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Vogele’s Super 1900-3 tracked paver blossoms on paving job in Antalya

A Turkish contractor put its Vögele Super 1900-3 tracked paver to work preparing an access road to a five-star hotel in the Turkish Mediterranean city of Antalya. The work was part of a facelift for the entire area that will host Expo Botanik 2016, a major international event held every four years at a different city by the Swissbased International Association of Horticultural Producers. The 500m approach road to Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort, a five-star seafront hotel which opened officially last summer,
March 9, 2015 Read time: 3 mins
The Vögele Super 1900-3, it grows on you
A Turkish contractor put its Vögele Super 1900-3 tracked paver to work preparing an access road to a five-star hotel in the Turkish Mediterranean city of Antalya.

The work was part of a facelift for the entire area that will host Expo Botanik 2016, a major international event held every four years at a different city by the Swissbased International Association of Horticultural Producers.

The 500m approach road to Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort, a five-star seafront hotel which opened officially last summer, required a 15cm crushed stone base and a 10cm asphalt base. Local contractor Antmos Asfalt has three 1194 Vögele pavers, which it calls the workhorses because the bulk of its contracts are for access and connecting roads and highways that encompassing everything from pure pavement rehabilitation to the construction of new roads. A musthave is a powerful yet versatile paver with a laydown rate of up to 900t/h like the Super 1900-3.

The Super 1900-3 came with a Vögele AB 600 TV Extending Screed equipped with tamper and vibrators. The screed has a basic width of 3m and extends hydraulically up to 6m. As on this job site the total pave width ranged between 10 and 12m, the SUPER 1900-3 laid two strips of 4.5-6m each. As a result, the machine had to be repositioned several times but this was easily accomplished with the new AutoSet Plus repositioning and transport function that allowed a consistent paving quality.

A single push of the AutoSet Plus button puts the paver into transport mode. The hopper front, auger, screed and deflectors in front of the crawler tracks are raised, conveyors are reversed, the screed is locked in position and all the settings are saved. After repositioning, another push of the button the machine reverts back to its previous working positions.
 
The ErgoPlus 3 screed operator’s console comes with the useful SmartWheel for infinitely variable screed width control. Screed operator Hüseyin Arkoc said with the SmartWheel, he could extend and retract the screed with one finger. “And I can do this at two speeds: slow if I want to go along an edge or fast if I want to extend or retract the screed quickly,” he said.
 
Also, the new PaveDock Assistant simplifies the process of transferring the mix from the truck to the paver through the use of clear light signals, e.g. for reverse, stop, dumping the mix, etc.

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