CHAIN WEAR MONITORING DEVICE

摘要

A conveyor system (10) and method of measuring chain wear includes first and second sensign devices (22, 24) positioned at a conveyor line or path an d directed toward a conveyor chain (12) that is movable along the conveyor p ath. The first sensing device (22) senses the presence of a first chain port ion of the conveyor chain (12) at a predetermined location as the conveyor c hain moves along the conveyor line. The second sensing device (24) is operab le to sense a location of or distance to the second chain portion or may cap ture an image of the second portion. A controller (26) is operable to determ ine a degree of wear of a section of chain extending between the first and s econd chain portions in response to the second sensing device.