CONVEYANCE QUANTITY AUTOMATIC MEASURING DEVICE OF BELT CONVEYOR TRANSFERRED ARTICLE, ITS METHOD, AND TRANSFER SPEED MEASURING METHOD OF BELT CONVEYOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conveyance quantity automatic measuring device of a belt conveyor transferred article which measures accurately the conveyance quantity of the transferred article transferred by the belt conveyor, and also to provide its method, and a transfer speed measuring method of the belt conveyor for grasping accurately the transfer speed.;SOLUTION: This device has: a noncontact type distance measuring means for measuring the distance to a plurality of positions crossing the surface of a solid raw material 12 under conveyance by the belt conveyor 11; a data storing means 19 for determining and recording the surface height at each position of the solid raw material 12 on the belt conveyor 11 from the distance to the surface of the solid raw material 12; a measuring means 20 of the transfer speed of the belt conveyor 11; and a conveyance quantity operation means 21 for determining the loading shape of the raw material 12 by calculating three-dimensional coordinates of each position on the surface of the solid raw material 12 from a measurement result from the measuring means 20 and the surface height of the solid raw material 12, and determining conveyance volume of the solid raw material 12 on the belt conveyor 11 from the shape of the belt conveyor 11 in the empty state.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO