Scientific reports, 2022, Vol. 12
Agata Kirjanów-Błażej, Ryszard Błażej, Leszek Jurdziak, Tomasz Kozłowski, Aleksandra Rzeszowska
Diagnostics of conveyor belts used in horizontal transport without the need to take the belt of the
conveyor and test it in laboratory conditions is an important aspect in mining plants (Jurdziak et al.,
Adv Intell Syst Comput, 835:645–654, 2019). Current testing, and thus obtaining knowledge about the
current thickness of the conveyor belt covers, allows for control accelerated changes. It also avoids
emergency stoppages in the operation of the conveyor and enables economically justifed planning
of a break in its operation. The article presents the concept of the frst in Poland mobile device for
measuring the thickness of conveyor belts in motion, implemented as part of the NCBR project
(No. 0227 / L-10/2018 [LIDER program, Transport Przemysłowy i Maszyny Robocze, 1(47)/2020, pp.
60–61]), and also presents the measurement results obtained thanks to the laboratory version of the
device.