Embedded Diagnostics of Conveyor Belts Actuated by Induction Motors

Frequently, companies with conveyor belts face problems to keep them working as expected. Currently, there are many automatic conveyor failure diagnostic techniques but most of them require complex instrumentation schemes or algorithms. This paper presents a fault diagnostic scheme for conveyor belt...

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Published inRevista IEEE América Latina Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 107 - 114
Main Authors Gonzalez-Jimenez, Luis Enrique, Arriaga-Mendez, Francisco Javier, Mendiola-Meza, Omar Felipe, Vargas-Mascorro, Eliseo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Alamitos IEEE 01.01.2021
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
AC motor
Algorithms
Belt conveyors
Belts
Conveyor belt
Current sensor
Diagnostic systems
Encoder
Fault detection
Induction motors
Information retrieval
Instruments
Irrigation
Monitoring
Silicon compounds
Support vector machines
Voltage sensor
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Summary:Frequently, companies with conveyor belts face problems to keep them working as expected. Currently, there are many automatic conveyor failure diagnostic techniques but most of them require complex instrumentation schemes or algorithms. This paper presents a fault diagnostic scheme for conveyor belts actuated by an induction motor. The system retrieves information from a current sensor and a voltage sensor located in the input line of the motor to detect irregular behaviors with an algorithm based on statistic indices. The main features of the solution are: non-invasive for a pre-existing conveyor, embedded implementation, simple and effective algorithm, and low cost instrumentation. This proposal is the starting point for a more complex solution that detects irregularities more accurately using more variables of the system in future work.
ISSN:1548-0992
1548-0992
DOI:10.1109/TLA.2021.9423853