Ammann's extensive process knowledge accumulated from more than 3,000 asphalt mixing plants has found detailed implementation in the as1 Plant Control System to the benefit of the user. Here are just a few of its many functions:

• Staggered approach control with automated sand feed
• Assistant for safe and simple dosing feeder calibration
• Automatic mineral temperature control via a configurable automated burner
• Optimum weighing results thanks to dynamic flow measurement and self-learning auto-correction of the overrun parameters for all components
• Automatic optimisation function for the bitumen/mineral ratio
• Automatic selection of the bitumen tank defined in the recipe
• Sampling scheduling module for mixtures in accordance with EN-13108-21

The as1 control system is suitable for all application areas such as

• Asphalt mixing plants, batch plants and continuous plants
• Sand drying plants
• Bitumen modifying plants