---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000001223"
title: "Conveyor belt thickness measurement systems and methods for detecting changes in conveyor belt thicknesses"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:04:15.175238Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001223"
categories:
  - "material-handling/conveying-systems"
keywords:
  - "b65g43/02"
  - "b65g43/02"
  - "b65g2203/0275"
  - "b65g2203/041"
  - "b65g2203/041"
  - "b65g43/02"
---

# Conveyor belt thickness measurement systems and methods for detecting changes in conveyor belt thicknesses

## Abstract

22486829_1 (GHMatters) P123820.AU.1 A method includes emitting a laser including a plurality of laser points onto a surface of a conveyor belt, capturing a plurality of first images of the surface of the conveyor belt during a first cycle of the conveyor belt, creating a first three-dimensional image of the surface of the conveyor belt during the first cycle, each of a plurality of locations of the surface of the conveyor belt in the first three-dimensional image being assigned first position data, capturing a plurality of second images of the surface of the conveyor belt during a second cycle of the conveyor belt; creating a second three-dimensional image of the surface during the second cycle, each of the plurality of locations of the surface in the second three-dimensional image being assigned second position data; and determining whether a difference between the first and second position data exceeds a predetermined threshold.