Adding a circular conveyor work area
The conveyor work area is an area on the conveyor where the robot picks or places
items. One conveyor board is required for each conveyor work area. A robot usually
has only one conveyor work area on each related conveyor, but there is no
restriction.
The Circular Conveyor Workarea window opens as illustrated below.
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Description
Type a name for the conveyor work area.Workarea Name
Select a picking controller from the list.Controller
Select a robot from the list.Robot
Select a conveyor board from the list.Conveyor Board
Select a conveyor from the list.Conveyor
Indicates the upstream order of this work area among other work areas
on this conveyor. For example, “2” indicates that this is the second most
upstream work area on this conveyor.
Workarea Order
Select work area type from the available options.
• Pick: Select this if the work area is a picking area.
• Place: Select this if the work area is a placing area.
Workarea Type
Select an index to specify the pick or place order in the RAPID program
when using more than one pick work area and one place work area with
the selected robot
Selection Index
Configure the signals. Use the Customized Settings options to manage
the signals. For more information regarding Conveyor work area signals
see the following section.
Signal Type
Select the Default Settings check box to use the default signal configur-
ation.
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