Control system or process for the automatic control of a moveable bucket wheel device

The invention relates to a control system ( 10 ), or a process for the automatic control of a moveable bucket wheel device ( 1 ) for the reducing of a stockpile and/or for the piling up of bulk goods, whereby the bucket wheel device ( 1 ) has at least one bucket wheel ( 6 ) for the takeup of bulk goods, at least one measurement device ( 11 ) for the measurement of the stockpile ( 9 ) and the bucket wheel device ( 1 ) is automatically moved to the desired removal and/or piling up position in dependence of the measured and/or processed measurement data. Natural slide processes on the stockpile ( 9 ) can be determined in that the control system ( 10 ) and the measurement device ( 11 ) are constructed or realized in such a way that a continual capture of the actual stockpile shape is guaranteed independent of the operation of the bucket wheel shovel ( 1 ) namely an actual change of the stockpile shape can be captured at least in a certain vicinity of the bucket wheel ( 6 ).