Improvements in conveyor and components therefor, monitoring methods and communication systems
AssigneeVayeron Pty Ltd
InventorsPaul MOUTSOURIZ, Ryan NORRIS, David MOUSSA
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of conveyor(s), also known as belt transporters. In one form, the invention relates to conveyor(s) used in mines, quarries and/or ports which are typically hundreds of meters, or even kilometres long. In one particular aspect the present invention is suitable for use as applied to conveyor belts, parts and systems of a conveyor as well as methods of monitoring and communicating along conveyor(s). The invention relates to wear detection, systems and methods associated with wear detection.
Claims9
1-10. (canceled)
A method of monitoring an idler bearing for anticipated failure, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining one or more failure frequencies for the least one bearing according to any one or any combination of equations 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 as disclosed herein;
- monitoring the bearing;
- determining if the monitored bearing has a change in magnitude of the spectral energy at the calculated failure frequencies.
A system adapted to determine the relative wear of a first roller, the first roller being suitable for a conveyor system, the system comprising:
- computational logic adapted to determining at least one of failure frequencies for the least one bearing according to any one or any combination of equations 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 as disclosed herein;
- a bearing monitor;
- signal processor adapted to determining if the monitored bearing has a change in magnitude of the spectral energy at the calculated one or more failure frequencies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.