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Conveyor belt wear monitoring system

US9988217B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 26, 2015
Grant dateJun 5, 2018
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G2207/48
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a conveyor belt wear monitoring system capable of determining the wear condition of an upper rubber cover of a conveyor belt. When the conveyor belt is stopped, on the return side of the conveyor belt, a wear detector with a sensor unit corresponding to an upper cover rubber is disposed, the wear detector is controlled by a control unit to move across an entire length in a belt width direction and the distance from the sensor unit and a surface of the upper cover rubber is detected, the detected data is received by a calculation unit, and an amount of wear of the upper cover rubber is calculated on the basis of the received data.

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