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Distance or Area Spreading of Granular Mat’l. with Proportional Gate
When setting up the auger/conveyor section of your system, select the method that causes the
controller to manage the amount of material spread by:
a)
Pounds (Kg) per Mile Driven = Distance Spreading
. the controller manages the material
released by the auger/conveyor. The operator controls spinner speed and therefore the
“spreading pattern” occurs as the operator has set it. Material dispensed will correlate to
ground speed and distance traveled, but is not spread in a uniform thickness over the road at
any speed.
b)
Pounds (Kg) per Lane Mile Driven = Area Spreading
. In this format, the controller
manages the material released by the auger/conveyor as well as controlling the spinner speed
needed to disperse material uniformly within the lane width specified (0.1 lanes up to 3.0
lanes in 0.1 lane increments). Auger and spinner speeds are controlled and both correlate to
ground speed and distance traveled resulting in a uniform thickness of material spread
regardless of ground speed during spreading.
c)
Proportional Control of hydraulically powered rear gate on conveyor is optional.
“Prescription Spreading” and/or “Operator Choice” Spreading
For users want to follow specific spreading methods, SpreadSmart offers a wide array of
definable spreading prescriptions to allow users to precisely manage their spreading parameters.
Detailed instructions are included in “managing materials.”
a)
Invoice by assigning different spreading prescriptions for different jurisdictions. Define your
spreading prescriptions/categories so you’ll always know how much material was dropped on
federal roads, state roads, county roads, municipal roads and private roads. Be able to track
total material spread as well as each individual category of materials spread.
b)
Unique calibration settings named for wet or dry material: Since wet material weighs more
than dry material, spread amounts per revolution of the auger will vary if material is wet or
dry. This problem is correctable if the calibration values take actual material weight into
account. Naming each granular material calibration to correlate to the conditions under
which granular material is stored improves the accuracy of data collected during spreading.
Temperature Response Spreading
SpreadSmart Rx ™
offers the user the ability to control all spreading parameters in direct
response to changes in measured road temperature. By correlating up to (5) spreading
prescriptions to each of (5) temperature ranges for which those prescriptions apply, the anti-icing
and de-icing performance is optimized. See System Setup and
Temp Response™
Settings in the
Materials section for detailed setup instructions.
Load and Rate Calculator
SpreadSmart Rx ™
allows operator to calculate, properly load liquid and granular materials on
spreading vehicles and set the liquid and granular rate(s) to:
1)
Fully consume the maximum amount of pre-wet salt brine capacity on a vehicle
for a
given length of route.
2)
Use Anti-icing tanks (on board or pulled with trailer) simultaneous with granular
and pre-wet systems and fully consume the loaded liquid.
3)
Using the amount of salt brine available on a fully loaded truck,
calculate the amount of
dry granular salt material to load onto that truck to deliver a particular total
amount of salt
for the planned route
a.
(Total salt pounds for route = liquid salt + granular salt)
