The application described is a packet conveyor manager: a machine that contains a product transport conveyor and a digital jack system which will place each product in a free cell. Once a product is detected to sort in a cell, the application starts.
This system has 2 orthogonal linear axes equipped with drives:
The application example deals with the Jack’s movement once a product is detected.
Packet conveyor managemer
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Digital Jack
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Conveyor with products transported
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Presence Sensor
When the product is detected, there is a 4-step sequence which starts:
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The jack moves forward to pushing position, this is a high-speed aproach phase.
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The product is pushed out of the belt at lower velocity.
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After pushing the item, there is a 500 ms break before moving the jack again.
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After waiting, the jack goes back into its original position.
The sequence can be represented by the following diagram.
The jack’s speed will be like the following diagram:
