Review of the newest NDT equipment for conveyor belt diagnostics

The length of steel cord conveyor belts successively increases in Polish brown coal mines [1]. Essential, emerging issue is the belt life and failure-free operation of the whole transport system. Changes in mine management rules cause that all service or maintenance activities related with machinery for muck hauling are carried out, more frequently by contractors. This in turn causes the problems with quality control and the scope of work ordered by the mine. Very helpful here is the diagnostic equipment, which apart from its basic functions may check and verify the quality of service activities. The paper will present the newest NDT equipment for belt conveyors diagnostics as well as potential of its application in Polish lignite mines.