HORIZONTAL AND RADIAL AIRFLOW HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230354827A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US18027307

    申请日:2021-09-08

    CPC classification number: A21B1/48 A21B1/26

    Abstract: A heat transfer system includes a conveyor belt having air permeable outer and inner side walls and forming a conveyor stack having a plurality of tiers and a central space with a volume. A first portion of the volume and a first plurality of tiers are in a first sub-chamber and a second portion of the volume and a second plurality of tiers are in a second sub-chamber. The system further includes generating means which: produces, in the second sub-chamber, airflow in a horizontal direction towards the conveyor stack and in a horizontal and radial direction across the second plurality of tiers to enter the second portion of the volume; and draws, in the first sub-chamber, the airflow in a horizontal direction away from the conveyor stack and in a horizontal and radial direction to exit the first portion of the volume across the first plurality of tiers.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONVEYOR SYSTEM TENSION

    公开(公告)号:US20240059494A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US18267006

    申请日:2021-09-10

    CPC classification number: B65G23/44 B65G43/00

    Abstract: A method for controlling tension in a belt of a conveyor system. The method involves: driving the belt along a path from an intake region to a discharge region using an intake motor adjacent the intake region and a discharge motor adjacent the discharge region; measuring a tension in the belt using an intake belt sensor that moves with the belt proximate the intake region to generate an intake belt signal; measuring a tension in the belt using a discharge belt sensor that moves with the belt proximate the discharge region to generate a discharge belt signal; monitoring the intake and discharge belt signals; and adjusting at least one of the intake motor and the discharge motor based on the intake and discharge belt signals to maintain the tensions in the belt within a pre-defined range.

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