US 12,111,202 B2
Method for optimizing a weighing conveyor
Jan Gottfriedsen, Waldfischbach-Burgalben (DE)
Assigned to Wipotec GmbH, Kaiserslautern (DE)
Appl. No. 17/052,771
Filed by Wipotec GmbH, Kaiserslautern (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/DE2019/100389
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/210910, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018110797.8 (DE), filed on May 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325234 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G01G 11/00 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/02 (2006.01); B65G 47/42 (2006.01); G01G 23/01 (2006.01); G01G 23/06 (2006.01); G01M 1/30 (2006.01)
CPC G01G 11/006 (2013.01) [B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 47/02 (2013.01); B65G 47/42 (2013.01); G01G 23/01 (2013.01); G01G 23/06 (2013.01); G01M 1/30 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0258 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method including:
(a) for a conveyor belt of a conveyor belt system, defining a reference position along the length of the conveyor belt;
(b) during at least one rotation of the conveyor belt in a rotation direction, determining a force signal in dependence on the movement of the reference position;
(c) determining a course of deviation of the force signal from a set force value as a consequence of a disruptive force from the rotation of the conveyor belt; and
(d) changing the mass of the conveyor belt at locations along the length of the conveyor belt, the change in the mass of the conveyor belt at each location being at least in correspondence with a direction of the determined deviation of the force signal at that location.