Automation

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Smart Solutions for Asphalt Paving

VÖGELE has developed smart assistance systems and innovative automation solutions that reduce the user’s workload, increase occupational safety, make paving with Dash 5 pavers even more efficient, and raise asphalt paving to the next level.

Assistance Systems

Automation Solutions

Connected Automation Solutions

Marcio Cavalcanti Happle, Head of Sales, Local Marketing and Customer Support at VÖGELE.

“We consider the Dash 5 technologies to be smart assistants that help operators by performing routine tasks on their behalf or by supporting them in situations where automated processes deliver more accurate results.”

Marcio Cavalcanti Happle, Head of Sales, Local Marketing and Customer Support at VÖGELE.

Assistance Systems

Grade Assist and Pave Assist Plus from VÖGELE reduce the operator’s workload when performing routine tasks.

The Assistance System for Leveling

Grade Assist from VÖGELE automates the paving of crown and transverse pavement profiles. The desired slope is defined on the basis of set markings that the system smoothly reaches up to a predefined target point with no need for manual intervention by the operator.

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Paving and Paver Repositioning Made Easy

The retrieval of stored paving settings by Pave Assist Plus ensures rapid operational readiness of a Dash 5 paver. The assistance system also makes it easier to reposition the paver.

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Automation Solutions

Auto Grade Plus and AutoTrac enable even more precise paving results

The system for automated grade and slope control

Auto Grade Plus ideally assists users in all leveling tasks. VÖGELE offers a wide range of sensors that allow particularly versatile use of this system.

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Automatic Steering and Width Control

The AutoTrac automatic steering and width control system from VÖGELE offers users precise and automatic control of the direction of travel and paving width of their Dash 5 paver. For this, the automatic solution utilizes physical references that are scanned with sensors.

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Digital Construction Site Management with Connected Solutions

Connected automation solutions from VÖGELE assist users in their work and ensure greater process reliability in paving applications. The John Deere Operations Center™ Construction and the WIRTGEN GROUP Performance Tracker (WPT) ensure that you always have an ideal overview of what’s going on on your construction site.

Digital Construction Site Management

Everything in one place: The John Deere Operations Center™ Construction is a central platform for digital solutions for the efficient management of complete construction sites – at any time and from anywhere – including planning, monitoring, service and maintenance, and analyses. This makes it an essential interface between operators and machines on the construction site and the offices of site managers and resource planners. In this role, it ensures a better overview and increases efficiency and productivity.

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WIRTGEN GROUP Performance Tracker for Asphalt Paving (WPT Paving)

WPT Paving is VÖGELE’s digital solution for real time monitoring of paving progress and the documentation of the most important data. It provides a comprehensive overview of the paver’s current performance, material logistics, and progress on the construction site. This performance data is also available in John Deere Operations Center™ and enables a live overview of the construction site from anywhere, on or off the site.

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Digital Paver Control

Smart Pave automatically controls the paving width, positioning, and travel direction of a VÖGELE Dash 5 paver on the basis of virtual references. The validated paving geometries used are sourced from the John Deere Operations Center™ Construction. The use of this solution requires WPT Paving (Pro) and the John Deere StarFire™ dual antenna system.