Smart Pave – The digital control system

Picture shows the Smart Pave digital control system from VÖGELE

Control paving processes automatically

Next level of automation: With Smart Pave from  VÖGELE, users automatically control the pave width, position, and direction of their Dash 5 paver. This makes asphalt paving even more efficient.

Today’s road construction faces several challenges: economic pressures, labor shortages, and stricter safety regulations. To build more effectively and noticeably relieve operators, VÖGELE developed the Smart Pave digital control system. It allows the pave width, position, and direction of a Dash 5 paver to be controlled automatically using virtual references.

Smart Pave accesses paving geometries that were previously stored in the John Deere Operations Center™ for construction machinery. The StarFire™ dual-antenna system from John Deere determines the exact position of the paver. It is permanently installed in the hardtop and enables high-precision control.

Smart Pave in brief

How the digital control works

Simple preparatory work for users

Use Smart Pave in just a few steps

Data collection and model creation

Uploading and checking the data

Digital transfer and job start

“Smart Pave is an extremely user-friendly solution. All hardware components are integrated into the road paver, so users don't have to do any assembly work. Data handling is simple, transparent and leads to the desired result thanks to automatic error analysis."

Bastian Fleischer, Product Manager VÖGELE

Smart Pave in customer use

Lehnen Group tests the digital control

‘With the new process, we can carry out a lot of work preparation digitally on the computer, regardless of the weather, and are more flexible on the construction site. Employees are provided with a tool that supports them in their work and makes it more relaxed.’

Alexander Wollscheid, Asphalt Site Manager Lehnen Group

All benefits at a glance:

  • Simple job preparations in advance and greater process safety when paving with Smart Pave.
  • Saves time and resources because, for example, labor-intensive marking work is eliminated and over-widths are avoided through precise control.
  • Relieves the operator through greater automation. Allows focus to be placed on the quality of the paving process.
  • Improves workplace safety, especially on night job sites, in poor weather conditions, and in live traffic. Edge and screed width at the road edge require little to no supervision.
  • No assembly work required: All hardware components for Smart Pave are integrated into the hardtop of the paver.
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More about Smart Pave

The impressive extent to which the new smart automatic functions facilitate asphalt construction in practice was demonstrated on a construction site in Zerf, Rhineland-Palatinate. There, the Lehnen Group used the integrated Smart Pave control system for the first time – with a noticeable increase in efficiency.

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