System and method for the tracking of milling material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10323516-B2
Application number	US-201715806360-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2017
Priority date	Nov 11, 2016
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

In a system (3) for the tracking of milling material (26), comprising a milling machine (1) for milling a section (28) of a ground pavement (29) in a milling operation, a truck (14) for loading and transporting away the milling material (26) removed during milling of the section (28) of the ground pavement (29), a deposition site (24) for depositing the milling material (26) transported away by the truck (14), a first detection device (18) for detecting data signals relating to the milling material (26), it is specified for the following features to be achieved: that a second detection device (20) detects position data of the deposition site of the milling material (26), wherein the first and the second detection device (18, 20) transmit the data signals (60) relating to the milling material (26) and the position data of the deposition site (24) to a documentation device (22) which links the position data with the data signals relating to the milling material (26).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for the tracking of milling material, comprising:
a milling machine configured to mill a section of a ground pavement in a milling operation and to load onto a truck milling material removed during milling of the section of the ground pavement;
a first detection device configured to detect data relating to the milling material and to transmit the data relating to the milling material to a documentation device; and
a second detection device configured to detect position data corresponding to a deposition site upon which the milling material is deposited by the truck, and to transmit the position data to the documentation device;
wherein the documentation device is configured to link the position data with the data relating to the milling material.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first detection device detects the data relating to the milling material from a controller of the milling machine.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first detection device is arranged at the milling machine.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second detection device comprises a GPS receiver.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the second detection device further comprises a transmitter for the transmission of GPS data.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second detection device comprises a mobile computing device configured to detect unloading of the milling material from the truck onto the deposition site, and responsive to the detection of the unloading of the milling material to automatically transmit the position data to the documentation device.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second detection device is a transponder.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second detection device detects GPS data signals at the deposition site as position data.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the documentation device is integrated in a single computer system with the first detection device and the second detection device.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the documentation device is arranged outside of the milling machine and outside of the second detection device.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein transmission of the data relating to the milling material between the first detection device and the documentation device and/or of the position data between the second detection device and the documentation device is effected via a wireless radio connection.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data relating to the milling material are data relating to one or more of: material properties of the milling material; and position data of the milled section of the ground pavement.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data relating to the milling material are operating parameters of the road milling machine selected from a group comprising one or more of: milling depth; milling volume removed; advance speed; milling drum speed of revolution; milling drum use; and torque/output emitted by a drive engine of the milling machine.

14. A method for the tracking of milling material, comprising:
milling a section of a ground pavement with a milling machine in a milling operation;
depositing the milling material milled during the milling operation on a loading surface of a truck;
detecting data relating to the milling material by means of a first detection device;
detecting position data of a deposition site upon which the milling material is unloaded from the truck, by means of a second detection device;
transmitting at least the position data to a documentation device which links the position data with the data relating to the milling material.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
detecting, via the second detection device, unloading of the milling material from the truck onto the deposition site; and
responsive to the detection of the unloading of the milling material, automatically transmitting the position data to the documentation device.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second detection device detects GPS data signals at the deposition site as position data.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein transmission of the at least the position data between the second detection device and the documentation device is effected via a wireless radio connection.

18. A system for the tracking of milling material, comprising:
a milling machine configured to mill a section of a ground pavement in a milling operation and to load onto a truck milling material removed during milling of the section of the ground pavement;
a controller of the milling machine, the controller configured to detect data relating to the milling material;
a second detection device configured to detect position data corresponding to a deposition site upon which the milling material is deposited by the truck, and to transmit the position data to the controller;
wherein the controller is further configured to retrievably link the position data with the data relating to the milling material.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the second detection device comprises a mobile computing device configured to detect unloading of the milling material from the truck onto the deposition site, and responsive to the detection of the unloading of the milling material to automatically transmit the position data to the controller.

Assignees

• Wirtgen Gmbh

Inventors

• Berning Christian
• Menzenbach Christoph
• Barimani Cyrus

Classifications

• E01C23/088 Primary

  Rotary tools, e.g. milling drums {(for forming recesses to receive marking materials E01C23/0946)} · CPC title

• E21C25/10

  Rods; Drums · CPC title

• G01V8/12

  using one transmitter and one receiver · CPC title

• B65G67/22

  Loading moving vehicles · CPC title

• G06Q10/087

  Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders · CPC title