Automatable splicing method for steel cord conveyor belts – Finding a suitable preparation process
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Konferenz |
| Year | 2017 |
| Authors | Heitzmann, P.; Zaremba, D.; Dittmar, H.; Hassel, T.; Overmeyer, L. |
| Published in | AST 2017 – Scientific Symposium on Automated Systems and Technologies, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russland. |
The increasing demand of raw materials leads to longer conveyor belt systems with higher mass flows all over the world. Due to logistic reasons, conveyor belts are produced in segments to guarantee manageability. The different segments are spliced at the conveyor system to form an endless belt, which can amount up to multiple kilometres. This process shows a high level of optimization potential since currently the different work steps are performed manually. An automation of this process can minimize the downtime of the conveyor system and improve the splice quality. In this study, a suitable preparation process is evaluated to automate the stripping process, where the rubber has to be removed from the steel cords. Therefore, the application of water jetting and laser processing is investigated.
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