Synchronization of conveyor belt and drive belt of an inclined conveyor
AssigneeRema Tip Top GmbH
InventorGünter Busse
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device and a method for controlling a steep conveyor, comprising a control unit (15), a conveyor drive system (5) for driving a conveyor belt (2), and a sensor unit for determining a weight G1-n of the material to be conveyed (4) assigned to a predetermined section T1-n of the conveyor belt (2), wherein the sensor unit is adapted to transmit information about the weight to the control unit (15), wherein the control unit (15) is adapted to determine from the information about the weight G1-n a length L1-n assigned to the predetermined section T1-n in a steep conveyor region S of the conveyor belt (2) and to adjust a strain of a drive belt (2) of the conveyor drive system (5) based on the determined lengths L1-n assigned to the predetermined sections T1-n.
Claims20
Device for controlling a steep conveyor, comprising
- a control unit (15),
- a conveyor drive system (5) for driving a conveyor belt (2);
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- a sensor unit (8) for determining a weight G1-n of the material to be conveyed (4), assigned to a predetermined section T1-n of the conveyor belt (2), wherein the sensor unit is arranged to transmit information about the weight to the control unit (15), wherein the control unit (15) is adapted
- to determine from the information about the weight G1-n a length L1-n assigned to the predetermined section T1-n in a steep conveyor region S of the conveyor belt (2) and, based on the determined lengths L1-n assigned to the predetermined sections T1-n to adjust a strain of a drive belt (2) of the conveyor drive system (5).
Method for controlling a steep conveyor, comprising the following steps:
- Determining a weight G1-n of a material to be conveyed (4) via a sensor unit assigned to a predetermined section T1-n of the conveyor belt (2), wherein the sensor unit is adapted to transmit information about the weight G1-n to a control unit (15),
- determining a length L1-n assigned to the predetermined section T1-n in a steep conveyor section S of the conveyor belt (2) from the information about the weight G1-n by the control unit (15), and
- adjusting an elongation of a drive belt (12) of a conveyor drive system (5) based on lengths L1-n assigned to predetermined sections T1-n.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.