Patent ID: 11879216
Assignee: WIRTGEN GMBH
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  G  B | IPC B  E

Claim 9:
10. A method for operating a paver which has a machine frame supported by one or more undercarriages, a paving device for the paving of material and a spreading device for spreading the material to be paved in a direction running transversely to the working direction, the spreading device being arranged upstream of the paving device in the working direction, the method comprising:
generating elevation profile data or signals corresponding to an elevation profile of material deposited by a material depositing vehicle upstream of the spreading device in a direction running transversely to the working direction, wherein the material depositing vehicle is independent of the paver;
determining portions of the elevation profile, in which the elevation of the material is less than, equal to, or greater than the nominal elevation from the elevation profile data or signals and data describing a predetermined nominal elevation; and
automatically controlling a spreading plough of the spreading device to transport material from a portion, in which the elevation of the material is greater than the nominal elevation, to a portion, in which the elevation of the material is less than the nominal elevation, so that the material is spread over the working width of the paver,
wherein the spreading member is controllable to be moved vertically between a lower position into an upper position and/or transversely to the working direction.