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Conveyor belt management system

US10865051B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 2017
Grant dateDec 15, 2020
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G2203/0275
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In addition to the amount of wear of a rubber comprising at least an upper cover rubber of a conveyor belt installed at a use site, data of at least one input item from six input items consisting of an impact force acting on the conveyor belt, a tensile force, an indicator indicating a state of a core, an indicator indicating a state of an endless portion, an indicator indicating a state of a belt conveyor device, and an indicator indicating a use environment of the conveyor belt is input into a server via an input unit, and a calculation unit calculates a remaining service life of the conveyor belt based on the data input and, stored in a storage unit, a belt specification database and a tolerance range database in which a tolerance range for each of the input items is input in advance per belt specification.

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