Slipform Pavers - Trimble Dimensions 2014

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Trimble PCS900 Paving
Control System
Slipform Pavers
Hamaker
HCC-6878
Questions?
PCS900 3D System Benefits
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3 miles = 15,840 LF
Width = 72’
Estimated yield @ 6%
Goal to cut this to 3%
PCS900 3D System Benefits
4 - 12’ lanes
2 – 10 shoulders
3 slips required
Estimated at 4000 LF
per day
§  String-line cost $2.00/LF
§  2 pilot pulls (both sides)
§  1 matching pull (one side)
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Universal Total Station Management
Manage five instruments
from one screen
Track all five instruments
at once
Reliable and Accurate
§  On grade
§  Maintaining ride
How Many Systems in the Market?
Alaska
New Hampshire
Washington
Maine
Vermont
North Dakota
Montana
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Oregon
New
York
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Idaho
Michigan
Wyoming
Hawaii
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Utah
Colorado
California
Kansas
Missouri
Arizona
West
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Delaware
Ohio
Nebraska
Nevada
Arkansas
Maryland
Virginia
North
Carolina
South
Carolina
New Mexico
Alabama
Texas
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
7 Systems
4 Systems
2 Systems
1 System
Rhode
Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Florida
District of
Columbia
Training Involved
§  Dealers have to be qualified to
sell the product
§  10 to 12 days of training
included in the price of the
system
§  Sale has to be approved by
Trimble management
–  Sales application engineers will
contact OEM(s) of the pavers
being used
–  Meeting will be held with
customer, dealer and sales team
to discuss system and what it
takes to pave 3D
–  Training will start 3 – 4 days prior
to paving
§  Sales application engineers will
stay on site until he is
comfortable with the crew
operating the system
Quality Control Measures
Machine stop rules
§  Elevation control
–  Set vertical tolerances
–  Control each leg independently
§  Steering control
–  Set horizontal tolerance
–  Option to enable or disable
§  Minimum speed rule
–  Stops elevation commands
–  Holds steering commands
Quality Control Measures
Universal Total Station Transition Tolerances
§  Warning threshold
–  0 – 400’ Green (varies due to Ride
Spec.’s)
–  401’ to 650’ Blue
§  Error threshold
–  +650’ Red (N/A)
–  Option Enable/Disable
§  Colors displayed on
distances and Universal
Total Station arrows
Quality Control Measures
Universal Total Station Position Tolerances
§  Warning thresholds
–  Horizontal differences
–  Vertical differences
§  Exceeding thresholds
–  Option to enable or
disable each
GOMACO Corporation
§  Based in Ida Grove, IA
§  Slipform pavers
–  GP-2400 [16.5–24’ wide]
–  GP-2600 [12–18’ wide]
–  GHP-2800 [12–25’ wide; up to 32’ with additional options]
–  GP-4000 [12–50’ wide]
–  Commander III [11--20’ wide]
§  GT-6300
§  Also make trimmers, placers, placer/
spreaders, texture/cure machine, finishers,
curb and gutter, and canal pavers
Supported Controllers
§  GOMACO - CAN-based only
G21
G22
•  125K Bus
•  Used for “older” machine up-grades
to CAN
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125K Bus
Limited up-grade availability
G+
•  250K Bus
•  For “new” out of the factory
machines
Guntert & Zimmerman
§  Based in Ripon, CA
§  Slipform Pavers
–  S600 [8–22’ wide]
–  S850 [12–34’ wide]
–  S1500 [18–42’ wide]
§  Also make placer/spreaders, texture/cure
machine, batch plants, canal pavers, and
bucket wheel trenchers (Eagle brand)
Supported Controllers
§  G&Z
–  CAN Based Only (250K Bus)
MC300
PLUS+1
Possible Problems or Issues
Training Issues
•  Integral steering settings
turned off
•  Dropping “tracking”
Universal Total Stations
while paving
•  Poor site control
3D Design Issues
•  Smoothness and ride
•  Design files provided by
owners or designers
•  Merging designs
Machine/System Issues
•  Couple sensors
manufactured incorrectly
•  Data collector software
QUESTIONS?
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