Patent ID: 11867585
Assignee: METSO OUTOTEC USA INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. Vibrating equipment for moving material, the vibrating equipment comprising:
a vibrating body extending between a feed end and a discharge end, the vibrating screen body including at least a pair of spaced side walls and at least one deck mounted between the pair of spaced side walls;
a support structure configured to support the vibrating body;
one or more mounting springs positioned to create a resilient mounting between the vibrating body and the support structure; a motion generator operable to impart movement to the vibrating body; and
a plurality of sensors each configured to detect a resonance frequency of the one or more mounting springs during the movement created by the motion generator, each of the sensors being operable to generate a monitoring signal, wherein each of the plurality of sensors generates the monitoring signal based on the movement of the one or more springs in contact with the sensor.