Pick&Place station
© Festo Didactic 8034663
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Function
The Pick&Place station is equipped with the Pick&Place module and a Conveyor module.
Workpiece housings placed on the conveyor are detected by diffuse sensors or light barriers. The workpiece
is transported to the electric separator on the conveyor belt and detected by a second diffuse sensor. The
Pick&Place module picks up a workpiece insert from the slide and places it on the workpiece housing.
The complete workpiece (housing and insert) is released by the separator and transported to the end of the
conveyor belt. A light barrier detects the workpiece at the end of the conveyor belt.
The following functions can be implemented with the station:
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Feed of workpieces (housings or bodies) from the slide.
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Alternative Segregation of workpieces (housings or bodies) onto the slide.
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Sequence description
Start-up prerequisites
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No workpieces at the start of the conveyor belt
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Slide filled with workpiece inserts
Initial position
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Belt drive switched off
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Separator extended
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Suction cup up
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Slide retracted
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Vacuum off
Sequence
1.
The conveyor belt motor switches on if a workpiece is detected. The workpiece is transported to the
separator.
2.
The conveyor belt motor is switched off, if the workpiece is detected by the diffuse sensor in front the
separator.
3.
A workpiece insert is picked up at the slide an inserted into the housing.
4.
The separator is reversed and the conveyor belt motor is switched on.
5.
The workpiece is transported to the end of the conveyor belt.
6.
The complete workpiece is detected at the end of the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt motor is
switched off.
