WIDRIVE: the Wirtgen machine management system

WIDRIVE makes operators the managers of their own efficiency The intelligent WIDRIVE machine management system from Wirtgen centrally manages the interaction between the machine’s key components: diesel engine, travel, milling drum and conveyor drives, water spray system and height adjustment. In this way, WIDRIVE automates many functions that are normally performed by the operator in a manual step, thus ensuring low diesel fuel consumption and enabling an environmentally compatible milling process.

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The main features of WIDRIVE at a glance:

Engine station

  • Automatic speed adjustment in accordance with the milling process to lower diesel fuel consumption

Milling drum assembly

  • Automatic raising of side plates, gradation control beam and scraper in transport mode

Loading of milled material

  • Consistently high belt speed in case of engine lugging
  • Belt is automatically switched off during reversing and in transport mode

Height adjustment

  • PTS (Parallel To Surface): automatic machine alignment parallel to the road surface
  • 4-fold full-floating axle: automatic machine alignment transverse to the direction of travel
  • LEVEL PRO levelling system for precise milling results

Travel drive: intelligent ISC track drive control system

  • Optimized advance rate
  • Traction control
  • Adjustment of the track speed in bends

Water system

  • Switches on and off automatically
  • Water feed adjustment depending on engine load