Bucket Elevator/Conveyor
Monitoring Simplifi ed
4B Components Ltd. has released the
fourth generation Watchdog control unit
for monitoring bucket elevators and conveyors.
According to the company, the
Watchdog Super Elite WDC4 is easy to
install and simple to set up. The system
processes signals from up to 15 sensors
for belt speed, belt misalignment,
continuous bearing temperature, pulley
misalignment and plug conditions on
bucket elevators or conveyors. When an
alarm condition is detected the system
will log the details, sound an alarm and
provide shutdown control of the elevator/
conveyor and feeding system. A new 3.5-
in. color LCD screen displays the entire
system status at a glance. The WDC4
model now supports belt speed monitoring
for variable frequency drives (VFDs),
and belt misalignment inputs for contact,
pulse and temperature (brass rub
block) sensors. The WDC4 also has jog
and acceleration monitoring for detecting
any equipment issues during the
startup sequence.
Controller settings are password protected,
and can be set up either directly
on the LCD screen, or by a free PC software
application and transferred to the
WDC4 via an SD card. The Watchdog
Super Elite can be connected directly
to a PLC using Modbus TCP/IP protocol,
or integrated into a secure cloud-based
solution that provides live system status,
graphs and historical data that is viewable
on any Web-enabled device. All 4B
Watchdog sensors are CSA Class II, Division
1 approved.
www.go4b.com
As featured in Womp 2016 Vol 04 - www.womp-int.com
