OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000002290

Wear detection device and method for conveyor belt

Published: 2026-09-15T19:12:01.448099Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002290
Categories: Material Handling > Conveying Systems

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ABSTRACT

Provided are a wear detection device and a method enabling efficient grasping
of a degree of wear on a surface of a conveyor belt with high versatility at
low cost. Embedded bodies 2 embedded at intervals in a conveyor belt 17 in a
longitudinal direction each include: a passive-type IC tag 3 arranged at one
end portion in a width direction of the conveyor belt 17; a linear detection
element 7 that is connected to the IC tag 3 and extends from the one end
portion to the other end portion in the width direction of the conveyor belt
17 to form a loop circuit 9. An embedding depth from the surface of the
conveyor belt 17 of the loop circuit 9 is set in advance, and a transmission
electric wave W1 is sent from a detector 10 toward the IC tag 3. Using
information from the IC tag 3 transmitted to the detector 10 by a response
electric wave W2 sent from the IC tag 3 in response to this transmission
electric wave W1, an arithmetic operation unit 13 determines whether or not
the loop circuit 9 is energized. On the basis of a result of this
determination, a degree of wear on the surface of the conveyor belt 17 within
a range where the loop circuit 9 is embedded is grasped.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000002290
Published 2026-09-15T19:12:01.448099Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002290