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OwnerDevika Kataria, Prakash CRJ Naidu +2inventors
InventorsDevika Kataria, Prakash CRJ Naidu, Rohit Goyal, Venkateswaran Sundar
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A method and apparatus for monitoring tension and detecting slip of industrial belts while in running condition on belt drive system by using ultrasonic transducers. The sensing part involves two ultrasonic transducers which are installed on an assembly which is placed within a constrained space between the tension side and slack side of belt. Sinusoidal waves having predefined amplitude are sent from transmitting transducer on the belt and amplitude of the signal reflected from the belt is measured and compared with a threshold value to detect reduced tension. An acoustic sleeve is mounted on driving and driven pulley locknuts to blank the reflected signal periodically to measure the speeds of the pulleys compared to detect the slip of the belt. The apparatus generates an alert to user when the belt tension is reduced and/or when slip is detected. The processing circuit involves microcontroller with Wi-Fi module to send alert messages.
A system for monitoring condition of a belt drive comprising of a means to hold a pair of ultrasonic transducers for transmitting and receiving acoustic signals reflected from either surface of tension side of the belt drive or surface of slack side of belt drive or surface of driver pulley or surface of a signal attenuating acoustic plug embedded on driver pulley or surface of driven pulley or surface of a signal attenuating acoustic plug embedded on driven pulley;
A method of operation for monitoring condition of a belt drive comprising of steps
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