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How can an electric propulsion system save 1,000,000 tons of fuel and contribute to a more sustainable future? How does a cable tie developed in 1958 contribute to the latest Mars expedition? And what does the monitoring of industrial motors have in common with a conventional fitness tracker? Here, we take you through some of the most interesting facts and trivia of our company’s portfolio – with short, easy to understand explanations.

Conveyor Belt Solution

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…ABB offers a digital solution to reduce maintenance costs and increase people safety in mining operations?

A damaged conveyor belt can cause huge production and time losses within a mining plant. Usually the condition of conveyor belts is determined by in-person inspections carried out at regular intervals together with scheduled preventive maintenance. Much more beneficial than preventive would be predictive maintenance: The ARC Advisory Group, a leading technology research and advisory firm stated corrective maintenance can cost ten times as much as a predictive maintenance strategy^*.

However, it is common for failures to occur between inspections, sometimes causing significant loss of production. But now with the advanced digital service ABB Ability^TM Condition Monitoring for belts, mine operators can track speed, misalignment, damage, thickness and wear, slippage, and temperature of conveyor belts in real time, and therefore anticipate maintenance, avoid unplanned downtime and improve belt reliability and lifetime. In addition, the service relieves personnel from performing unnecessary maintenance, sometimes in dangerous areas. The personnel can also be removed from potentially hazardous environments based on sensor data.

The solution is based on as many as 24 different sensors, installed in strategic points of the conveyor belt equipment, which continuously measure and monitor the conveyor belt’s conditions. Sensor technologies employed are ultrasonic, inductive, or infrared, and the sensors are designed to withstand harsh environments.

With equipment condition continuously monitored and assessed, operators can plan necessary maintenance only when certain indicators give the signal that the equipment is deteriorating, and the probability of failure is increasing. The digital service will consistently catch and report misalignment or speed issues online, long before failure, and pre-empt issues such as falling material, energy waste, excessive belt wear, rupture or fire.

The digital service can handle single or multiple conveyors, with data being shared by remote connection to dashboards, or even mobile devices.

Key facts:

Digital solution for predictive maintenance of conveyor belts
Up to 24 sensors
Helps to reduce unplanned activities by 30 percent

^{* Leading Industrial Organizations Improve Asset Management with Industrial IoT, Ralph Rio, ARC Strategy Report, Oct. 2016, pg 8}Discover more about ABB Ability^TM Condition Monitoring for belts

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Conveyor Belt Solution

Did you know…

…ABB offers a digital solution to reduce maintenance costs and increase people safety in mining operations?

More fascinating facts you may not know

Enviline™ Energy Storage System

ABB Motion Services

ABB Synchronous Condensers

Smart substation control and protection SSC600

IE5 SynRM motors

ABB i-bus® KNX

Azipod® electric propulsion

UniPack-G

Test systems

Ekip Signalling 3T

ABB Ability™ Energy and Asset Manager

Digital Switchgear

Ty-Rap™ cable ties

WiAutoLink

MNS-Up for data centers

Protection relays

Solid-State Circuit Breaker

The world’s steepest funicular

ABB frequency converters

ABB’s Vehicle-to-Grid Technology

Pantograph Up for Electric Bus

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NeoGear™

ABB turbocharging system

ABB Tenton® sensor

Pantograph Down for Electric Bus

ABB Ability System 800xA

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Uninterruptible power supply with MegaFlex

Sustainable switchgear

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