Synchronization of conveyor belt and drive belt of an inclined conveyor

Abstract

The invention relates to a device and a method for controlling a steep conveyor, comprising a control unit (15), a conveyor drive system (5) for driving a conveyor belt (2), and a sensor unit for determining a weight G1-n of the material to be conveyed (4) assigned to a predetermined section T1-n of the conveyor belt (2), wherein the sensor unit is adapted to transmit information about the weight to the control unit (15), wherein the control unit (15) is adapted to determine from the information about the weight G1-n a length L1-n assigned to the predetermined section T1-n in a steep conveyor region S of the conveyor belt (2) and to adjust a strain of a drive belt (2) of the conveyor drive system (5) based on the determined lengths L1-n assigned to the predetermined sections T1-n.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.