[PP4] [FactoryLight] Fair workstation
This workstation was made using Simultus Factory Light version.
Download
- project file: pp4_Simultus_FactoryLight
- sample control program file: pp4_WinProladder
Workstation description
Workstation built to demonstrate different ways to manipulate SOLID type objects. It was equipped with a container of elements and various mechanisms for moving objects. The workstation has been designed to operate cyclically.
Description of the project operation
Control
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'START' button initiates execution of the control program. |
Description of the PLC inputs / outputs / registers
GENERAL:
X0 - START button
X25 - more than 1 object in the container
X27 - object outside the workstation
R0 (-> PLC) - number of objects in the container
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SECTION 1 - container, conveyor 1
X1 – grapple closed
X2 – grapple open
x3 - grapple up
X4 - grapple down
Y0 - grapple closing
Y1 - grapple opening
Y2 - grapple lifting
Y3 - grapple lowering
Y4 - conveyor 1 movement
R6 (<- PLC) - conveyor 1 speed
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SECTION 2 - swing conveyor
X5 - swing conveyor turned
X6 - swing conveyor extended / retracted
X14 - object near the swing conveyor
Y5 – swing conveyor rotation
Y6 - swing conveyor extension
Y7 - swing conveyor retraction
R7 (<- PLC) - swing conveyor rotation speed
R201 (-> PLC) - even / odd number of revolutions of the swing conveyor
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SECTION 3 – block segregation
X8 – piston rod of bulldozer 1 extended
X9 - piston rod of bulldozer 1 retracted
X10 - piston rod of bulldozer 2 extended
X11 - piston rod of bulldozer 2 retracted
X12 - blockade extended
X13 - blockade retracted
X15 - yellow block on conveyor 2
X16 - purple block on conveyor 2
X17 - object near the bulldozer 2
X18 - object near the bulldozer 1
Y8 - positive movement of conveyor 2
Y9 - negative movement of conveyor 2
Y10 - piston rod of bulldozer 1 extension
Y11 - piston rod of bulldozer 1 retraction
Y12 - piston rod of bulldozer 2 extension
Y13 - piston rod of bulldozer 2 retraction
Y14 - blockade extension
Y15 - blockade retraction
R8 (<- PLC) – conveyor 2 speed
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SECTION 4 - conveyors 3, 4
Y16 - conveyor 3 movement
Y17 - conveyor 4 movement
R9 (<- PLC) - conveyor 3 speed
R10 (<- PLC) - conveyor 4 speed
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SECTION 5 - Cartesian manipulator
X19 - Cartesian manipulator reached the Z-axis position
X20 - Cartesian manipulator reached the Y-axis position
X21 – grapple closed
X22 – grapple open
X23 - block at the beginning of conveyor 4
X24 - object at the point of pickup by the Cartesian manipulator
X26 - Object in queue for pickup
Y18 - grapple closing
Y19 – grapple opening
Y20 - extend the blockade in front of the pickup point
Y21 – retract the blockade in front of the pickup point
R0 (<- PLC) - position of Cartesian manipulator in Z-axis
R1 (<- PLC) - movement speed of Cartesian manipulator in Z-axis
R2 (<- PLC) - position of Cartesian manipulator in Y-axis
R3 (<- PLC) - movement speed of Cartesian manipulator in Y-axis
R210 (-> PLC) - current position of Cartesian manipulator in Z-axis
R212 (-> PLC) - actual position of Cartesian manipulator in Y-axis
Description of the inputs / outputs can also be found on the project diagram in the place marked below.
