Design Guidelines
Transport System Layout
58 MagneMotion
Rockwell Automation Publication MMI-UM007F-EN-P - September 2020
Transport System Layout
Before installing a QuickStick HT transport system, a transport system layout must be created
that defines the following:
• Type and location of all motors (all motors provide bidirectional motion) and switch-
ing mechanisms.
• Type and location of all motor drives.
• The number of vehicles on the transport system.
• Locations of all interfaces to other equipment in the facility.
• All paths and the direction of forward motion (downstream).
• All nodes and the type of the nodes.
• All node controllers, their type, and connections.
• Identification of the node controller that is assigned as the high-level controller (HLC).
• Additional connections such as motor communications, power, and network.
• Additional functions such as E-stop, interlock, and light stack.
The transport system layout is used to locate the motors and other transport system compo-
nents in the facility. It is also used as a reference when connecting the components of the
transport system and defining the elements of the Node Controller Configuration File (see the
QuickStick Configurator User Manual, MMI-UM009). See Table A-4 on page 325 for a list of
system limits.
To use the installed transport system, create an application that runs on the host controller.
This host application provides all monitoring and control of the transport system.
Transport System Overview
The QuickStick HT components consist of a set of basic building-blocks that provides an easy
to assemble and implement transport system. The modular nature of the QSHT components
makes it easy to implement layout or control changes. An example of how the basic build-
ing-blocks are used is provided in the following sections:
• Motors, Motor Drives, Switches, and Vehicles on page 59
• Paths on page 60
• Nodes on page 61
• Node Controllers on page 62
• Additional Connections on page 64
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