Agricultural engineering
Integrated Display Systems is the industry leader for manufacturing belt tension measuring equipment. Our expertise translates to the agricultural industry, where we provide engineering expertise for belt measurement in agricultural equipment such as tractors, harvesters, cultivators and front and backend loaders.
Did you know that mechanisation represents 25 per cent of overall operating costs in a farming environments? Or, that worn belts are among the main reasons why combines break down?
This puts greater responsibility on farm equipment original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to deliver machinery that’s manufactured, tested and guaranteed to high specifications. As with all land-based engineering products, the agricultural equipment market is also highly competitive, which makes equipment longevity a priority.
As the agricultural engineering sector moves into Industry 4.0 and plant connectivity becomes more vital, it is crucial that belt measurement systems are a part of this digitalisation to prevent improper belt tension that causes wear.
Drive belt measurement for agricultural equipment
Since 1982, IDS has helped its customers achieve consistent and quantifiable quality control through proper belt tension. We’re experts in the field through our range of accurate, reliable and durable hand-held meters and belt tension measuring equipment.
In fact, the Clavis belt meter is the industry standard for belt measurement. It can measure frequencies in all types of power transmission belts — including those used in agricultural applications and farm equipment. The result is longer-lasting belts for improved equipment performance.
Data-Driven Quality Control
OEMs have always employed quality control procedures as part of their standard operations. This is vital in order to ensure that:
- Outputs produced by the factory are defect free
- All outputs are compliant with health, safety and industry regulations
- The quality of the products is consistent
- Customer satisfaction is guaranteed
OEMs that constantly produce and have a reputation for high-quality products all but guarantee brand loyalty among their customer base. This has a direct influence on increasing sales and the company’s bottom line. Furthermore, establishing a good reputation also assists with turning new customers into repeat buyers who place orders regularly with the factory.
FourierBMS controllers are recognised worldwide for their outstanding belt measurement capabilities. The controller meets the need to enhance error-proofing, connectivity and flexibility. It is important to have data that enables the end user to make decisions now, as well as for the long term.
The FourierBMS stores: –
- Measurement Results (including; Frequency (Hz), Tension (N), Belt Status, Belt Quality Factor)
- Events
- Configuration
- Logs
COMMUNICATION
The demand for companies to reach the best decisions based on real-time data insights have never been greater. The FourierBMS is designed to interact not only with operators and engineers, but also other systems and subsystems. PLCs play an important data gathering and reporting role in system transparency by serving and receiving data from plant quality systems.
Advanced process control and monitoring functions make it easy to view and collect data.
Fourier interfaces include:
- PROFINET Networked Ethernet
- PROFIBUS
- RS232 Serial connection
- 24v Isolated Outputs
We have developed a range of FourierBMS controllers integrating PLCs produced by Siemens, Allen-Bradley, and Mitsubishi.
