The Straight or Spiral Chute component is used to simulate gravity chutes, typically to transport products from a sorter or a conveyor on to a sort destination.
Chute are configured using a speed property: all products travelling on the chute will travel at this constant speed. If the next conveyor or chute is stopped, product will start to pile up on the chute.
From the Toolbox, simply drag and drop a Chute into the simulation.
In Project Explorer, right click on Equipments > New > Chute.
Speed: Default 1. Constant speed at which product travel on the chute in the units chosen when the project was created (metres or feet) per second
For Integrator
Is Full: Default false. If true, sorters don't divert products to the Chute.
Simulate Full Logic: Default true. If true, the Chute will be set to full if the PE Sensor specified in Full PE Sensor is blocked for more than Full PE Sensor Delay.
Full PE Sensor: The PE Sensor used to determined if the Chute is full.
Full PE Sensor Delay: Default 5000 milliseconds (5 seconds). The Chute will be set to full if the PE Sensor specified in Full PE Sensor is blocked for more than Full PE Sensor Delay.
For Operator
Tracking Mode: Default to None. Allows selection of None, Product or Presence
PEs NotTracking: Defaults to All PEs Track. Can select any PEs on the Chute that do NOT track.
Tracking Window: Defaults to 0.6. Specify the distance in the units chosen when the project was created (metres or feet) around the PE over which the tracking is monitored. Can be from 0.2 to 2.0 metres.
Source: Name of the equipment that feeds products on the Chute.
Source Distance: Distance from the beginning of the previous equipment where the products are transferred to the Chute.
Destination: the destination equipment for Product leaving this Chute
Destination Distance: the distance from the beginning of the destination equipment the product will be placed
Type: Can be one of Straight or Spiral
Base Height: The height of the base of the Chute in the units chosen when the project was created (metres or feet)
Width: Width of the Chute
Length: Length of the Chute in the units chosen when the project was created (metres or feet)
Base Height: The height of the base of the Chute in the units chosen when the project was created (metres or feet)
Height: The height on the spiral Chute (ie difference in Z coordinate between the top and bottom of the Chute) in the units chosen when the project was created (metres or feet).
Width: Width of the Chute
Arc: Arc of the spiral in degrees (can be more than 360)
Radius: The spiral radius.
Side Panel Height: Default 0.3. Height in the units chosen when the project was created (metres or feet) of the Side Panel.
Side Panel Width: Default 0.04. Width in the units chosen when the project was created (metres or feet) of the Side Panel.