Patent · US Expired

Device for sensing the wear state of wheels or rollers

US7032740B2 · kind B2 · utility

15Cited by

14References

18Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Frank Hochhaus · Frankfurt, DE
Jaro Kubik · Babenhausen, DE
Frank König · Meiningen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 15, 2004
Grant date	Apr 25, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G43/02
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device and a method for automatically sensing the wear state of movable wheels or rollers (1) in conveying systems, for example baggage conveying systems. It achieves the object of easily and reliably sensing the wear state in an automatic fashion using measuring equipment when the roller to be checked runs through the system, by means of a measuring station (2,3) which is arranged in a stationary fashion in the conveying path of the system and in which diameter deviations of the wheel or of the roller (1) from a predefined set point diameter can be sensed in a contactless fashion and signaled.

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