Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite tool comprising at least two milling tool holders, to a milling tool holder for such a composite tool and to a milling drum equipped with such milling tool holders. According to the present invention, a milling tool holder is utilized for supporting a tool replacement device during tool replacement of the milling tool in the milling tool holder that precedes it in the peripheral direction. To this end, according to the present invention, a supporting area is provided on the base element of the milling tool holder, which supporting area provides appropriate stabilized guidance for the tool replacement device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-propelled ground milling machine for treatment of ground surfaces by means of a milling device, a transportation means and a drive device for driving the transportation means and the milling device. The milling device is mounted on a ground milling machine frame and can be switched between a working position, in which the milling device is in operative contact with the ground surface and a maneuvering position, in which the milling device is not in operative contact with the ground surface. The drive device comprises a drive control unit, which controls the driving power of the drive device. The ground milling machine further comprises a ground milling machine control unit.

Abstract: A spraying device for introducing a fluid into the working chamber of a construction machine for processing ground or road surfaces comprises at least one outlet nozzle by which the fluid is introduced into the working chamber, a line system by which the fluid is conveyed to the at least one outlet nozzle, and a control unit by which the fluid supply to the outlet nozzle is controllable. The present invention further relates to a construction machine for processing ground or road surfaces, especially a milling machine for milling off road or ground surfaces, a stabilizer for stabilizing ground of low bearing capacity and a recycler for repairing pavements in need of repair, comprising such a spraying device, and a method for operating a working device of such a construction machine.

Abstract: A road roller is described comprising a front carriage and a rear carriage, which are interconnected by an articulated swivel joint, wherein the front carriage and the rear carriage each comprise a front carriage frame and a rear carriage frame. The front carriage frame and/or the rear carriage frame consist of beams including a main beam, which extends horizontally along the longitudinal median plane of the road roller and at one end of which the articulated swivel joint is disposed, and comprises two side beams diverging from the free end of the main beam to form a “V”. Disposed thereon are the supports for supporting the drums, wherein the side beams are upwardly oriented.

Abstract: A vibration exciter is provided. The vibration exciter includes a shaft and at least two unbalanced weights arranged on the shaft, in which the radial distance of the common center of gravity of the unbalanced weights from the rotational axis of the shaft is adjustable in an infinitely variable way by means of a gear. The vibration exciter comprises a gear which is a spatial coupling gear, e.g. a spatial vibration slider gear. A simple and compact configuration of the vibration exciter is thus proposed, in which the required adjusting forces for changing the imbalance are very low.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a work train for milling an underlying ground surface and intermixing bulk material with the milled ground material, comprising a self-propelled ground milling machine, more particularly, a recycler or a stabilizer, comprising a milling drum mounted in a hood and a drive motor, a silo trailer drawn by the ground milling machine and comprising a storage container for bulk material, a conveying system, which transports bulk material during operation of the work train from the silo trailer to in front of the milling drum, as regarded in the direction of travel (a) of the ground milling machine, and an output means, which discharges the bulk material onto the ground in front of the milling drum, as regarded in the direction of travel (a). The present invention further relates to a towing device for such a work train.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conveyor or a similar conveying means for mounting on a construction machine, and in particular a road surface milling machine, which conveyor can be linked with a coupling area to the construction machine in an articulated manner and is pivotable by way of a lifting apparatus with a loading area in relation to the construction machine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a milling rotor for processing ground material, comprising a plurality of milling tools which are arranged in a distributed manner over the jacket surface spaced at predetermined distances and according to a predetermined pattern. In order to improve the distribution of the milling material, the milling tools are arranged in the circumferential direction of the milling rotor along parallel imaginary lines which are composed of at least one respective, equally long section of a left-hand and a right-hand helical line.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a milling drum for a ground milling machine, wherein a material guiding device is provided, which diverts the milled material in the direction of stagger of milling devices disposed one behind the other, as regarded in the direction of rotation. For this purpose, in particular, a wear plate is provided, which can be selectively replaced on the material guiding device. A further aspect of the present invention relates to such a material guiding device and also to a wear plate for such a material guiding device.

Abstract: There are described a height adjusting device for an extendable screed plate for a road finisher and a road finisher comprising such a device. A ground element of the extendable screed plate is disposed with two pairs of worm gears on a top part of the extendable screed plate for vertical displacement thereon, wherein the worm gears of each pair are interconnected by a power transmission for concomitant actuation. Each pair is provided with a releasable clutch, preferably a conical clutch, by means of which the connection between an adjusting member of a pair and the associated transmission gear can be broken.

Abstract: A cutting tool configuration for a ground milling machine, for example, a cold milling machine or a mining drill, is provided. The cutting tool configuration comprises a cutter holder, which is fastenable or fastened on a milling drum, a cutting tool, which is fastened on the cutter holder, and which is inserted using its cutting tool shaft in a cutter holder bore of the cutter holder and can rotate around its longitudinal axis, and a wear disc, which is situated rotation-locked between a stop surface of the cutter holder and the cutting tool head of the cutting tool, it being provided that the rotation lock between the wear disc and the cutter holder is caused by at least one groove formed on the outer circumference of the wear disc and a guide formed on the cutter holder and engaging in this groove. A wear disc for use in such a cutting tool configuration, and a cutting tool having such a preinstalled wear disc, are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for ascertaining the steering angle (?3) of at least one steerable wheel of a set of steerable wheels of a machine that can be directionally controlled, which machine comprises at least said set of steerable wheels and at least one set of drivable wheels showing a specific wheelbase (a1) relative to said steerable wheels and spaced from one another by a specific track width (b1), wherein by means of an ascertained wheel velocity difference of the two driven wheels a yaw rate (?) and a real circle radius (r1) of the driven wheel on the inside of the curve are ascertained. It is then possible to ascertain the steering angle (?) from these values by way of the geometrical relationship of wheelbase (a1) and track width (b1) of the machine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a monitoring apparatus for a ground processing machine, especially a ground milling machine, with the ground processing machine comprising at least one processing device for mechanically processing a ground surface and/or for applying a ground cover layer, comprising: at least one detection device for contactless detection at least in sections of a condition of the ground surface and/or the ground cover layer as produced by the processing device, and an evaluation device for the automated evaluation of the condition detected by the detection device. The present invention further relates to a ground processing machine, especially a ground milling machine, comprising at least one such monitoring apparatus.

Abstract: The invention relates to a self-propelled construction machine, for example, a road finisher, comprising a vehicle chassis and having a tandem axle unit and a single wheel on each side of the vehicle, wherein each tandem axle unit comprises a twin axle carrier and also a regulating device, by means of which the twin axle carrier can be pivoted relatively to the vehicle chassis. Each tandem axle unit is mounted on a lever arm, which is mounted for rotation about a pivot axle on the vehicle chassis, and which is engaged by the regulating device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compacting machine comprising a shaft, an unbalanced mass and a drum, wherein the shaft is connected both to the unbalanced mass and to the drum and is adapted to transfer imbalance forces from the unbalanced mass to the drum. The task of providing a compacting machine in which the provision of the unbalanced mass requires less space is achieved in that the shaft is mounted in a plain bearing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand-guided ground compacting machine, such as, in particular, a vibration tamper, a vibratory roller or a vibratory plate, comprising a driving engine mounted on a machine frame, a ground compaction device driven by the driving engine, and a guide bar. Features of the present invention reside in that the driving engine is a liquid gas powered driving engine and that the ground compacting machine comprises at least one storage container for liquid gas which is replaceably disposed in a storage container holding means on the hand-guided ground compacting machine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vibration tamper, comprising a superstructure having a driving engine mounted on a machine frame and further having a guide bar, and further comprising a substructure having a compactor base driven by the driving engine and having a compactor plate and having a drive line, by means of which a drive connection between the driving engine and the compactor base is established such that the compactor base can move relatively to the superstructure along a compactor axis while executing at least one compacting amplitude. The driving engine of the vibration tamper is a liquid gas powered driving engine, wherein the superstructure and, more particularly, the guide bar on the superstructure, comprises a storage container for liquid gas, and wherein a gas supply line is provided to supply evaporated liquid gas to the driving engine.