Calibration system and method for a spraying machine
AssigneeCaterpillar SARL
InventorsChad M. THIESSE, Andrea FONTANA
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Abstract
A paving system may include a paving machine, including a paving material delivery assembly, including a hopper, a conveyor assembly, an auger, and a screed. The paving machine may also include an emulsion fluid delivery assembly including a plurality of spray bars, wherein each spray bar includes one or more nozzles. The paving system may also include a controller and a display interface. The controller may be configured to receive inputs from the display interface indicative of a mass and an area of emulsion fluid delivered from one active nozzle in order to calibrate the emulsion fluid delivery assembly.
Claims20
A paving system, comprising:
- a paving machine, including:
- a paving material delivery assembly, including a hopper, a conveyor assembly, an auger, and a screed;
- an emulsion fluid delivery assembly including a plurality of spray bars, wherein each spray bar includes one or more nozzles;
- and
- a controller and a display interface, wherein the controller is configured to receive inputs from the display interface indicative of a mass and an area of emulsion fluid delivered from one active nozzle in order to calibrate the emulsion fluid delivery assembly.
A control system for a paving machine, comprising:
- a plurality of spray bars coupled to the paving machine to deliver an emulsion fluid to a ground surface, wherein each of the spray bars includes one or more nozzles;
- a controller;
- and
- a display interface,
- wherein the controller is operatively coupled to the display interface and to each spray nozzle on the plurality of spray bars to calibrate a delivery of emulsion fluid through the nozzles based on an inputted mass of the emulsion fluid and an inputted area of a spray pattern through one active nozzle.
A method of calibrating an emulsion fluid delivery system for a paving machine, comprising:
- selecting an active nozzle, wherein the active nozzle is one of a plurality of nozzles on one or more spray bars mounted on the paving machine;
- delivering an emulsion fluid through the active nozzle for a spray duration;
- measuring a mass of the emulsion fluid delivered through the active nozzle over the spray duration;
- inputting the measured mass of the emulsion fluid delivered through the active nozzle over the spray duration into a user interface;
- delivering a spray pulse of the emulsion fluid through the active nozzle;
- measuring a length and a width of a spray pattern of the emulsion fluid delivered during the spray pulse;
- and
- inputting the measured length and width of the spray pattern of the emulsion fluid delivered during the spray pulse into the user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.