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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2016
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Nicholas Alan Oetken, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Federico Rio, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A vibratory compacting machine may include an engine, a main frame supporting the engine, and a compacting element mounted on the main frame and driven by the engine. The vibratory compacting machine may further include a vibratory system housed within the compacting element and configured to rotate about a rotation axis to vibrate the compacting element. The vibratory compacting machine may further include a control system configured to control a direction of rotation of the vibratory system. The control system may reverse the direction of rotation of the vibratory system when a predetermined number of pass counts is reached or when a predetermined density of the compactable material is reached.