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Weasel
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Lite User Manual
Weasel
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Lite User Manual
ensures that your Weasels have sufficient space to pass
without blockings.
Distance between stations:
Exit and entrance lanes of
stations should never overlap, i.e. a station exit is followed
by a station re-entrance into the main loop, before another
station exit appears downstream. A minimum distance of 70
cm should be kept between exit and entrance of different
stations to provide sufficient space for the markers required.
Nested stations and crossings should be avoided in the
travel path.
Distance to walls:
To guarantee smooth operation of your
Weasels, there must not be any obstacles near the travel
path. The distance between the track and walls running in
parallel with the travel path should be sufficient to allow safe
walking between the walls and the track without the risk of
colliding with the Weasels (especially in case of emergency).
The minimum distance from walls should not be less than 1
m.
Stop position with fine positioning:
As you will learn later,
markers are placed along the travel path to instruct your
Weasels on what to do. Some markers, e.g.
station
markers,
instruct the Weasels to perform a controlled stop. Upstream
of each station marker, a
fine positioning
marker must be
provided in order to ensure that the Weasel will slow down
and stop at the right position with a tolerance of just a few
millimeters. The front edge of the Weasel will come to a halt
at a distance of approx. 15 cm downstream of the
station
marker.
Stop position without fine positioning:
Other markers,
e.g.
entrance
or
request
markers will tell the Weasel to stop
spontaneously. In this case, there is no fine positioning
function. For this reason, it will take longer for the Weasel to
come a halt. The distance between the marker and the front
edge may be up to 50 cm when the Weasel has come to a
halt. Depending on the floor quality, the distance may be
shorter. This should be considered when it comes to
planning the stations as we did in the station patterns
presented in section 2.5.
