Belt conveyor brake systems and controllers
AssigneeIntelligrated Headquarters, LLC
InventorsVenkatesh RAIKAR, Saravanan SADASIVAN, Shivaraj KHOT
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Abstract
A belt conveyor system comprising one or more idler rollers, a slave roller, a drive roller coupled to the slave roller, wherein the drive roller configured to drive the slave roller, a belt extending in a continuous loop wrapping around the one or more idler rollers, the slave roller, and the drive roller, wherein the slave roller is configured to drive the belt, and a brake configured to actuate with at least one of: (i) select ones of the one or more idler rollers, and (ii) a portion of the belt in a position adjacent to the select ones of the one or more idler rollers.
Claims30
A belt conveyor system comprising:
- one or more idler rollers;
- a slave roller;
- a drive roller coupled to the slave roller, wherein the drive roller configured to drive the slave roller;
- a belt extending in a continuous loop wrapping around the one or more idler rollers, the slave roller, and the drive roller, wherein the slave roller is configured to drive the belt;
- and
- a brake configured to actuate with at least one of:
- (i) select ones of the one or more idler rollers, and (ii) a portion of the belt in a position adjacent to the select ones of the one or more idler rollers.
A belt conveyor system comprising:
- one or more idler rollers;
- a drive roller configured to drive a belt;
- the belt extending in a continuous loop wrapping around the one or more idler rollers and the drive roller;
- and
- a brake configured to actuate with at least one of:
- (i) select ones of the one or more idler rollers, and (ii) a portion of the belt in a position adjacent to the select ones of the one or more idler rollers.
A belt conveyor system comprising:
- one or more idler rollers;
- a slave roller;
- a drive roller coupled to the slave roller, wherein the drive roller configured to drive the slave roller;
- a belt extending in a continuous loop wrapping around the one or more idler rollers, the slave roller, and the drive roller, wherein the slave roller is configured to drive the belt;
- and
- a brake configured to actuate with at least one of:
- (i) the drive roller, (ii) the slave roller, and (iii) a portion of the belt in a position adjacent to the drive roller and the slave roller.
A belt conveyor system comprising:
- one or more idler rollers comprising an internal brake;
- a slave roller comprising an internal brake;
- a drive roller coupled to the slave roller, wherein the drive roller configured to drive the slave roller;
- a belt extending in a continuous loop wrapping around the one or more idler rollers, the slave roller, and the drive roller, wherein the slave roller is configured to drive the belt;
- and
- wherein the internal brake of the one or more idler rollers and the internal brake of the slave roller are controlled and actuated by a controller associated with the drive roller.
A computer-implemented method for optimizing a lifespan of a belt conveyor, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors, load and operating parameter data;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a load runaway value based on the load and operating parameter data;
- determining, by the one or more processors, whether a given load requires at least one of brake actuation and roller lifting based on the load runaway value;
- generating, by the one or more processors, a signal causing at least one of brake activation and roller lifting based on the determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.