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

US8528988B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 2009
Grant dateSep 10, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21C47/00
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In a method for milling an opencast mining surface or for milling off layers of an asphalt or concrete traffic surface with a milling machine removing the ground surface, by milling the ground surface along a predetermined milling track having a predetermined 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 predetermined maximum loading volume per load, and by replacing a fully loaded truck with an unloaded truck when the maximum loading volume of a truck load has been reached, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: calculation of the maximum total loading volume resulting over the length of the current milling track as a function of the current effective working width and a milling depth that has been optimized in relation to a predetermined, preferably maximum milling power, calculation of the number of truck loads required for the maximum total loading volume of a milling track, determination of an effective total loading volume of the current milling track, which results from the volume of the nearest whole number of loads, and adjustment…

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