Table Of Contents - Rockwell Automation MagneMotion MagneMover LITE User Manual Addendum

MagneMover LITE User Manual Addendum,
Wide Vehicles
Contents
Overview ................................................................................................................................... 5
Related Documents ............................................................................................................. 5
Theory of Operation .................................................................................................................. 6
Wide Vehicle Support ............................................................................................................... 7
Track Layouts ..................................................................................................................... 7
Supported and Unsupported Layouts ............................................................................ 8
Calculating the Length of Straight Motors between Curves ....................................... 13
Vehicles on Non-adjacent and Parallel Paths ............................................................. 14
Clearance Distance...................................................................................................... 15
Mitigating Vehicle Interference .................................................................................. 15
Startup Considerations ...................................................................................................... 16
Motion Considerations ...................................................................................................... 16
MagneMover LITE Configurator User Manual Addendum ................................................... 17
Motor Defaults .................................................................................................................. 17
Vehicle ........................................................................................................................ 18
Diverge Node .................................................................................................................... 21
Merge Node ...................................................................................................................... 23
Merge-Diverge Node ........................................................................................................ 25
Node Clearance Distances and Entry Gate Positions ............................................................. 27
Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................... 29
Revision History ..................................................................................................................... 30
Rockwell Automation Support ............................................................................................... 31
Figures
Figure 1: Specification of Rectangular Vehicle Geometry ....................................................... 7
Figure 2: Interference of Vehicles More Than Two Motors Apart .......................................... 8
Figure 3: Interference of Vehicles More Than Two Motors Apart Corrected .......................... 8
Figure 4: Interference of Vehicles on Improperly Spaced Non-sequential Paths ..................... 9
Figure 5: Properly Spaced Non-sequential Paths...................................................................... 9
Figure 6: Example of Zero-length Straight between Two Curves Using Small Vehicle ........ 10
Figure 7: Examples of Unsupported Track Layouts for the Vehicle Size Specified .............. 10
Figure 8: Example of Unsupported Startup Position .............................................................. 11
Figure 9: Switch Entry Gates and Clearances......................................................................... 11
Figure 10: Vehicle Extension in Curves ................................................................................. 12
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