Asphalt Quality Control Software - Mix Design, Factory Production Control, & QC on Site

The following modules are tailored to the laboratory requirements of asphalt producers, construction companies and independent test houses. The LASTRADA lab software provides you with intuitive user interfaces for the work in the asphalt lab, at the plant, in the office and on site.

LASTRADA - Hot Mix Asphalt Quality Control

Advanced Asphalt Mix Design and Initial Type Testing

Type testing in accordance with several international product and production control standards

Free definition and management of specifications and product standards as master data
Mix design with automatic optimisation of grading curves and recipe
Support of up to three types of reclaimed asphalt per recipe
Output of laboratory worksheets with automatically recalculated recipes for the lab mixer
Classification of reclaimed asphalt in accordance with several international standards
Registration and output of plant-specific recipes including cold and hot feed recipes
Preparation of CE declarations and other documentation of product properties
Standard interface to export bill of materials

Asphalt Mix Design Cost Calculator

Material cost calculation based on actual item prices for cost optimisation
Calculation of mixture prices for a specific construction site
Import of article prices through interfaces (otherwise manual registration)

Quality Control

Contract-based and test location-based registration and testing of asphalt mixtures and cores
Material specifications are feely definable as master data – according to any national, regional or company-specific product standard. (Asphalt product standards are not hard-coded in LASTRADA.)
Asphalt testing in accordance with several international standards
Extensive statistical evaluation facilities
Efficient data input via testing registers: quick filtering of due tests, registers per test type, direct access to test data input dialogue, output of to-do-lists and result lists

Factory Production Control

Testing of asphalt mixtures, cores and reclaimed asphalt in accordance with several international standards
Material specifications are feely definable as master data – according to any national, regional or company-specific product standard. (Asphalt product standards are not hard-coded in LASTRADA.)
Asphalt testing in accordance with several international standards
Automatic calculation of the OCL in the background (feedback on each sample’s impact on the OCL)
Dynamic planning of inspections based on OCL and inspection level
Registration of produced quantities (either via interface or manual)
Reminder function for due samplings
Documentation of compliance always at the push of a button and running target/actual comparisons for the inspection plan
Special prognosis and analysis features for the OCL
Extensive statistical analysis tools to evaluate the quality of asphalt mixes, reclaimed asphalt stockpiles and cores
Extensive statistical analysis tools to document the conformity of production
Classification of reclaimed asphalt
Registration and output of product lists
Automatic linking of mixture test results to specific plant control settings

Aggregate Quality Control Module for Asphalt Plants

Sampling plans in accordance with several international standards
Registration of delivered quantities (manual input or transfer via interfaces)
Reminder about due samplings
Sampling documentation and target/actual comparisons
Extensive statistical analysis tools

Bitumen Quality Control Module for Asphalt Plants

Bitumen testing in accordance with several international standards
Sampling plans in accordance with several international standards
Registration of delivered quantities (manual input or transfer via interfaces)
Reminder function for due samplings
Sampling documentation and target/actual comparisons
Extensive statistical analysis tools

Intelligent Data Analysis Module

Data mining tool for the determination of relations, patterns and trends in the collected FPC data of the asphalt mixing plants

Comprehensive filter for data selection and compression
Visualisation and analysis of filtered data in one or more directions/criterions
Benchmarking of plants, recipes, areas, etc.
XML-Export of data (for instance, to be evaluated in Excel)
Offline functionality

Digital Signature for Asphalt Type Tests

Bulk printing of type test reports via network printers or PDF printers
Two-stage clearance of type test results
Administration of signatures and signing of reports and invoices
Displaying and filtering of type tests depending on clearance status
Contract and plant-related view of type tests

Import-Export-Interface for Asphalt Quality Data

XML-Interface for import and export of output target compositions of type tests
Import and export of samples and test results (e.g. between producer’s laboratories and test houses)

Interface ot the Weigh-Bridge

Interface to the weigh-bridge software (e.g. WinAss, Winweight)

Import of quantities produced
Import of incoming materials, such as aggregate, reclaimed asphalt and bitumen
Export of sampling plans

Interface to the Plant Control (AS1)

Standard interface to the AS1 plant control system of AMMANN (V.3.5 and later)

Import of production data
Import of modification of master recipes
Import of samplings
Export of plant setting proposals (recipe, mixing time and temperature, etc.)
Export of sampling plans

Interface to the Financial Software (ERP)

Interface to financial software systems (e.g. SAP, BAUind)

Export of asphalt articles
Export of the bill of materials per article
Export type tests as PDF into optical archives
Import of material prices to enable cost optimisation of mix designs

Offline Workstations

For all processes of factory production control including mixture testing and receiving inspection of constituent materials
Automatic alignment of the local databases and the server database

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