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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Contitech Transportbandsysteme Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Jack Wallace, Powell, OH (US);
Jacques Basson, Glenwood Durban, ZA;
ContiTech Transportbandsysteme GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
A method for monitoring the condition of a rip detection insert embedded in a conveyor belt, the rip detection insert having a plurality of rip detection wires comprised of a magnetically permeable material; the method including the steps of: inducing a magnetic field within the rip detection wires of the rip detection insert; measuring at least one magnetic characteristic of the rip detection insert; monitoring the at least one magnetic characteristic of the rip detection insert for changes in the magnetic characteristic; determining the rip detection insert has been damaged when a change in at least one magnetic characteristic of the rip detection insert deviates beyond a predetermined threshold for the rip detection insert; and, filtering out a region of the rip detection insert containing the damage to the rip detection insert.