Metal or rubber resonators for use in monitoring conveyor belt wear and longitudinal rip sensor systems
AssigneeContiTech Transportbandsysteme GmbH
InventorJack Bruce Wallace
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Abstract
A system for detecting properties of a rubber product is disclosed. The system includes a dipole antenna and circuitry. The dipole antenna is configured to obtain antenna measurements and measure for a resonance frequency of a conductive resonator (200), wherein the dipole antenna (200) is positioned at a first position (A) and a second position (B). The circuitry is configured to determine one or more resonator properties (X) based on the antenna measurements.
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A system for detecting one or more properties of a rubber product, the system comprising:
- an embedded conductive resonator embedded in the rubber product, the resonator having a sheathing where dielectric properties of the resonator are based on wear of the sheathing and a resonance frequency of the resonator is based on the dielectric properties;
- an antenna configured to obtain antenna measurements of the embedded conductive resonator, wherein the dipole antenna is and positioned in one or more positions proximate to the embedded conductive resonator;
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- circuitry configured to determine one or more resonator properties based on the antenna measurements, wherein the one or more resonator properties include a change in resonance frequency.
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