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US 12,060,088 B2Granted
Method for detecting wear of a cable roller of a cableway installation
AssigneeInnova Patent GmbH
InventorsDaniel Pfeifer, Adrian Mohni
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Abstract
For reliable detection of the wear on a cable sheave of a cable car system, the distance between a cable sensor and a hoisting cable is measured when the cable car system is at a standstill and the wear on the at least one cable sheave is deduced from the distance measured at a standstill.
Claims9
A method for detecting wear on at least one cable sheave of a cable car system having a hoisting cable, which is guided over the at least one cable sheave, comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one cable sensor which is arranged in a known position with respect to the cable sheave, the cable sheave being unworn, at a defined distance from the hoisting cable in order to have a defined reference position;
- detecting with the cable sensor an actual distance between the hoisting cable and the cable sensor when the hoisting cable is at a standstill;
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- determining the wear on the at least one cable sheave from the actual distance between the hoisting cable and the cable sensor, wherein the step of determining the wear uses the actual distance detected only at the standstill of the hoisting cable.
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