Patent ID: 11940373
Assignee: REXNORD FLATTOP EUROPE S.R.L.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. Method for estimating the extent of a friction interaction between a transport surface of a conveyor of articles and articles transported on the transport surface, comprising:
providing a test article representative of the articles of a batch of articles which have to be transported by a conveyor of articles;
associating a sensor with the test article, said sensor comprising an acceleration sensor associated with the test article that is arranged to measure at least one acceleration along a direction lying in a plane that is oriented relative to a support plane of the test article;
supporting the test article on a moving transport surface of the conveyor of articles;
acquiring measurements of the at least one acceleration experienced by the test article being supported on the moving transport surface with the acceleration sensor; and
estimating the extent of a friction interaction between the moving transport surface and the test article based on the acquired measurements of the at least one acceleration.