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Design Guidelines
Transport System Design
18 MagneMotion
Rockwell Automation Publication MMI-UM002E-EN-P - March 2016
Vehicles
Vehicles (pucks) carry payloads through the MagneMover LITE transport system as directed.
A high-strength magnet array, described in
Magnet Arrays on page 3-15 , is mounted to the
surface of the vehicle closest to the motors. The magnet array interacts with the motors, which
moves the vehicle.
The vehicle is passive with no electronics on the vehicle and no power or signal connections
are required. A vehicle can be of almost any size and shape, it depends on the requirements of
the application, however it must be designed to hold the mass of the payload and to hold the
magnet array. There are several design elements that must be met:
• The vehicle supports the magnet array and its placement in the guideway must ensure
the Vehicle Gap, see
Figure 3-12 , is maintained throughout the system.
• The vehicle design must provide guides to ensure the magnet array position is main-
tained over the center of the motor as shown in
Figure 3-9 .
• The vehicle platform must be at least as long, and preferably longer than the magnet
array.
• Vehicles must be grounded to the guideway using conductive materials such as
wheels, skids, or static brushes.
• The vehicle must have low friction with the guideway.
• All vehicles (pucks) on connected guideways must be the same size and use the same
type of magnet array.
Figure 3-9: Typical Vehicle on Guideway
Motor
Vehicle
Payload Mounting Surface
Guideway
Vehicle
Vehicle
Magnet Array
Motor Mount
Guidance
Suspension
Wheel
V-Brace