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Method for planning and implementation of soil compacting processes, especially for asphalt compacting

  • US 9,982,397 B2
  • Filed: 12/11/2012
  • Issued: 05/29/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for planning and implementation of a compacting process for building a road, by means of at least one compactor, comprising the following steps:

  • a) defining a base region to be compacted, wherein the base region is defined between two edge regions extending in a base region longitudinal direction of the road and wherein at least one of said edge regions is determined by an asphalt finisher applying asphalt material to be compacted by at least one compactor onto the base region while moving the asphalt finisher along the base region to be compacted in the base region longitudinal direction and thereby prepares it preparing the base region;

    b) based on the base region defined in step a), defining a compacting plan with quantity and course of compactor passes in the base region, wherein at least a portion of compacting passes are defined to extend in the base region longitudinal direction;

    wherein, in association with at least one of the edge regions, at least one of the compactor passes is defined such as to extend flush or overlapping with and along this edge region, andc) moving the at least one compactor in the base region defined in step a) according to the compacting plan defined in step b).

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