System and method for asphalt mix tracking

US10704210B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ASTEC CO., Ltd. · US

Inventors

• Mark Chambers · Elmont, US
• Harold Crowe · Dayton, US
• Kris Robertson · Chickamauga, US
• Albert Covington · Cleveland, US
• Wayne Hall · Denver, US
• Jonathan H. Brown · Ringgold, US
• Chuck Simpson · New Salem, US
• Lien Gangte · Burnaby, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 2017
• Grant date: Jul 7, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E01C19/10
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An asphalt mix tracking system having a data collection system adapted to determine at least one characteristic of the asphalt mix, a data control system adapted to receive data from the data collection system, a lot tracking system adapted to track a lot of the asphalt mix, a truck tracking system adapted to track a truck, and a pavement injection system adapted to identify the lot of the asphalt mix. The preferred asphalt mix tracking system is adapted to substantially continuously track the asphalt mix from a mixing site to a paving site. A method for tracking an asphalt mix including determining the at least one characteristic of the asphalt mix, communicating the at least one characteristic of the asphalt mix to the data control system, transporting the asphalt mix from the mixing site to the paving site, and injecting an identification means at the paving site.