SPIRAL CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OVERDRIVE OF THE SAME

摘要

A conveyor belt system (1) includes a spiral conveyor belt (100), a spiral conveyor cage structure (200) adjacent the spiral conveyor belt, an RFID sensor (102) integral to the spiral conveyor belt (100), and a plurality of antennas (202) of a reader, the antennas (202) being attached to the spiral conveyor structure (200). A method of using the conveyor belt system (1) includes rotationally displacing (S302) the spiral conveyor belt (100) relative to a portion of the spiral conveyor cage structure (200), obtaining and storing first time stamp data (S304) when the RFID sensor passes one of the plurality of antennas, and obtaining and storing second time stamp data (S306) when the RFID sensor passes another one of the plurality of antennas.