Cord Guard™

Cord Guard™ shows you damage events in real-time, helping you avoid costly down time.

Cord Guard™ continuous monitoring system from Goodyear Engineered Products is designed to ensure you get the most value and longest service life from every conveyor belt you operate. Cord Guard alerts you to steel cord damage in Flexsteel® conveyor belt before they lead to bigger problems. While others can provide periodic scanning services, Cord Guard is superior in three ways: real-time monitoring, easy of data interpretation and on-demand reporting.

Real-Time Monitoring
Others may require you to schedule a costly shut down to install and remove equipment - then they require more time to process and interpret their findings. Cord Guard is a permanently mounted, continuous scanning system, meaning you always have up-to-the-minute information about steel cord integrity without having to halt operations.

Easy-to-Interpret Data
Standard waveform analysis is unintuitive and requires a specialist to interpret. Cord Guard image output, on the other hand, uses an easy-to-understand graphic interface that allows operators to immediately recognize events with conveyor belts. Potential problems are shown as "hot spots" on the belt, the "hotter" the image (raising into the red end of the color spectrum) the more immediate the service need; the "cooler" the image (dipping into the blue end of the color spectrum) the more minor the event.

CORD GUARD image output window	Waveform output

Easy Web Accessibility To make monitoring even more convenient, Cord Guard can be accessed by a stand-alone computer via an Ethernet connection or via the plant's network. Interface features include: • Easy-to-navigate links • Belt overview: cord damage and splice • location • Selectable belt damage views • User definable display options • Diagnostic parameters display

On-Demand Reporting Now the type of report that took others days to compile can be yours at the touch of a button. At any time, via the Web interface, an operator can print a PDF format report with the following information: • Overall belt damage map • Detailed magnetic image of events • Prioritized list of recommend actions • Belt Segment data • Details damage event table

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How Cord Guard works
1. As the belt moves, the Magnet Array (mounted above the belt on the return side) magnetizes the steel cords.

2. The sensor Array (patent pending) measures the magnetic properties associated with steel cord damage, which is recorded as a function of belt position to create a damage map.

3. In real-time, the information is transmitted via the control box to a remote computer screen while the results appear in easy-to-interpret image output.

4. By measuring new input against the map record, Cord Guard detects magnetic discontinuities associated with cord gaps, cord ends and damaged or deteriorated cords and alerts the operator.