Dual-Robot Configurations And Parking Modules - Quantum Scalar i6000 Planning Manual

Chapter 2: Description

Dual-Robot Configurations and Parking Modules

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A dual-robotics library requires Gen 2 robotics hardware. A dual-robot
library requires, at a minimum, a control module, a left parking module,
and a right parking module. See
For a dual-robot library that includes an HDEM, it requires, at a
minimum, a left parking module (shipped with dual-robots), a control
module, an HDEM and a right parking module.
The left and right parking modules have the same size and appearance
as standard expansion modules, but they function differently. Each
parking module contains a "parking space" in which the respective left
or right robot resides when not in use. The parking space occupies four
magazine columns which cannot be used for storage.
The left parking module is located to the left of the control module in
position zero. It is referred to in the user interface as "module 0." The
left parking module does not contain tape drives, I/E stations, or power
supplies. The control module supplies it's power. If you are upgrading to
dual-robotics, you will receive a left parking module to add onto your
existing system. This increases your system size, so you must take this
into account when planning for an upgrade.
The right parking module is a converted SEM or DREM and is the right-
most module in the system. As with standard expansion modules, in i11
the right parking module may contain drives, power supplies, and up to
one 24-slot I/E station no matter how may frames make up the library.
The only restrictions are that right parking modules may not contain a
72-slot I/E station and an HDEM cannot be used as a right parking
module.
If you are upgrading a single-robot library to a dual-robot library, the
existing right-most expansion module can, in most cases, be converted
into a right parking module. However, if the existing right-most
expansion module contains a 72-slot I/E station or is an HDEM, you will
need another module to be added to the right of your system which
becomes the right parking module. If space considerations prohibit the
addition of another module, then the right-most module will be
swapped with another module in the library that does not contain a
72-slot I/E station. For more information on upgrading an existing
library to dual robotics, see
page 83.
Figure 9.
Dual Robotics Upgrade Requirements
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