Determine optimal frequency to load haul truck
AssigneeCaterpillar Paving Products Inc.
InventorsJacob J. McAlpine, John L. Marsolek, Muthushankar Raghunathan
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Abstract
A method of determining optimal frequency to load haul trucks can include a central controller receiving an indication of the amount of paving material at a paving machine, and an indication of production rate of the paving machine. The central controller can then determine when more paving material should be provided to the paving machine. Based on this determination, the central controller can provide alerts or triggers to a paving material plant to indicate when haul trucks should be loaded to provide additional paving materials to the paving machine.
Claims18
A method for controlling frequency of loading for a load truck, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a paving machine, a signal indicating an amount of paving material currently at the paving machine and a production rate of the paving machine;
- determining a time at which to provide additional paving material to the paving machine based on the amount of paving material at the paving machine and on the production rate;
- and
- providing an alert to trigger loading paving material into a haul truck based on the determined time, wherein the trigger is provided based on an estimated time between loading paving material into the haul truck and arrival of the haul truck at the paving machine.
A system for controlling frequency of loading a haul truck, the system comprising:
- a network interface device to receive a signal indicating an amount of paving material currently at a paving machine and a production rate of the paving machine;
- and
- a hardware processor coupled to the network interface device and configured to:
- determine a time at which to provide additional paving material to the paving machine based on the amount of paving material at the paving machine and on the production rate;
- and
- encode, for transmission over the network interface device, an alert to trigger loading paving material into a haul truck based on the determined time, wherein the trigger is provided based on an estimated time between loading paving material into the haul truck and arrival of the haul truck at the paving machine.
A computer-readable medium including instructions that, when implemented on an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform operations including:
- receiving an indication of an amount of paving material currently at a paving machine and a production rate of the paving machine;
- determining a time at which to provide additional paving material to the paving machine based on the amount of paving material at the paving machine and on the production rate;
- and
- encoding an alert to trigger loading of paving material into a haul truck based on the determined time, wherein the trigger is provided based on an estimated time between loading paving material into the haul truck and arrival of the haul truck at the paving machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.