A manufacturer located in Sterling Heights, Michigan supplies a real-time conveyor diagnostics system that measures multiple forces acting on conveyor chains through an array of strain gauges attached to a selected chain link. The system wirelessly transmits force data to a PC or laptop in real time and can measure forces in multiple dimensions, providing more insights than traditional measurement tools.

2. • A Manufacturer of Specialized Force & Torque Measurement
Devices.
• A Conveniently Located in Sterling Heights MI- off the M59
Corridor
• Supplier Code: 49205
SensorData Technologies Inc.

3. Typical State of the Art
Apparatus
Shortcomings:
• Reflects Link not Conveyor Parameters
• Not Real Time
• Only Tensile Forces

4. Apparatus for measuring a plurality of forces acting on a
conveyor line includes a pre-selected chain link coupled to
the conveyor chain, and a sensor array having a plurality of
strain gages disposed on the pre-selected chain link, each
of the plurality of strain gauges being distinctly oriented to
measure the plurality of forces acting on the pre-selected
link
What’s a Real Time Conveyor
Diagnostics system?

5. Device Components:
• Transceiver
• Link &
Transmitter
• PC or Laptop

6. Forces to Measure:
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MZ
My
Mx
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MZ

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