Belt management system and method

A belt management method that causes a belt management system that is formed by a management server that manages belts that are used in a belt conveyor, a terminal that is provided in a location where the belt conveyor is installed, and a data server that is provided in a company that manufactures and sells belts to operate, wherein the belt management method includes:

• receiving, by a transceiver unit of the management server, belt remaining thickness data that shows the thickness of the belt and that is supplied from the terminal in time series at each one of predetermined periods;
• determining, by a belt lifespan prediction unit of the management server, a remaining lifespan that shows the future amount of use until the belt needs to be replaced by writing the belt remaining thickness data in the management database in time series, reading from the management database the belt remaining thickness data that has been stored in time series, dividing the difference between the predetermined periods by the usage amount of the belt at each of the predetermined periods, determining a unit amount of change in the usage amount units, subtracting from the most recent belt remaining thickness data a management threshold value which shows the thickness of the belt and which is to be used as an indicator for replacement, and dividing the result of this subtraction by the unit amount of change;
• writing and storing in advance, in an inventory database of the management server, an inventory quantity for each different type of belt at the location where the belt conveyor is installed, and a management remaining quantity which shows the minimum inventory quantity of each different type of belt that is required in order to manage the belt conveyor;
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• recommending, by a belt in y management unit of the management server, to the terminal and the data server that t is necessary to buy new inventory when the inventory quantity drops below the management remaining quantity.

A belt management method in which data is exchanged between a terminal that is provided at a location where a belt conveyor is installed and a management server that manages the belts used on the belt conveyor, wherein the belt management method includes:

• transmitting, by a transceiver unit of e management server, belt remaining thickness data that shows the thickness of the belt by the terminal in time series to the management server after predetermined periods;
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• receiving, by a bell inventory management unit of the management server, an alarm recommending that the belt be replaced by the terminal from the management server when the remaining lifespan determined by the management server that shows the future amount of use of the belt until it needs to be replaced drops below a usage amount in the predetermined period that has been set in advance,
• wherein an inventory quantity for each different type of belt at the location where the belt conveyor is installed is transmitted by the terminal, and
• when the inventory quantity drops below a predetermined management remaining quantity, notification from the management server is received by the terminal recommending to the terminal that it is necessary to buy new inventory.