Auger segment and systems, assemblies, and methods thereof

A method regarding an auger assembly for a paving machine comprising:

• providing a first auger segment adapted to be removably coupled to a rotatable shaft;
• and/or
• providing a second auger segment adapted to be removably coupled to the rotatable shaft,
• wherein each of the first and second auger segments includes:
• a base having a first end, a second end opposite the first end in a length direction of the base, a first face, and a second face opposite the first face,
• a flight extending from the first face of the base between the first end and the second end of the base,
• a first receptacle at the first end of the base defining a first recess to receive a first fastener, the first receptacle extending from the first face of the base between the first end of the base and the flight,
• a second receptacle at the second end of the base defining a second recess to receive a second fastener, the second receptacle extending from the first face of the base between the second end of the base and the flight,
• a first channel between the flight and the first receptacle, and
• a second channel between the flight and the second receptacle, and
• wherein, for each of the first auger segment and the second auger segment, a first sidewall of the first receptacle has a thickness greater than that of a second sidewall of the second receptacle and the first recess of the first receptacle has a volume less than that of the second recess of the second receptacle.

An auger segment comprising:

• a base having a first end, a second end opposite the first end in a length direction of the base, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side;
• a first receptacle projecting from the first side of the base;
• a second receptacle projecting from the first side of the base;
• and
• a flight projecting from the first side of the base between the first receptacle and the second receptacle,
• wherein a first recess of the first receptacle is defined by a first sidewall thereof and a second recess of the second receptacle is defined by a second sidewall thereof, where in an elevational view of the auger segment from the first side a first inner perimeter of the first sidewall defining a first area of the first recess that is less than a second area defined by a second inner perimeter of the second sidewall,
• wherein a first through hole extends through the base in the first recess of the first receptacle,
• wherein a second through hole extends through the base in the second recess of the second receptacle,
• wherein each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall is U-shaped,
• wherein the first sidewall extends to the first end of the base,
• wherein the second sidewall extends to the second end of the base, and
• wherein respective open faces of the U-shaped first and second sidewalls face away from each other.