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US 10,377,574 B2Granted
Conveyor belt wear monitoring system
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorGang Hou
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Abstract
Provided is a conveyor belt wear monitoring system including a non-contact sensor arranged facing a surface of an upper cover rubber. A distance to the surface of the upper cover rubber is detected using the non-contact sensor in a predetermined range in a belt width direction of the upper cover rubber of the traveling conveyor belt. An amount of wear of the upper cover rubber is obtained by comparing the detection data with pre-stored reference data.
Claims9
A conveyor belt wear monitoring system comprising:
- a non-contact sensor disposed facing a surface of a cover rubber of a conveyor belt, the non-contact sensor being configured to detect a distance to the surface of the cover rubber in a predetermined range in a belt width direction;
- a calculation unit into which detection data from the non-contact sensor is inputted;
- and
- a flapping prevention member that comes into contact with a surface of the cover rubber on an opposite side of the surface of the cover rubber detected by the non-contact sensor;
- wherein
- the flapping prevention member is arranged, on a return side of the conveyor belt stretched between a pair of pulleys, in a position corresponding to a detection range detected by the non-contact sensor;
- the non-contact sensor and the flapping prevention member are arranged opposite each other with the conveyor belt therebetween;
- and
- the calculation unit obtains an amount of wear of the cover rubber by comparing pre-stored reference data with the detection data.
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