Abstract: A material handling system for a work machine includes a receptacle, an auger assembly, a conveyor system, and a material feed sensor configured to monitor an amount of the paving material. The material handling system further includes a controller configured to transmit, if a speed of the auger assembly and/or the conveyor system is not within a predetermined speed range and/or the amount of the paving material being directed towards the work surface is outside of a predetermined amount range, at least one of a control signal to the auger assembly and/or the conveyor system for adjusting the speed of the auger assembly and/or the conveyor system such that the speed of the auger assembly and/or the conveyor system lies within the predetermined speed range, and an alert notification to a user of the work machine to reposition the material feed sensor.

Abstract: A system adjusts an instantaneous turn center for a paving machine having a tow vehicle and a screed assembly towed by the tow vehicle such that no portion of the screed assembly moves backward over freshly laid pavement when the paving machine paves around a curve. The system receives an input from an operator, a sensor, and/or a database. The input includes a distance and a direction from a first vertical axis defined by a traction device of the tow vehicle on a side of the tow vehicle facing the curve, to a second adjusted vertical axis defined by a point at least as far from the first vertical axis as an outer edge of the screed assembly that touches the curve. The system receives the input, and adjusts the instantaneous turn center for the paving machine to coincide with the second adjusted vertical axis.

Abstract: A material feed system for a paving machine includes a first optical sensor and a second optical sensor that are configured to generate data characteristic of paving material associated with corresponding ones of a left feed mechanism and a right feed mechanism of the paving machine. A controller is communicably coupled to the first optical sensor, the second optical sensor, a left conveyor, and a left auger of the left feed mechanism, and a right conveyor and a right auger of the right feed mechanism. The controller is configured to control the left material feed mechanism and the right material feed mechanism independently of each other such that the left conveyor and auger speeds are independently adjusted based on the data received from the first optical sensor and the right conveyor and auger speeds are independently adjusted based on the data received from the second optical sensor.