Automation of a universal de-icing mixture spreader by integrating data from road weather stations
Abstract
Automation of a universal de-icing mixture spreader by integrating data from road weather stations
Incoming article date: 14.06.2024This article discusses the possibility of changing the formulation of an anti-icing mixture directly in a combined road machine, by integrating data from road weather stations and modernizing a universal spreader. To quickly change the recipe of the distributed mixture, using the example of a sand-salt mixture, it is proposed to use a two-hopper universal spreader with an automated control system. The recipe for the distributed anti-icing mixture is calculated depending on weather conditions. An example of LabVIEW software is given to solve the local problem of finding a current weather station.
Keywords: automation, road machine, universal spreader, de-icing materials, composition selection, control system