AutoPilot Stringless Paving Displayed at Conexpo-Con/Agg 2014
The Wirtgen AutoPilot™ – an innovative stringless control system for use with Wirtgen SP 15/SP 15i and SP 25/SP 25i concrete slipform pavers – will be shown at Conexpo-Con/Agg 2014 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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Wirtgen SP 15 with AutPilot. In suburban Pittsburgh, Wirtgen AutoPilot™ stringless control system places curb islands with tight radii in parking lot for medical facility; two machine-mounted GPS receivers communicate with an additional GPS reference station positioned on-siteWirtgen SP 15 with AutoPilot
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Wirtgen AutoPilot. With the Wirtgen AutoPilot™ system, two machine mounted GPS receivers communicate with an additional GPS reference station positioned on-site
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Wirtgen AutoPilot Display. Wirtgen AutoPilot™ operation and programming inputs are entered using the simple and clearly structured control screen
AutoPilot is a user-friendly, cost-effective control system for poured-in-place concrete profiles, such as curbs, safety barriers or slabs.
AutoPilot is a GPS-based system that ensures highest precision and optimum efficiency in slipform paving, regardless of whether straight profiles or highly complex curved paths are being poured
The proprietary Wirtgen AutoPilot control system gives construction companies a distinct competitive edge, as it bypasses the need to establish a digital terrain model. That’s because programming is completed by using a rover pole to capture coordinates or by simply using the jobsite plans. This means a surveyor is not required.
The AutoPilot system utilizes a computer integrated in the machine, as well as a control panel that allows intuitive operation. For course control, two machine-mounted GPS receivers communicate with an additional GPS reference station positioned on-site. For precise grade control, a laser, ultrasonic sensor or total station is used. The machine control software is a proprietary Wirtgen development.
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For further information, please contact:
Wirtgen America, Inc.
Ken Snover
6030 Dana Way
Antioch, TN 37013
Phone: 615-501-0600
Fax: 615-501-0691
email: Ken.Snover@wirtgen-group.com
BACKGROUNDER
WIRTGEN AMERICA Inc., Nashville, is the North American headquarters of the WIRTGEN GROUP, the single-source marketer of the world's most technologically advanced lines of asphalt reclaiming/recycling, concrete slipform, and surface mining equipment from WIRTGEN, asphalt and soil compactors from HAMM, asphalt pavers from VÖGELE, and construction materials processing equipment from KLEEMANN.
Reinhard Wirtgen, founder of WIRTGEN GROUP, was honored as one of the "Top 100 Private Sector Transportation Design & Construction Professionals of the 20th Century" by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).