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Design Guidelines
Transport System Configuration
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Rockwell Automation Publication MMI-UM007F-EN-P - September 2020
Transport System Configuration
All examples that are provided are for horizontal track layouts unless otherwise specified. The
guideway is shown in cross-section in
Figure 3-37 .
Straight Track Configuration
Figure 3-43: Straight Track Configuration
• Node types at the beginning of a path: Simple, Relay, Terminus, Gateway.
• Node types at the end of a path: Relay, Terminus, Gateway.
• Keep the Motor Gaps consistent over the length of the path and over the entire system
if possible to make creation of the Node Controller Configuration File simpler.
NOTE: Different size gaps between motors must be identified in the Node Controller
Configuration File (see the
QuickStick Configurator User Manual ,
MMI-UM009 ).
Guideway
Motor Mount
QSHT Motor
Top View
Motor Gap