Device for monitoring a conveyor facility
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Jan 2, 2003
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Jul 23, 2002
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Feb 2, 2000
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The invention concerns a device for monitoring a conveyor facility having a top strand and a bottom strand. Said conveyor facility comprises a conveyor belt (1) made of elastomer material having a carrying side for the material to be conveyed and a backing side (3), whereby the conveyor belt has at the most one strengthening support. The conveyor facility also comprises other parts such as driving drum, tail pulley, deflection drum, carrying rollers (5), supporting structure, feed chute and optionally other components. The device according to the invention is characterized in that it includes an optoelectronic system (4) in area (X) where there are no carrying rollers (5). Said system optically detects and reports any damage to the conveyor belt (1) by monitoring the backing side (3), optionally in connection with automatic switch-off of the conveyor facility.
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