Design Guidelines
Transport System Design
112 MagneMotion
Rockwell Automation Publication MMI-UM007F-EN-P - September 2020
Guideways
As with any conveyance technology, vehicle motion imparts dynamic loads on the guideway
system. Make sure that the guideway is adequately secured to a rigid, permanent structure,
such as the equipment the guideway is associated with or the floor, wall, or ceiling, which can
reduce vibrations and other stresses on the system.
Guideway Design
Figure 3-37: Guideway Detail
Basic guideway design guidelines and considerations:
• The guideway can have any orientation in relation to the motors and vehicles as long
as the magnet array on the vehicle is held in position next to the top of the motor.
• The guideway must hold the motors in position to make sure that the spacing from
motor to motor does not change (see Figure 3-8).
• The guideway must hold the motors and support the vehicles to make sure that the
Vehicle Gap (see Figure 3-33) is maintained throughout the system.
• The guideway must provide sufficient space around the motor mounting surface for all
connectors and for the bend radius of all cables.
• Keep the suspension surfaces on which the vehicles move as flat as possible to mini-
mize the variation in the Vehicle Gap throughout the transport system. Maintaining a
tight tolerance allows the Vehicle Gap to be as small as possible, which maximizes
vehicle thrust.
• When using curved guideways, make sure that the guideway material supports curv-
ing.
• The payload, vehicle mass, and motor mass must be within the limits of the guideway.
• The guideway must provide proper grounding to provide static dissipation.
QSHT Motor
Motor Mount
Vehicle Suspension Surface
Vehicle Guidance Surface
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