System and method for belted arm divert actual speed sensing
AssigneeSiemens Logistics LLC
InventorMichael D. Carpenter
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Abstract
A diverter system includes a conveyor belt with a horizontal belt surface, a diverter arm comprising a diverter belt with a vertical diverting belt surface, the diverter arm being operated by an actuator assembly, a sensing device for monitoring a speed of the vertical diverting belt surface, and a control unit operably coupled to the sensing device, wherein the control unit adjusts the speed of the vertical diverting belt surface according to a predefined ratio of speed between the horizontal belt surface and the vertical diverting belt surface.
Claims20
A diverter system comprising:
- a conveyor belt with a horizontal belt surface,
- a diverter arm comprising a diverter belt with a vertical diverting belt surface, the diverter arm being operated by an actuator assembly,
- a sensing device for monitoring a speed of the vertical diverting belt surface, and
- a control unit operably coupled to the sensing device,
- wherein the control unit is configured to adjust the speed of the vertical diverting belt surface according to a predefined ratio of speed between the horizontal belt surface and the vertical diverting belt surface.
A method for operating a diverter system comprising:
- determining a speed of a vertical diverting belt surface of a vertical diverter belt, and
- continually adjusting the speed of the vertical diverting belt surface according to a predefined ratio of speed between a horizontal belt surface of a conveyor belt and the vertical diverting belt surface.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor perform a method comprising:
- determining a speed of a vertical diverting belt surface of a vertical diverter belt, and
- continually adjusting the speed of the vertical diverting belt surface according to a predefined ratio of speed between a horizontal belt surface of a conveyor belt and the vertical diverting belt surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.