A SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A CONVEYOR

摘要

A method and system for detecting faulty bearings or the like on a conveyor in which an infra-red radiation sensor is used to measure the temperature of the conveyor surface and data is stored during a run of the conveyor indicative of the location of hot spots. One or more successive runs are carried out and the data stored from each run compared to distinguish the true hot spots from random hot spots.