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Design Guidelines
Transport System Layout
QuickStick HT User Manual 59
Rockwell Automation Publication MMI-UM007F-EN-P - September 2020
Motors, Motor Drives, Switches, and Vehicles
The transport system layout is a plan view layout of the QSHT transport system. This drawing
identifies each motor, motor drive, and switching mechanism (if necessary) in the transport
system (see
Figure 3-1 for an example). The drawing also shows how they are physically
located, the space between each motor, and any interfaces to other equipment in the facility.
Motors are used to move the vehicles on the transport system. When using multiple motors,
they must be installed such that the downstream end of one motor is followed by the upstream
end of the next motor in the same path (see
Paths on page 60 ).
Motor drives are the remotely located QSMC controllers and QSHT 5700 inverters for the
QSHT motors. The drives monitor and power the QSHT motors and communicate vehicle
position and other information to the other drives in the path and to the node controller.
Switches connect multiple paths and direct the vehicles from one path on the transport system
to another path. The switch mechanism is defined and supplied by the user.
Vehicles are user-designed independent platforms with integral magnet arrays that are used on
QuickStick HT transport systems. Each vehicle is independently controlled and provides a
platform for securing and carrying the payload in transit. Forward vehicle motion is from
upstream to downstream, however vehicles can move backwards (downstream to upstream) if
necessary. The transport system assigns a unique ID to each vehicle at startup. This ID is
retained until the transport system is restarted, the vehicle is removed through a Terminus or
Gateway Node, or the vehicle is deleted. Additionally, the transport system makes sure that
vehicles do not collide with each other by implementing anti-collision algorithms. It is not
necessary to show the vehicles on the transport system layout.
NOTE: It can be useful to show facility features on the drawing.
Figure 3-1: Sample QSHT Transport System Layout Showing Motors
1 m Motor (typical)
1/2 m Motor (typical)
Motor Gap (typical)
User-supplied Switching Mechanism
(typical)
Motor Drives
1 m motor
Qty
QSMC motor controller
1/2 m motor
QSMC-2 motor controller
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