Method for monitoring the condition of a conveyor belt and conveyor belt monitoring system

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PATENT NO 9815634
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15135193

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A method for monitoring the condition of a rip detection insert embedded in a conveyor belt, the rip detection insert having a plurality of rip detection wires comprised of a magnetically permeable material; the method including the steps of: inducing a magnetic field within the rip detection wires of the rip detection insert; measuring at least one magnetic characteristic of the rip detection insert; monitoring the at least one magnetic characteristic of the rip detection insert for changes in the magnetic characteristic; determining the rip detection insert has been damaged when a change in at least one magnetic characteristic of the rip detection insert deviates beyond a predetermined threshold for the rip detection insert; and, filtering out a region of the rip detection insert containing the damage to the rip detection insert.

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CONTITECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBHCONTINENTAL-PLAZA 1 30175 HANNOVER 30175

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Basson, Jacques Glenwood Durban, ZA 3 10
Wallace, Jack Powell, US 13 179

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