Systems and methods for adjusting crown to remediate road mat anomalies
AssigneeCaterpillar Paving Products Inc.
InventorChad M. Thiesse
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Abstract
A paving machine includes a machine frame, a screed system, a mat striping sensor, and a controller. The screed system is connected to the frame and includes a mat crown system. The mat striping sensor is connected to the paving machine and configured to detect anomalies in an asphalt mat laid by the screed system. The controller is communicatively connected to the mat striping sensor and the mat crown system and configured to control the mat crown system to adjust a crown of the asphalt mat in response to the mat striping sensor detecting one or more anomalies in the asphalt mat.
Claims20
A paving machine comprising:
- a machine frame;
- a screed system connected to the frame and including a mat crown system;
- a mat striping sensor connected to the paving machine and configured to detect anomalies in an asphalt mat laid by the screed system;
- and
- a controller communicatively connected to the mat striping sensor and the mat crown system and configured to control the mat crown system to adjust a crown of the asphalt mat in response to the mat striping sensor detecting one or more anomalies in the asphalt mat.
A paving machine comprising:
- a machine frame;
- a screed system connected to the frame and including a mat crown system;
- one or more mat striping sensors connected to the paving machine and configured to detect striping in an asphalt mat laid by the screed system;
- and
- a controller communicatively connected to the one or more mat striping sensors and the mat crown system and configured to control the mat crown system to increase a crown of the asphalt mat in response to the one or more mat striping sensors detecting striping in the asphalt mat.
A method comprising:
- laying an asphalt mat using a paving machine;
- detecting one or more anomalies in the asphalt mat using one or more mat striping sensors connected to the paving machine;
- and
- adjusting a crown of the asphalt mat in response to detecting the one or more anomalies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.