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Table of Contents
Preface .................................................................. vii
Terms and Conditions ...................................................... vii
Manual Conventions ........................................................ x
What’s New... ........................................................ xi
Chapter 1
System Overview .................................................. 1-1
Getting Acquainted .......................................................... 1-3
Control Box ............................................................... 1-3
Sonic Tracker II ......................................................... 1-4
Slope Sensor .............................................................. 1-5
Smoothtrac Sonic Averaging System (SAS) ............. 1-6
Laser Tracker & Trackerjack .................................... 1-7
Care and Preventive Maintenance ................................... 1-8
Chapter 2
Paving Principles & Control Methods ................ 2-1
Paver Components ........................................................... 2-1
How a Screed Works ....................................................... 2-2
Tow Point Force (“P”) .............................................. 2-5
Truck Exchange, Another Tow Point Force ....... 2-6
Head of Material (“M”) ............................................. 2-7
Reaction of Material Under Screed (“R”) ................. 2-9
Gradation Mix Characteristics ............................ 2-9
Mix Temperature Characteristics ....................... 2-11
Weight of Screed (“W”) ............................................ 2-12
Quality of Base Being Paved .................................... 2-13
Rolling Techniques ............................................. 2-14