Measuring paving layer thickness by means of a road roller
AssigneeBOMAG GmbH
InventorNiels Laugwitz
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Abstract
A self-propelled road roller comprising a machine frame, a drive unit; and a control device, wherein the self-propelled road roller comprises a tandem roller or a single-drum roller, to compact ground in a working direction; and wherein a sensor device for determining the thickness of a paved layer is provided, the sensor device comprising a height reference sensor and a distance sensor, the height reference sensor being configured to determine its height position in relation to a height reference, and the distance sensor being configured to determine the height position of the height reference sensor in relation to the ground, and that the control device is configured to ascertain the thickness of the paved layer from the measurements of the sensor device and a predetermined reference height.
Claims13
A self-propelled road roller, comprising:
- a machine frame;
- a drive unit;
- and
- a control device;
- wherein the self-propelled road roller comprises a tandem roller or a single-drum roller, to compact ground in a working direction;
- and
- wherein a sensor device for determining thickness of a paved layer is provided, the sensor device comprising a height reference sensor and a distance sensor, the height reference sensor being configured to determine its height position in relation to a height reference, and the distance sensor being configured to determine the height position of the height reference sensor in relation to the ground;
- and
- wherein the control device is configured to ascertain the thickness of the paved layer from measurements of the sensor device and a predetermined reference height.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.