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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2016
Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab, Sandviken, SE;
Bradley Darlington, Wellard, AU;
Bruce Knowles, Roleystone, AU;
Paul Schild, Perth, AU;
Bradley Dallard, Leeming, AU;
SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB, Sandviken, SE;
Abstract
A system for monitoring a status of attachment of a ground engaging tool (GET) at a mining, earth moving or rock processing machine. The system includes providing GET with at least one proximity sensor configured to sense a proximity of the GET relative to a mount region of heavy machinery to which the GET is mountable. The proximity sensor is configured to generate proximity data that is transmitted from the GET via a wireless communication pathway to a receiver located remote from the GET with the receiver configured to output in real-time the attachment status of the GET. The present system is advantageous to identify partial detachment or loosening of a GET so as to prevent undesirable GET loss and contamination of extracted or processed raw material.