Conveyor Belt Guide Unit with Angle Detection Sensors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conveyor belt systems often experience misalignment and off-center issues due to various causes, leading to increased wear, maintenance costs, and potential mechanical failures, which are not timely recognized by existing guiding devices.
Innovation Solution
A device equipped with a measuring and evaluation system that includes sensor units to detect angle changes within the guide unit, allowing for identification of the causes of belt running errors and enabling timely countermeasures to extend the conveyor belt's service life.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a guide unit with rotatable hollow cylindrical bodies is used to influence belt tracking, then the ability to correct misalignment is improved, but the capability to detect causes of misalignment in a timely manner deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates sensors that detect the angular position of the hollow cylindrical bodies and feed this information back to a control system. This feedback mechanism enables real-time monitoring of guide unit adjustments, allowing the system to identify the causes of misalignment by analyzing the control interventions required to maintain proper belt tracking.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary measurement and evaluation system that bridges the gap between the mechanical guide unit and the control system. This intermediary system includes sensors and evaluation units that translate physical angular positions into detectable signals, enabling timely detection of misalignment causes without interfering with the primary tracking control function.
2Ease of operation
If the guide unit is designed with joint body and bearings for angular adjustment, then the ease of operation for correcting misalignment is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs dynamic mounting solutions where the inner hollow cylindrical body is rotatably mounted on the outer hollow cylindrical body via bearings, and both are connected to the support frame through joint bodies that enable angular adjustment. This dynamic design allows the guide unit to adapt its orientation to correct belt misalignment while maintaining operational simplicity through natural gravitational alignment and friction-assisted positioning.
3Measurement precision
If sensors and measurement systems are added to detect angle changes, then the measurement precision for detecting misalignment causes is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical measurement mechanisms with electronic sensors and evaluation systems. Instead of using mechanical encoders or complex linkages to detect angular position, the invention uses sensors that directly measure the angular position of the hollow cylindrical bodies and transmit this data to an evaluation unit, significantly simplifying the measurement system while maintaining high precision.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively identifies the causes of misalignment and wear, enabling proactive maintenance to prevent failures and increase the operational efficiency and lifespan of the conveyor belt.
Implementation Method 1
The joint body can be designed, for example, as a rubber body or rubber bearing
Implementation Method 2
the sensor unit is designed to detect the change in angle
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AI summary
An apparatus (1) for guiding a conveyor belt, having a guide unit (2) with an outer hollow-cylindrical body (3)and an inner hollow-cylindrical body (4), wherein the inner hollow-cylindrical body (4) has a first middle axis and is arranged in the outer hollow-cylindrical body (3), which has a second middle axis, and the two hollow-cylindrical bodies each have a middle axis (X|, X2j), having at least one bearing (5) for the rotatable mounting of the outer hollow-cylindrical body on the inner hollow-cylindrical body, and having an articulation body (6), which is designed for mounting the inner hollow-cylindrical body (4) on a central spindle (7), wherein the articulation body (6) is also designed to allow a horizontal and/or vertical change in angle of the first and/or second middle axis (X|, Xz) relative to a middle axis (X3) of the central spindle, wherein the apparatus is provided with a measuring and evaluating system (8), which has a sensor unit (9) arranged inside and/or outside the guide unit (2), wherein the measuring and evaluating system (8) is designed to detect the change in angle.