CA2511062A1 - Conveyor monitoring systems and method - Google Patents
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A conveyor system has a conveyor track having at least one pathway, a number of undercarriage units for travel along the conveyor track, each with a plurality of travel elements confined for travel along the pathway, the conveyor track having at least one sensing location, at least one sensing portion for each sensing location the detecting the presence of a travel element et the sensing location, a monitoring portion for monitoring an operative frequency at which successive travel elements pass the sensing location, a signalling portion responsive to the monitoring portion for issuing a signal on a change in the operative frequency indicative of a corresponding change is the condition of one or more than one affected travel element, the conveyor track including art access site for accessing the affected travel element, and a drive portion for driving the undercarriage units along the conveyor, the drive portion being responsive to the monitoring portion for bringing the conveyor to a temporary halt with the affected travel element at the access site for subsequent replacement and/or repair.
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1. A conveyor system comprising a conveyor track having at least one pathway, a number of undercarriage units for travel along the conveyor track, each with a plurality of travel elements confined for travel along the pathway, the conveyor track having at least one sensing location, at least one sensing portion for each sensing location for detecting the presence of a travel element at the sensing location, a monitoring portion for monitoring an operative frequency at which successive travel elements pass the sensing location, a signalling portion responsive to the monitoring portion for issuing a signal o:a a change in the operative frequency indicative of a corresponding change in the condition of one or more than one affected travel element, the conveyor track including an access site for accessing the affected travel element, and a drive portion for driving the undercarriage units along the conveyor, the drive portion being responsive to the monitoring portion for bringing the conveyor to a temporary halt with the affected travel element at the access site for subsequent replacement and/or repair.
2. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein the travel elements includes one or more than one wheel, roller, rotatable or reliable member, or a combination thereof.
3. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein the conveyor track includes a part of pathways and each undercarriage unit includes one or more groups of travel elements, each of which travels along a corresponding pathway.
4. A system as defined in claim 3, wherein the undercarriage unit includes a first group with four travel elements.
5. A system as defined in claim 4, wherein the undercarriage unit includes a second group of two travel elements.
6. A system as defined in claim 3, wherein, the conveyor track includes a guide frame arrangement to render the pathways substantially inaccessible other than at selected locations including the access site.
7. A system as defined in claim 1, each sensing portion including a bracket frame mountable adjacent the pathway and a sensor element mounted on the bracket frame in operable proximity to the pathway to detect the presence of a travel element and/or an absence thereof.
8. A system as defined in claim 7, wherein the sensor element includes a proximity switch.
9. A system as defined in claim 8, wherein the monitoring unit includes a PLC
and a display portion to issue the signal thereon.
and a display portion to issue the signal thereon.
10. A system as defined in claim 1, the drive unit including a drive station with a safety zone which is accessible by one or more removable safety barriers; the sensing portion being located within the safety zone.
11. A system as defined in claim 10, wherein, the access site is located within the safety zone.
12. A system as defined in claim 9, wherein the conveyor includes a pair of pathways and a corresponding pair of proximity switches.
13. A system as defined in claim 12, further comprising a control panel, the control panel including at least one fault lamp and at least one reset button.
14. A system as defined in claim 13, the graphic user interface including a first main screen providing an indicator function for alerting an operator to advance to a conveyor monitoring procedure, and a switch function for advancing to the conveyor monitoring procedure.
15. A system as defined in claim 14, the graphic user interface being operable to present a second screen providing a first status indicator function for notifying au operator of a fault condition on a first pathway, and a second status indicator function for notifying an operator of a fault condition on a second pathway and a switch function for enabling a procedure for belting the conveyor.
16. A system as defined in claim 15, the graphic user interface being operable to present a third screen for acknowledging the procedure for halting the conveyor, the third screen presenting at least one confirmation switch function to confirm the procedure for halting the conveyor.
17. A device for controlling a conveyor system of a type including conveyor track having at least one pathway, a number of undercarriage units for travel along the conveyor, each with a plurality of travel elements confined for travel along the pathway and a drive portion for driving the undercarriage units along the pathway, the device comprising a sensor for sensing the presence of travel elements passing a sensing location, at least one sensing portion for each sensing location for detecting the presence of a travel element at the sensing location, an access site for accessing the travel elements, a monitoring portion for monitoring successive travel elements passing the sensing location and for detecting a fault condition characterized by the presence of an affected travel element or the absence thereof, a signalling portion responsive to the monitoring portion for issuing a notification signal of the fault condition, the monitoring portion being operable to communicate with the drive portion for bringing the conveyor to a temporary halt with the affected travel element, or a portion of the undercarriage at which a missing travel element is normally mounted, at the access site for subsequent replacement and/or repair.
18. A method for monitoring a conveyor system comprising the steps of:
- providing a conveyor track having at least one pathway and a number of undercarriage units for travel along the conveyor, each with a plurality of travel elements confined for travel along the pathway;
- providing a sensor at a sensing location along the pathway for sensing the presence of travel elements;
- providing an access site for accessing the travel elements, - providing a monitoring portion for monitoring successive travel elements passing the sensing location and for detecting a fault condition characterized by the presence of an affected travel element or the absence thereof, - providing a signalling portion to be responsive to the monitoring portion for issuing a notification signal of the fault condition, - providing a drive portion for driving the undercarriage units along the conveyor, and - arranging the drive portion being to be responsive to the monitoring portion for bringing the conveyor to a temporary halt with the affected travel element, or a portion of the undercarriage at which a missing travel element is normally mounted, at the access site for subsequent replacement and/or repair.
- providing a conveyor track having at least one pathway and a number of undercarriage units for travel along the conveyor, each with a plurality of travel elements confined for travel along the pathway;
- providing a sensor at a sensing location along the pathway for sensing the presence of travel elements;
- providing an access site for accessing the travel elements, - providing a monitoring portion for monitoring successive travel elements passing the sensing location and for detecting a fault condition characterized by the presence of an affected travel element or the absence thereof, - providing a signalling portion to be responsive to the monitoring portion for issuing a notification signal of the fault condition, - providing a drive portion for driving the undercarriage units along the conveyor, and - arranging the drive portion being to be responsive to the monitoring portion for bringing the conveyor to a temporary halt with the affected travel element, or a portion of the undercarriage at which a missing travel element is normally mounted, at the access site for subsequent replacement and/or repair.
19. A computer implemented method for operating a conveyor system comprising the steps of:
- activating the conveyor system to cause a number of undercarriages units, each with a plurality of travel elements, to travel along a conveyor track with the travel elements travelling in one or more pathways and sensing the presence of travel elements at a sensing location along the pathways;
- monitoring successive travel elements passing the ceasing location and for detecting a fault condition characterized by the presence of an affected travel element or the absence thereof, - issuing a notification signal in the event of a fault condition; and - temporarily halting the conveyor system in a manner to cause the affected travel element, or a portion of the undercarriage at which a missing travel element is normally mounted, to appear at an access site along the pathway for subsequent replacement and/or repair.
- activating the conveyor system to cause a number of undercarriages units, each with a plurality of travel elements, to travel along a conveyor track with the travel elements travelling in one or more pathways and sensing the presence of travel elements at a sensing location along the pathways;
- monitoring successive travel elements passing the ceasing location and for detecting a fault condition characterized by the presence of an affected travel element or the absence thereof, - issuing a notification signal in the event of a fault condition; and - temporarily halting the conveyor system in a manner to cause the affected travel element, or a portion of the undercarriage at which a missing travel element is normally mounted, to appear at an access site along the pathway for subsequent replacement and/or repair.
20. A computer implemented method for operating a conveyor system comprising the steps of:
- activating the conveyor system to cause a number of undercarriages units, each with a plurality of travel elements, to travel along a conveyor track with the travel elements travelling in one or more pathways and sensing the presence of travel elements at a sensing location along the pathways;
- monitoring successive travel elements passing the sensing location and for detecting a fault condition characterized by the presence of an affected travel element or the absence thereof, - presenting a notification signal function in the event of a fault condition on a graphical user interface or on a control panel or both;
- presenting a first user acknowledge function, to acknowledge the notification signal;
- presenting a status function to provide operative details of the fault condition;
- presenting a second user acknowledge function to acknowledge the operative details of the fault condition; and - presenting a user enable function to temporarily halting the conveyor system in a manner to cause the affected travel element, or a portion of the undercarriage at which a missing travel element is normally mounted, to appear at the access site for subsequent replacement and/or repair,
- activating the conveyor system to cause a number of undercarriages units, each with a plurality of travel elements, to travel along a conveyor track with the travel elements travelling in one or more pathways and sensing the presence of travel elements at a sensing location along the pathways;
- monitoring successive travel elements passing the sensing location and for detecting a fault condition characterized by the presence of an affected travel element or the absence thereof, - presenting a notification signal function in the event of a fault condition on a graphical user interface or on a control panel or both;
- presenting a first user acknowledge function, to acknowledge the notification signal;
- presenting a status function to provide operative details of the fault condition;
- presenting a second user acknowledge function to acknowledge the operative details of the fault condition; and - presenting a user enable function to temporarily halting the conveyor system in a manner to cause the affected travel element, or a portion of the undercarriage at which a missing travel element is normally mounted, to appear at the access site for subsequent replacement and/or repair,
21. A method for operating a conveyor system comprising the steps of:
- activating the conveyor system to cause a number of undercarriages units, each with a plurality of travel elements, to travel along a conveyor track with the travel elements travelling in one or more pathways, - enabling the system to sense the presence of travel elements at at least one sensing location along the pathway and monitoring successive travel elements passing the sensing location and for detecting a fault condition characterized by the presence of an affected travel element or the absence thereof, - monitoring a graphical user interface or on a control panel or both for a notification signal function in the event of a fault condition;
- enabling a first user acknowledge function an the graphical user interface or on the control panel or both, to acknowledge the notification signal;
- reviewing a status function on the graphical user interface or control panel for operative details of the fault condition;
- enabling a second user acknowledge function on the graphical user interface or on the control panel or both, to acknowledge the operative details of the fault condition; and - enabling a halt function to temporarily halt the conveyor system in a manner to cause the affected travel element, or a portion of the undercarriage at which a missing travel element is normally mounted, to appear at the access site for subsequent replacement and/or repair.
- activating the conveyor system to cause a number of undercarriages units, each with a plurality of travel elements, to travel along a conveyor track with the travel elements travelling in one or more pathways, - enabling the system to sense the presence of travel elements at at least one sensing location along the pathway and monitoring successive travel elements passing the sensing location and for detecting a fault condition characterized by the presence of an affected travel element or the absence thereof, - monitoring a graphical user interface or on a control panel or both for a notification signal function in the event of a fault condition;
- enabling a first user acknowledge function an the graphical user interface or on the control panel or both, to acknowledge the notification signal;
- reviewing a status function on the graphical user interface or control panel for operative details of the fault condition;
- enabling a second user acknowledge function on the graphical user interface or on the control panel or both, to acknowledge the operative details of the fault condition; and - enabling a halt function to temporarily halt the conveyor system in a manner to cause the affected travel element, or a portion of the undercarriage at which a missing travel element is normally mounted, to appear at the access site for subsequent replacement and/or repair.
22. A conveyor system comprising a conveyor track means at least one pathway, a number of undercarriage means for travel along the conveyor track means, each with a plurality of travel means confined for travel along the pathway, the conveyor track means having at least one sensing location, at least one sensing means for each sensing location for detecting the presence of a travel means at the sensing location, monitoring means for monitoring an operative frequency at which successive travel means pass the sensing location, signalling means responsive to the monitoring portion for issuing a signal on a change in the operative frequency indicative of a corresponding change in the condition of one or more than one affected travel means, the conveyor track means including an access means for accessing the affected travel means, and a drive means for driving the undercarriage means along the conveyor, the drive means being responsive to the monitoring means for bringing the conveyor to a temporary halt with the affected travel means accessible by the access means for subsequent replacement and/or repair.
23. A computer implemented method for operating a conveyor system comprising the steps of:
- a step for activating the conveyor system to cause a number of undercarriages units, each with a plurality of travel elements, to travel along a conveyor track with the travel elements travelling in one or more pathways and sensing the presence of travel elements at a sensing location along the pathways;
- a step for monitoring successive travel elements passing the sensing location and for detecting a fault condition characterized by the presence of an affected travel element or the absence thereof, - a step for issuing a notification signal in the event of a fault condition; and - a step for temporarily halting the conveyor system in a manner to cause the affected travel element, or a portion of the undercarriage at which a missing travel element is normally mounted, to appear at an access site along the pathway for subsequent replacement and/or repair
- a step for activating the conveyor system to cause a number of undercarriages units, each with a plurality of travel elements, to travel along a conveyor track with the travel elements travelling in one or more pathways and sensing the presence of travel elements at a sensing location along the pathways;
- a step for monitoring successive travel elements passing the sensing location and for detecting a fault condition characterized by the presence of an affected travel element or the absence thereof, - a step for issuing a notification signal in the event of a fault condition; and - a step for temporarily halting the conveyor system in a manner to cause the affected travel element, or a portion of the undercarriage at which a missing travel element is normally mounted, to appear at an access site along the pathway for subsequent replacement and/or repair
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