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3D Machine Control Systems

Innovative solutions from VÖGELE for working with 3D systems

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3D Machine control systems:

More than just sensors

3D in action
VÖGELE 3D control systems — grade and slope And VÖGELE now also have a solution for the
control and navigation with 3D sensors simplest cases, when a 3D sensor is only used
The use of 3D machine control systems in for grade control: the new Niveltronic Plus 3D.
earthworks is already common practice, but now
road pavers are also increasingly being equipped All VÖGELE 3D control systems have one common
with this technology. For their SUPER pavers, trait: they all feature an “open port” so that any
VÖGELE offer the right solution to tackle every common 3D positioning system used with other
application. machines from a contractor’s machine pool, can
be used for the road paver, too. The additional
This starts with the full package of Navitronic Plus, investment in 3D control for asphalt paving is thus
the unique non-contacting 3D control system which significantly lower.
not only provides for grade and slope control,  
but also controls the screed's position and the
paver's direction of motion fully automatically
and with top precision. Another tried-and-tested
solution is Navitronic Basic. It offers all the same
performance features as Navitronic Plus with just
one exception: the paver's direction of motion
is manually controlled by the paver operator.
Navitronic Basic is available for wheeled and
tracked pavers.

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Highlights
of the VÖGELE 3D control systems

Cost-effective, non-contacting
3D control systems for wheeled
and tracked VÖGELE pavers.
The complete range of 3D
control is covered, from simple
grade control to fully automated
control of the screed's position
and the paver's direction of
motion.
Open port for the connection of
common 3D positioning systems
supports the use of known and
existing systems.
The possibility of using existing
survey data drastically reduces
the overall costs of survey work.
action
3D in2100-3i
SUPER IP
3D control systems operate with a virtual
reference. This eliminates the costly and
time-consuming set-up of tensioned wires
when preparing the job site.

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Innovative 3D control systems from VÖGELE —

For paving results that are precisely as planned

SUPER 2100-3i IP
3D technologies
Control: Control: Control:
grade and slope the screed’s position the paver’s direction of motion

Niveltronic Plus 3D

Navitronic Basic

Navitronic Plus

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An overview of the 3D triad

Niveltronic Plus 3D
Niveltronic Plus 3D takes the Niveltronic Plus
System for Automated Grade and Slope Control
into the third dimension. Its 3D data interface
allows the use, not only of conventional sensors
such as sonic and mechanical sensors, but also of
3D sensors for grade control. To make this possible,
Niveltronic Plus 3D must be connected with an
external 3D control system.
Thanks to the open port, a range of different
positioning systems from renowned manufacturers
such as Leica, TopCon and Trimble are compatible.
With Niveltronic Plus 3D, road pavers can now use
3D sensors for grade and slope control.
Navitronic Basic
Navitronic Basic represents the next dimension
in 3D control. Its capabilities go far beyond
conventional grade and slope control – Navitronic
Basic also controls the screed's position fully
automatically.
Precise positioning of the screed by means
of screed displacement sensors
In order to achieve the highest level of paving
accuracy, the screed’s position is precisely controlled
through the intermediary of the screed’s extending
units. For this purpose, screed displacement sensors
on the extending units determine the current width
of the screed. The user then has two options: he
either defines the extreme left-hand or right-hand
end of the screed as a specified reference so that
the machine paves along this specified line, or he
sets a fixed pave width, which is precisely adhered
to over the full length of the section to be paved.
Thanks to the precision control of the extending
units, even deviations caused by the steering of
the paver can easily be compensated for by the
screed’s width control system.
With Navitronic Basic, the paver operator controls the
paver's direction of motion manually. The specified
route and the paver’s position are shown on the
display of the 3D machine control system and the
machine can thus be steered very precisely without
an artificial reference.
Navitronic Plus
Navitronic Plus represents the highest
configuration level in 3D control for road
pavers. It offers the same performance features
as Navitronic Basic, meaning the grade and
slope and the screed's position are controlled
fully automatically. However, it additionally
controls the steering of the VÖGELE tracked
paver. This renders Navitronic Plus a true
3D machine control system, only offered by
VÖGELE.
3D technologies
Automatic control of the paver‘s direction
of motion
Navitronic Plus controls the steering of the paver
directly via the machine control system. This means
that the road paver, whose position is currently
picked up by the laser-based total station or GPS,
is guided fully automatically along the route’s
specified course. The paving team can monitor
the position of the paver and detect deviations,
if any, on the 3D control system’s display. The 3D
machine control system is a registered patent of
JOSEPH VÖGELE AG.

The 3D control systems are fully Just like the paver operator, the screed operator, too, can focus his
integrated in the screed consoles. attention on the paving process and its results. Grade and slope as well
as the pave width are controlled fully automatically by the 3D system.

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Economic advantages
of the 3D control systems
The “open port” featured on all VÖGELE's Dispensing with the time-consuming survey work

System solutions
3D control systems delivers key economic also allows large areas, in particular, to be surfaced
Overview of the

Niveltronic Plus 3D

Navitronic Basic

Navitronic Plus
advantages. 3D positioning systems that are a great deal faster with the VÖGELE 3D control
already in use with a contractor's other machines
can be used for the road pavers, too, greatly
systems. This, in turn, also reduces the costs for
the contractor.
3D positioning systems
reducing the additional investment in 3D control
for asphalt paving. And there is another
cost-saving factor: existing survey data – for For VÖGELE wheeled pavers
instance those collected for earthworks – can also
be used for road surfacing, reducing the overall For VÖGELE tracked pavers
costs for survey work accruing to the contractor.
True 3D machine control

Use of digital planning data

The 3D control systems can be Control accuracy in the millimetre range

connected to various positioning
systems from numerous Open port for connecting external 3D positioning systems
manufacturers via an open port. from well-known manufacturers
An example of a laser-based total
The control system provides for
station and prism: PaveSmart 3D
from Leica. Conventional grade and slope control

Fully automatic control of the screed’s position

Guided steering of the paver

Fully automatic steering of the paver

Components

3D data interface including software

An example of a satellite-
supported system with GPS Mast for mounting 3D receivers
receiver in combination with
Angle sensor for the mast
a laser receiver: 3D-MC for
asphalt paving from Topcon. Sensors for picking up displacement
of the screed’s extending units

System requirements in SUPER pavers

VÖGELE Niveltronic Plus

Other components, such as laser-based total station

or GPS combined with a laser receiver

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Applications

With Niveltronic Plus 3D, Navitronic Basic and Other applications include winding as well as hilly

Applications
Navitronic Plus, material can be paved precisely roads with constantly varying slopes and the building Construction of a new ballast
without the need for tensioned wires. The VÖGELE of complex surface profiles. Particularly when paving bed, pave width 4.6m:
systems are hence particularly suitable for the banked curves or varying slopes, the automated Precise laying of 20cm-thick
construction of roads where no surfaces or kerbs millimetre-precision control of the screed ensures ballast bed by a paver operating
are available as a reference. that the requirements on accuracy and evenness at a speed of 1,200m/day using
are precisely met. Niveltronic Plus 3D. This method
They are recommended for use in large-scale projects is faster and more precise than
such as industrial areas, motorways, federal roads In other words, the greater precision of the 3D the use of a grader.
and airport runways or projects with a tight schedule. technology delivers an immense improvement in
After all, non-contacting paving saves contractors pavement quality and working efficiency on many
the trouble of survey work and tensioned wires. construction projects!

Structural rehabilitation of a
motorway with a pave width
of 3.8m:
Navitronic Basic ensures precise
adherence to the pave width and
grade and slope control accuracy
of ± 2mm when paving a base
course and a binder course.

The optimum control for every application

Places and large areas

Airport runways

Construction of a new rural

Application

Railway tracks
Federal roads

Racing tracks

road, pave width 7m:

Rural roads

Motorways

Fully automatic placing of an

anti-freeze layer on a winding
3D control
route with frequent changes in
slope and without kerbs using
Niveltronic Plus 3D
Navitronic Plus.

Navitronic Basic

Navitronic Plus

Suitable Recommended Highly recommended

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