Conveyors & Belting
SURPRISES are never welcome in a fast-paced mine operation.
Think about the cost to replace the most productive, highest performance belt, not to mention the loss in production while it is out of action.
Now imagine how much can be saved with an early warning monitoring system so that a repair or planned overhaul can take place instead.
Fenner Dunlop offers a complete set of belt monitoring and diagnostics tools for the detection of early splice failure, cord/ strand breaks, cord corrosion and carcass defects.
In 2006, Fenner Dunlop was already ahead of the market with the rEscan technology – an automated system for early detection of cord breaks, corrosion and splice failure.
No longer after the success of rEscan, Fenner Dunlop released the EagleEye, the most advanced combined rip detection and continuous belt monitoring system in the world.
Also, part of the Fenner Dunlop high-performance conveyor diagnostics suite is the RipRanger.
Developed to detect belt rips as soon as possible, the RipRanger has the ability to measure, monitor and analyse changes in individual loop condition and quickly isolate damaged or poor performance loops.
In applications where wiring is complicated and prone to failure, the ACE Wireless Conveyor Monitoring replaces the standard cabling method with wireless signals preventing unwanted downtime.
Fenner Dunlop also offers the iBelt, a cutting-edge solution allowing operations to track the location, lifecycle, and use of belts effectively.
RFID tags are placed in the conveyor belt at the time of manufacture along with opportunities to be added during splicing, where all the variables are recorded and stored in the cloud.
As the belt passes the iBelt system, all changes are recorded and integrated with other technologies such as Belt Weighers, Online Thickness Tester and Belt Rip Systems so that a full belt history can be obtained along with accurate predictive life data.
Innovation is the backbone of continued improvement, and early this year Fenner Dunlop launched the pioneering Online Thickness Tester and the OptiLength to compliment the current offering of Monitoring System technology.
The Online Thickness Tester is a cost-effective belt cover thickness system that is safer with no access required to the belt, more accurate along with being more economical long term as the data is accessed and processed remotely when compared to hand-held readings of similar output.
The belt cover thickness is taken while the conveyor is running at full speed providing an accurate full length and width belt map which cannot be achieved with hand held measurements.
Issues are easily identified with a belt carcass image being produced to show the wear profile.
This system runs independently, and regular reports are provided to the customer.
The innovative OptiLength is a laser belt length measurement system that has a compact and robust design, providing reliable results even under harsh conditions.
It can be installed on a running conveyor that provides access to accurate belt speed and belt length when installed up to 1000mm from the belt.
One of the benefits of this non-contact measuring system is the system interface – complete, multi-function system that enables access to quickly and easily display length, velocity, quality factor and gauge status.