FlexLink X85 XBUТ 180С User Manual

Interspace divert and merge module

XBUT 180 C

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User documentation ver 1.0

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Interspace divert and merge module XBUT 180 C

Observe! The sensor set-up depends on pallet size.

X85 Pallet

Interspace divert and merge module XBUT 180 C

Function description

The Interspace module is divided into Stop position and
Return stop position.

This function supports ”non-memory transports”.(see
below)

Stop position

The RFID-reader of the Stop position identifies the pallet,
which is necessary for deciding whether the pallet should
go straight or go through the short-cut.
Single pallets or multiple simultaneous pallets are allowed
to be released downstream the straight flow, while single
pallets are allowed through the short-cut one at a time.

Return stop position

Return stop

position

Single or multiple pallets are let downstream along the
return flow when no other pallet is on the way from the
Stop position.

Cycle time at conveyor speed 5 m/min

1-2 5 sec
3-4 8 sec
1-4 10 sec

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1 2

Non-memory transports

The ”Non-memory transport” design makes the module
less sensitive to unnormal situations as when a pallet is by
mistake lifted-off the module during a transport.

3

Stop

position

Internal positions

Data:

Pre-stop queue pressure limit: 100 kg

Notes:

The station is not equipped with any downstream
maxqueue sensor as the design is only possible with
an overview of the line as a whole.

The sensor configuration is depending on the size of
pallet. Mixed flow with reference to pallet length is not
possible.

Sensor Sensor

Stop

Flow

Independent of where a pallet is inside the module, it is
always detected by a sensor. It is detected from the
moment it leaves a stop. As the module monitors the
sensors directly, if a pallet is lifted off, the module auto­recovers and release the second pallet downstream.

The alternative would be that the sensor placing is
such that it requires a memory to remember the pallet­transport. While the memory is on, it stops the second
pallet from being released by the stop. The
disadvantage of this method is that if the pallet is lifted­off, the memory would stay on until forever, thus never
releasing the second pallet. A situation is arisen which
could be difficult to understand and solve.

X85 Pallet

Sensor

Memory

Memory transport

Stop

Flow

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Non-memory transport