Automotive milling machine, as well as method for discharging milled material

An automotive milling machine for milling off milled material and discharging the milled material onto a loading surface of a transport vehicle, the milling machine comprising:

• a machine frame;
• a working drum supported from the machine frame for milling off the milled material;
• a transport conveyor arranged to receive the milled material milled off by the working drum and to discharge the milled material onto the loading surface of the transport vehicle at a conveying speed, the transport conveyor being mounted on the machine frame to be pivotable relative to the machine frame about an essentially horizontal first axis to define an elevation angle, and the transport conveyor being pivotable sideways about a second axis extending orthogonally to the first axis to define a slewing angle;
• at least one detector configured to continuously detect a position of the loading surface relative to the machine frame or the transport conveyor as seen in the direction of transport;
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• a controller connected to the at least one detector and configured to automatically control positioning of the milled material on the loading surface of the transport vehicle by controlling, via associated piston-cylinder units, at least the slewing angle of the transport conveyor relative to a longitudinal center line of the machine frame,
• the controller being configured to specify and monitor limit values for a maximum permissible slewing angle range for slewing the transport conveyor, wherein the specified limit values are unsymmetrical in relation to the longitudinal center line of the machine frame in accordance with a determined non-contaminable space on one side of the machine frame and the transport vehicle.