The AC Conveyor Belt Station, "AE-PLC-CTCA," designed by EDIBON, is a PLC-controlled AC conveyor belt system. It consists of a conveyor belt, 4 position sensors to stop the belt at different positions, a motor position controller, an AC motor drive, and a three-phase motor for complete control of the conveyor system.
The "AE-PLC-CTCA" workstation has been designed as a modular system to facilitate the understanding of the unit operation.
The main components are:
- The PLC: is composed by the CPU limit and all extra modules needed to perform a corrent working of the workstation and all the extra modules needed to perform a correct working of the workstation.
- The Control Panel: with start/stop button, emergency pushbutton, reset button, light indicators to show current state of the process, etc.
- The Pneumatic Circuit: contains the required solenoid valves, the pressure components, the filters and regulators to assure the appropriate working of the unit.
- The Workstation: it is composed by real industrial components used by the rotary table systems such as reed sensors, presence sensors, DC motor, inductive sensors, rotary table with 8 positions, etc.
The "AE-PLC-CTCA" is an independent workstation that can work alone and/or in conjunction with other workstation to make up a complete Flexible Manufacturing System (*).
*The Flexible manufacturing systems product list is available at the "6.- MECHATRONICS and AUTOMATION" area.