Conveyor plant with wear detection system and related electromagnetic method

A conveyor equipment comprising:

• a transmission assembly comprising a movement element movable along a path, optionally in the form of a chain or belt, said transmission assembly further comprising a drive shaft operatively connected to said movement element for motion transfer;
• a wear and/or defectiveness detection system operatively connected to said transmission assembly and configured to detect the state of wear and/or defectiveness of said transmission assembly;
• wherein said detection system comprises:
• a first magnetic element and a second magnetic element arranged at a distance from each other on said movement element,
• an electrical winding placed on a respective ferromagnetic core, arranged to be fixed, or anyway not integral, with respect to said movement element,
• an electric sensor for the electrical winding, configured to detect one or more electrical properties, optionally at least the voltage of the electric current induced by the relative motion between said electrical winding and said first and second magnetic elements,
• a control unit configured to estimate, as a function of the data detected by said electric sensor, the difference between the actual value of the distance between said first magnetic element and said second magnetic element and a predefined reference value of the distance between said first magnetic element and said second magnetic element, to detect a state of wear and/or defectiveness of said transmission assembly.