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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2023
Flexible Steel Lacing Company, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Brett E. Devries, Comstock Park, MI (US);
Flexible Steel Lacing Company, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and apparatus are provided for monitoring one or more characteristics of a scraper blade of a belt cleaner system. The system and apparatus may be configured to monitor the amount of wear of the scraper blade. The system and apparatus may include a self-contained wear monitoring unit which includes one or more sensors for detecting scraper blade wear. The sensor may be a wear sensor including one or more conductive wear indicators on a circuit board, wherein the circuit board is positioned and adapted to be worn down along with the scraper blade due to abrasion with the conveyor belt, such that portions of the conductive wear indicator disposed on the circuit board will also be worn away as the scraper blade is worn down. The wear monitoring unit may be configured to be retrofit to an existing scraper blade without any modification to the scraper blade.