Control System
AssemblyPLC and drives tracking each carton on belt position and firing the correct divert station within milliseconds. A full specification article for this item is being written. Meanwhile its bill of materials and connections are below.
Bill of materials for Control System
8 top-level lines as of r113455| # | Item / sub-assembly | Part no. | Qty/assy | Ext. qty | Parts | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sortation PLC | narrow-belt-sorter-plc | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 2 | Variable-Frequency Drive | narrow-belt-sorter-vfd | 2× | 2 | · | part |
| 3 | Remote I/O Module | narrow-belt-sorter-io-module | 2× | 2 | · | part |
| 4 | Belt Position Encoder | narrow-belt-sorter-encoder | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 5 | Bare PCB | pcb-bare | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 6 | Microcontroller | mcu | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 7 | Power Supply | power-supply | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 8 | Wire Bundle | wire-bundle | 1× | 1 | · | part |