Planer and Method for Producing Rumble Strips

摘要

A road planer for road milling or road planning operations implements a control system for forming a plurality of rumble strips in a work surface. The control system may receive a plurality of variables from an operator interface related to the desired configuration for the rumble strips including a depth-of-depression variable, a length-of-depression variable, and a distance-between-depressions variable. The control system may also determine one or more parameters regarding the operational status of the road planer. The control system processes the variables and/or parameters to adjust a height adjustment mechanism of the road planer thereby engaging and disengaging a cutting rotor with the work surface to from the rumble strips.

主权项

1. A road planer for planning a work surface specially configured for forming a plurality of rumble strips, the road planer comprising:
a frame supported on a plurality of ground-engaging components by a height adjustment mechanism for raising and lowering the frame with respect to the plurality of ground-engaging components; a cutting rotor rotatably mounted to the frame, the cutting rotor including a plurality of cutting tools; a power source operatively associated with the cutting rotor for rotating the cutting rotor with respect to the frame and operatively associated with at least one of the plurality of ground-engaging components for propelling the road planer; and an electronic control unit including an operator interface, the electronic control unit programmed with a control system adapted to receive via the operator interface a plurality of variables including a) a depth-of-depression variable; b) a length-of-depression variable; and c) a distance-between-depressions variable, the electronic control unit further configured to operate the height adjustment mechanism in accordance with the plurality of variables.