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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2024
Andritz Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Wesley C. Van Pelt, Appleton, WI (US);
Christopher Mason, Bunker Hill, WV (US);
Brandon Kilbourne, Appleton, WI (US);
Jacob Speckman, Neenah, WI (US);
Andritz Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A seal strip and wear monitoring system includes: a seal strip having an upper surface; and a wear monitoring system. The wear monitoring system includes: a sensing portion comprising a plurality of electrical traces, each of the electrical traces including an uppermost portion that is generally parallel with and is positioned at a depth from the upper surface of the seal strip, wherein the depth of each trace uppermost portion differs from the depth of the other electrical traces; and a signal processing portion electrically connected with the electrical traces, the signal processing portion including circuitry configured to detect electrical signals from the traces and to determine when the uppermost portion of a trace has been damaged.