Sorting Station Inline
26 © Festo Didactic 8129444
10 Function
The Sorting Station Inline sorts workpieces on two slides or forwards the workpiece to the next application.
Workpieces placed onto the beginning of the conveyor belt are detected by a fork light barrier. The
workpieces are stopped briefly in order to determine their characteristics. The sensors in the detection
module ascertain the workpieces’ material and color (black, red, metallic).
The workpieces are sorted onto the appropriate slides by means of electrically operated deflectors. A retro-
reflective sensor monitors the level of the slides.
11 Sequence description
11.1 Start-up prerequisite
• Workpiece at the beginning of the conveyor
11.2 Initial settings
• Conveyor motor off
• Deflector 1 retracted
• Deflector 2 retracted
• Slides not full / no workpiece at end of conveyor
11.3 Sequence
1. Workpiece detected at beginning of conveyor
2. Conveyor motor on
3. Color/material detection
Black workpiece detected, deposited at end of conveyor
4. Workpiece is transported to end of conveyor
5. Workpiece at end of conveyor
6. Workpiece is forwarded if next station is free (I6 on control panel) or workpiece is manually removed
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