Calibrating a conveyor and metering device
AssigneeSchenck Process Europe GmbH
InventorAndreas Schuetz
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Abstract
A conveyor and metering device having a continuous conveyor belt or conveyor band, sub-regions of this conveyor belt or conveyor band being mounted on weighing devices for determining the mass of the conveyed material, which are connected to an electronic evaluation device, the weighing devices generating a signal proportional to the load of the conveyor belt or conveyor band and transmitting it to the evaluation device, weighing devices are provided, each of which includes a bearing bracket, which is used to receive an attachment in a form-filling manner from the outside, preferably from above, through an opening in the frame of the conveyor and metering device during the operation of the conveyor.
Claims9
A conveyor and metering device comprising:
- a continuous conveyor belt, sub-regions of the conveyor belt being mounted on weighing devices to ascertain a mass of conveyed material, which are connected to an electronic evaluation device;
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- a bearing bracket for at least one weighing device, the bearing bracket being adapted to receive an attachment in a form-filling manner from an outside and/or from above, through an opening in a frame or a substructure of the conveyor and metering device during an operation of the conveyor.
A method for calibrating a conveyor and metering device, the method comprising:
- placing a test weight on a weighing device of the conveyor and metering device to compare a weight signal generated by the placement of the test weight with a stored signal corresponding to the test weight;
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- fastening an attachment or the test weight to a bearing bracket of the weighing device in a form-fitting manner by inserting a journal of the attachment or the test weight from an and/or from above, through an opening in the frame of the conveyor and metering device into the connecting geometry of the bearing bracket during an operation of the conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.