Chain sensor device and method for determining wear
OwnerThomas Wolf, Josef Sirakyinventors
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of determining the elongation of segments of a chain during operation, comprising the following steps: Performing a first detection to determine a position of a first chain component and detecting a first measurement value, performing a second detection to determine a position of a second chain component and detecting a second measurement value, and determining the distance L between the first and the second chain component, wherein the first detection and the second detection are performed simultaneously.
Claims16
A method of determining elongation of segments of a chain during operation, comprising the following steps:
- detecting a first position of a first chain component with a first sensor,
- detecting a second position of a second chain component with a second sensor, and
- determining a distance between the first position and the second position, wherein the detection of the first position of the first chain component and the detection of the second position of the second chain component are performed simultaneously
- wherein the first sensor simultaneously detects measurement values over a length range of the chain, and
- the second sensor simultaneously detects measurement values over a length range of the chain.
A sensor device for determining elongations of segments of a chain, the sensor device comprising:
- a first sensor for detecting a first position of a first chain component, and a second sensor for detecting a second position of a second chain component, wherein the detection of the first position of the first chain component and the detection of the second position of the second chain component are performed simultaneously thereby facilitating a determination of a distance between the first position and the second position,
- wherein the first sensor simultaneously detects measurement values over a length range of the chain, and
- the second sensor simultaneously detects measurement values over a length range of the chain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.