Logic Functions for highest flow rate
A segment consists of a drive roller, driven rollers, a motor controller and a sensor. The logic functions are either integrated in the motor controller MCL or sensors integrate them. Thereby the good in the specified segments of a conveyor line are automatically started and stopped.
Advantages
No need for central processing of the signals of each segment (start/ stop and empty / occupied)
Touchless flow of goods on conveyers without an additional programming effort
Easy wiring and low installation expenses
Singularising Intake Mode
The conveyed good runs through the complete line and get stopped at the last segment LCn. So the segment LCn is occupied. The LogiCARD control stops the next conveyed good contactless at LCn-1 as long as the following sector LCn is occupied. This information passes the LCn to LCn-1, i. e. the next good get stopped by LCn-1 in the respective Segment.
Singularising Release Mode
With singularising release mode the good LCn-1 proceeds if the good LCn has left it's segment completely. This information passes each LCn to the upstream LCn-1. In turn the LCn-1 starts it's upstream segment - and so on. Through this the goods are transported one by one from a segment to the following.
Block Intake Mode
The LogiCARD stops the promoting goods are touchless (in the block) in the buffer area and stay there till release signal from LCn arrives. A block of coveyed goods passes through the complete sector and get stopped at the last LCn of the sector. A block covers at least two successive segments, however, don't lead to the stop of the individual segments or don't let any gaps between promoting goods arise on the way to the last Segment. Occupied are now the segments LCn till LCn-length of block. The LCn passes this information to the LCn-1. That means the following good is recognized and stopped in the segment n-1 by the LCn-1. The goods aren't shoved together within a block and remain touchless.
Block Release mode
With the block release mode all goods at a block of segments get moved, if the following zone is free. Usually all segments are passing once the last segment is empty; where applicable the whole downstream block has to be empty before. To increase the flow rate all segments of one removing block are started nearly at the same time.
