Systems and methods for tensioning endless belts
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsShreyas P. Modak, Piyush Joshi, Duane M. Bomleny
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for tensioning an endless belt may include determining a first tension level in a conveyor belt of a conveyor assembly; comparing the first tension level to a desired tension level in the conveyor belt of the conveyor assembly; in response to the first tension level not corresponding to the desired tension level in the conveyor belt of the conveyor assembly, determining one of a slip condition of the conveyor belt and a stall condition of the conveyor belt; and determining a second tension level of the conveyor belt based on the first tension level of the conveyor belt and the one of the slip condition of the conveyor belt and the stall condition of the conveyor belt.
Claims20
An apparatus to adjust tension in an endless belt of a work machine, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors and storing programming instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the programming instructions instruct the one or more processors to:
- determine a tension level in a conveyor belt of a conveyor assembly;
- compare the tension level to a desired tension level in the conveyor belt of the conveyor assembly;
- in response to the tension level not corresponding to the desired tension level in the conveyor belt of the conveyor assembly, determine one of a slip condition of the conveyor belt and a stall condition of the conveyor belt;
- and
- determine an adjustment to the tension level of the conveyor belt based on the tension level of the conveyor belt and the one of the slip condition of the conveyor belt and the stall condition of the conveyor belt.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining a first tension level in a conveyor belt of a conveyor assembly;
- comparing the tension level to a desired tension level in the conveyor belt of the conveyor assembly;
- in response to the first tension level not corresponding to the desired tension level in the conveyor belt of the conveyor assembly, determining one of a slip condition of the conveyor belt and a stall condition of the conveyor belt;
- and
- determining a second tension level of the conveyor belt based on the first tension level of the conveyor belt and the one of the slip condition of the conveyor belt and the stall condition of the conveyor belt.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining a first tension level of a first side of a conveyor belt of a conveyor assembly;
- determining a second tension level of a second side of the conveyor belt;
- altering one of the first tension level and the second tension level when the first tension level and the second tension level are not equal;
- determining one of a slip condition of the conveyor belt and a stall condition of the conveyor belt;
- and
- determining a third tension level in one of the first side and the second side of the conveyor belt based on the detected first tension level and the one of the slip condition of the conveyor belt and the stall condition of the conveyor belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.