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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
May. 17, 2017
Astec, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Mark Chambers, Rossville, GA (US);
Harold Crowe, Dayton, TN (US);
Kris Robertson, Chickamauga, GA (US);
Albert Covington, Cleveland, TN (US);
Wayne Hall, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Jonathan Brown, Ringgold, GA (US);
Chuck Simpson, Soddy Daisy, TN (US);
Lien Gangte, Burnaby, CA;
Astec, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Abstract
An asphalt mix tracking system having a data collection system adapted to determine at least one characteristic of the asphalt mix, a data control system adapted to receive data from the data collection system, a lot tracking system adapted to track a lot of the asphalt mix, a truck tracking system adapted to track a truck, and a pavement injection system adapted to identify the lot of the asphalt mix. The preferred asphalt mix tracking system is adapted to substantially continuously track the asphalt mix from a mixing site to a paving site. A method for tracking an asphalt mix including determining the at least one characteristic of the asphalt mix, communicating the at least one characteristic of the asphalt mix to the data control system, transporting the asphalt mix from the mixing site to the paving site, and injecting an identification means at the paving site.