Milling machine, in particular surface miner, and method for mining milled material of an open cast surface

Method for milling a ground surface with a milling machine removing the ground surface,

• by milling the ground surface along a milling track having a length,
• by transporting the milled material via a conveying device to at least one container of a truck that travels along next to the milling machine, said truck having a maximum loading volume per load, and
• by replacing a fully loaded truck with an unloaded truck when the maximum loading volume of a load has been reached,
• characterized by
• controlling a travel speed of the truck with an automatic controller as a function of an advance speed of the milling machine such that a loading space of the at least one container is loaded evenly and fully over a length of the loading space up to the maximum loading volume.

Milling machine, with a control unit for controlling a removal process during the milling of milled material of a ground surface, and for controlling the transporting away of the removed milled material for loading onto a truck, where the milling machine

• removes the ground surface along a milling track having a length,
• conveys the milled material via a conveying device to at least one container of a truck that travels along next to the milling machine, said truck having a maximum loading volume per load, and where
• a fully loaded truck is replaced with an unloaded truck when the maximum loading volume of a truck load has been reached, characterized in that the control unit
• is operable to calculate a maximum total loading volume resulting over the length of the milling track as a function of the current effective working width and a milling depth,
• is operable to calculate a required number of truck loads required for the maximum total loading volume of the milling track,
• is operable to determine an effective total loading volume of the milling track, which results from the whole number of truck loads nearest to the required number of truck loads, and
• is operable to adjust an adjustable total milling volume of the milling machine over the length of the milling track to correspond to the effective total loading volume so that the total milling volume of the milling machine results in a whole number of truck loads.

Milling machine, with a control unit for controlling a removal process during the milling of milled material of a ground surface, and for controlling the transporting away of the removed milled material for loading onto a truck, where the milling machine

• removes the ground surface along a milling track having a length,
• conveys the milled material via a conveying device to at least one container of a truck that travels along next to the milling machine, said truck having a maximum loading volume per load, and where
• a fully loaded truck is replaced with an unloaded truck when the maximum loading volume of a truck load has been reached,
• characterized in that the control unit is operable to control a travel speed of the truck as a function of an advance speed of the milling machine such that a loading space of the at least one container is loaded evenly and fully over a length of the container up to the maximum loading volume.

Method for milling a ground surface with a milling machine removing the ground surface,

• by milling the ground surface along a milling track having a length,
• by transporting the milled material via a conveying device to at least one container of a truck that travels along next to the milling machine, said truck having a maximum loading volume per load, and
• by replacing a fully loaded truck with an unloaded truck when the maximum loading volume of a load has been reached,
• characterized by
• controlling a travel speed of the truck as a function of an advance speed of the milling machine, and also as a function of a distance travelled by the milling machine in the milling track, such that a loading space of the at least one container is loaded evenly and fully over a length of the loading space up to the maximum loading volume.

Method for milling a ground surface with a milling machine removing the ground surface,

• by milling the ground surface along a milling track having a length,
• by transporting the milled material via a conveying device to at least one container of a truck that travels along next to the milling machine, said truck having a maximum loading volume per load, and
• by replacing a fully loaded truck with an unloaded truck when the maximum loading volume of a load has been reached,
• characterized by
• controlling a travel speed of the truck as a function of an advance speed of the milling machine, and also as a function of a current discharge position of the transport device, such that a loading space of the at least one container is loaded evenly and fully over a length of the loading space up to the maximum loading volume.

Method for milling a ground surface with a milling machine removing the ground surface,

• by milling the ground surface along a milling track having a length,
• by transporting the milled material via a conveying device to at least one container of a truck that travels along next to the milling machine, said truck having a maximum loading volume per load, and
• by replacing a fully loaded truck with an unloaded truck when the maximum loading volume of a load has been reached,
• characterized by
• controlling a travel speed of the truck as a function of an advance speed of the milling machine such that the travel speed of the truck maintains a constant positive difference to the advance speed of the milling machine and a loading space of the at least one container is loaded evenly and fully over a length of the loading space up to the maximum loading volume.

A method of milling a ground surface, comprising:

• (a) milling the ground surface along a milling track with a milling machine;
• (b) transporting milled material via a conveying device of the milling machine to at least one container of a truck that travels adjacent to the milling machine;
• and
• (c) controlling a travel speed of the truck as a function of an advance speed of the milling machine such that a loading space of the at least one container is loaded evenly and fully over a length of the loading space up to a maximum loading volume of the at least one container in one pass of the length of the loading space relative to a discharge position of the conveying device.