A typical conveyor system consists of multiple conveyor belts that transport raw materials and products throughout a plant. The movement of the belts is controlled by a central control system, which ...

Optical encoders working over a DeviceNet network let a paperboard mill automate the positioning and tensioning of conveyor belts. Using DeviceNet encoders and relatively inexpensive drives ...

The friction heat from a mis-tracking belt that comes in contact with a conveyor structure can pose an extreme danger in any dusty environment, not just coal. The U.S. Mining Safety and Health ...

This makes it possible to monitor the progress or speed of conveyor belts easily. ... All spring-arm variants were developed for incremental and absolute solid shaft encoders. The spring arms are ...

ASGCO, a manufacturer of proprietary bulk conveyor components and accessories, announced a new addition to its line of Tru-Trainer conveyor belt tracking idlers: a V-Return style of the company ...

The concept of dynamic tracking line is proposed as the feasible tracking region for a robot in a robot-conveyor system, which takes the conveyor speed into consideration. This paper presents an ...