Conveyors
AssigneeInnovative Mining Services (Aust) Pty Ltd.
InventorDarren Waters
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Abstract
An arrangement to maintain alignment of a moving conveyor belt. The arrangement includes a sensing assembly arranged for sensing a position or movement of a portion or region of the belt, and an actuator assembly having one or more actuator modules operable so as to adjust or modify a position, alignment, or orientation of a portion or region of a support assembly in order to counter and/or correct an alignment of the belt based on, at least in part, the sensed position or movement of the belt.
Claims20
An arrangement for use with a tracking frame assembly for maintaining alignment of a conveyor belt of a conveyor belt assembly supported by a stationary support structure, the arrangement comprising:
- a sensing assembly connectable with a region of the support structure so as to be spaced from a portion or region of an edge of the conveyor belt, the sensing assembly configured operable for sensing a position or movement of the conveyor belt during operation, and
- an actuator assembly arranged operable between the tracking frame assembly and the support structure, the actuator assembly configured operable for selective engagement with a reaction assembly thereby allowing selective urging against the reaction assembly so as to modify a position, alignment, or orientation of a portion or region of the tracking frame assembly for correcting an alignment of the conveyor belt based on, at least in part, said sensed position or movement of the conveyor belt.
A method for managing, at least in part, alignment of a moving conveyor belt by way of adjustment of a tracking frame assembly supported by a stationary support structure, the method comprising:
- sensing a position or movement of a portion or region of the moving conveyor belt, and
- based on at least the sensed position or movement of the moving conveyor belt, initiating or not initiating an adjustment or modification to a position, alignment, or orientation of a portion or region of the tracking frame assembly by adjustment of the tracking frame assembly by way of an actuator assembly provided between the tracking frame assembly and the support structure, the actuator assembly configured operable for selective engagement with a reaction assembly thereby allowing selective urging against the reaction assembly so as to assist in, at least in part, correcting an alignment of the conveyor belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.