated from the external control stand. The invention includes a lighting device for illuminating a ground section on the external control stand, as seen in the direction of travel, in front of, behind and/or below the external control stand. | 04-04-2013 |
20130142572 | ROAD FINISHING MACHINE - In a road finishing machine with a screed having a hydraulically movable extendable screed part, an electronic control device and a control panel linked to the control device and including an actuation instrument manually movable by the operator for adjusting the value of a control current for a proportional magnet of at least one proportional control valve and which can adjust the speed of a hydraulic movement actuator of the extendable screed part, a maximum value of kinetic resistance noticeable by the operator can be generated within the movement path of the movement actuator for adjusting either a predetermined movement speed or a transition between two different movement speeds of the movement actuator of the extendable screed part. | 06-06-2013 |
20130258567 | EXTERNAL CONTROL STAND FOR A CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - An external control stand for controlling at least one working component of an self-propelled construction machine comprises at least one display panel and a plurality of input elements, the external control stand comprising at least one mounting section to mount it to the construction machine. The external control stand is characterized in that it comprises a lower shell, an upper shell, and an impact protection, the impact protection being configured to be in contact with the lower shell and the upper shell. | 10-03-2013 |
20130287495 | ROAD FINISHER WITH AUTOMATIC ENGINE CONTROLLER - The invention relates to a self-propelling machine for processing bituminous or concrete pavement material, in particular a road finisher or a feeder. The machine comprises an internal combustion engine as a primary drive source, a controller for the engine, said controller receiving control signals, at least one additional drive unit for functional and operational components of the machine as well as at least one hydraulic circuit comprising a hydraulic medium reservoir. The invention is characterized in that the controller is configured for automatically causing starting and/or stopping of the engine in response to receipt of at least one specific control signal. | 10-31-2013 |
20140035555 | MEASURING SYSTEM AND MEASURING METHOD FOR A ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A measuring system for a road construction machine includes a control unit which is operationally connected using a field bus to at least one field device, wherein an exclusive bus address is respectively assignable in the measuring system for each field device connected in the field bus. Furthermore, a method for addressing at least one field device is also provided. | 02-06-2014 |
20140046488 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE WITH SENSOR UNIT - A construction machine includes at least one sensor unit which can assume different measuring states and at least one operating device spatially separated therefrom, with which a measuring state of the sensor unit is controllable. Additional controls are arranged at the at least one sensor unit, and the measuring state of the at least one sensor unit is controllable by both the at least one operating device as well as by the controls at the at least one sensor unit. A method for controlling at least one sensor unit, which can assume different measuring states, on a construction machine is also provided. The method includes controlling the measuring state of the at least one sensor unit both by at least one operating device spatially separated from the at least one sensor unit, and by controls attached to the at least one sensor unit itself. | 02-13-2014 |
20140165693 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE WITH SETUP ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A SENSOR UNIT - A construction machine includes a sensor unit having a measurement range. The sensor unit is variable in its orientation relative to the construction machine, whereby position or orientation of the measurement range relative to the construction machine is also variable. The sensor unit is configured for detecting position of an external reference. The construction machine further includes a setup assistance system including a display configured to indicate to an operator while the sensor unit is oriented relative to the reference in which direction the sensor unit has to be moved in order for the reference to be located in the measurement range. The sensor unit is configured to detect a position of the reference relative to the sensor unit in at least two dimensions, and the display is configured to display the position of the reference relative to the measurement range for the at least two detected dimensions simultaneously. | 06-19-2014 |