Systems and methods for controlling a conveyor in a mining system

Systems and methods for controlling a conveyor in a mining system. The conveyor includes a sprocket, a chain, a hydraulic cylinder, one or more sensors, and a controller. In one implementation, the method includes sensing a characteristic associated with the conveyor, generating a signal based on th...

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Hauptverfasser:	Brian Worthington, Phil Rees
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CONVEYING EARTH DRILLING FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL MINING MINING OR QUARRYING PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS SAFETY DEVICES, TRANSPORT, FILLING-UP, RESCUE, VENTILATION, ORDRAINING IN OR OF MINES OR TUNNELS SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS STORING TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Systems and methods for controlling a conveyor in a mining system. The conveyor includes a sprocket, a chain, a hydraulic cylinder, one or more sensors, and a controller. In one implementation, the method includes sensing a characteristic associated with the conveyor, generating a signal based on the characteristic, determining a tension associated with the chain based on the signal, determining an amount of chain stretch based on the tension, and modifying a position of the hydraulic cylinder based on the amount of chain stretch.