MILLING MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR SURFACE MINER, AND METHOD FOR MINING MILLED MATERIAL OF AN OPEN CAST SURFACE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for milling an open cast surface or for milling away layers of an asphalt or concrete traffic surface with a milling machine that removes the ground surface. According to the invention, by milling the ground surface along a predetermined milling track having a predetermined length, by transporting the milled material via a conveying device to at least one container of a truck that travels along next to the milling machine, said truck having a predetermined maximum load volume per load, and by replacing a completely loaded truck with an unloaded truck when the maximum load volume of a truck load is reached, the following features can be achieved: the maximum total load volume that results from the length of the current milling track is calculated as a function of the current effective working width and an optimized milling depth with respect to a predetermined, preferably maximum milling power; the number of truck loads required for the maximum total load volume of a milling track is calculated; an effective total load volume of the current milling track resulting from the volume of the nearest whole number of loads is determined; and the adjustable total milling volume of the milling machine over the length of the milling track is adjusted to match the effective total load volume, resulting in a whole number of loads.