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US 10,294,038 B2Granted
Conveyor belt monitoring system
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorGang Hou
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Abstract
Provided is a conveyor belt monitoring system that determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the conveyor belt by successively detecting elongation of a running conveyor belt using an elongation detection mechanism, by successively detecting tension acting on a core layer forming the conveyor belt using a tension detection mechanism, and, on the basis of data obtained therefrom, monitoring the presence/absence of the abnormality in the conveyor belt using a control unit.
Claims2
A conveyor belt monitoring system, comprising:
- an elongation detection mechanism configured to successively detect elongation of a conveyor belt while the conveyor belt is running;
- a tension detection mechanism configured to successively detect tension acting on a core layer forming the conveyor belt;
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- a control unit into which data obtained from the elongation detection mechanism and the tension detection mechanism are input,
- the control unit being further configured to monitor a presence and absence of an abnormality of the conveyor belt on the basis of the input data;
- wherein detecting the elongation of the conveyor belt comprises separately detecting elongation of an endless part of the core layer and elongation of a non-endless part of the core layer,
- a portion in which the core layer is joined in the longitudinal direction being the endless part, the non-endless part being present adjacent to both sides in the longitudinal direction of the endless part, and the core layer in the non-endless part being continuously formed without any joint.
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