A Diverter diverts products from source conveyors to destination conveyors (more generally, some source equipment that can transport products to some other).
Diverter uses Rules to determine when to divert products.
Diverters may be located in-between two conveyors and may rotate in two directions to divert products from two different source conveyors to different destination conveyors.
The diverter can operator in 2 modes:
From the Toolbox, simply drag and drop a diverter into the simulation.
From the Project Explorer > Equipments > Diverter.
Or directly in the simulation.
Divert Rule: The Rule used to determine whether to divert the incoming product.
Rotation Speed: Default 120. Speed of Diverter rotation (Degrees per second).
Rotation Angle: New in Sym3 5.2. Default 45. Angle to apply to both the arm and product when the Divert rule is actioned. The angle not be less than zero but can be more than 360 degrees.
It is possible to use a Rotation Angle of 0 degrees. In this case, the arm does not move and the product is not rotated but is diverted.
Transfer Speed: Default 1. The transfer speed determines how fast products move while being transferred between conveyors. The value is the speed in the units chosen when the project was created (metres or feet) per second. This value is ignored if Match Source Speed is enabled.
Match Source Speed: Default false. If Match Source Speed is enabled, when transferring the speed of the product will be determined by the speed of the source; if the source slows down and stops mid-transfer, the product will slow-down and stop mid-transfer, and the transfer won’t complete until the source starts moving again. If this is enabled, Transfer Speed is ignored. This cannot be set at runtime.
Target Length: Default 0. The target length is measured around the target point and determines when products should successfully transfer. All products within the window determined by 'target length' around the target point are transferred. Products outside this window are not transferred.
Divert Mode: Can be one of two divert modes -
Deploy Left: Rotates the Diverter and diverts products to the left conveyor in its path according to its mode (push or plough)
Deploy Right: Rotates the Diverter and diverts products to the right conveyor in its path according to its mode (push or plough)
Stop When Blocked:
Left Source: Name of the left source component ('divert from here').
Left Source Distance: The distance along the left source component where the left target point is.
Right Source: Name of the right source component ('divert from here').
Right Source Distance: The distance along the right source component where the right target point is.
Left Destination: Name of the left destination component ('divert to here').
Left Destination Distance: The distance along the Left Destination component where diverted product will arrive.
Right Destination: Name of the right destination component ('push to here').
Right Destination Distance: The distance along the Right Destination component where diverted product will arrive.
Length: The length of the Diverter arm.
Width: The width of the Diverter arm.
Height: The height of the Diverter arm.
Show Target Area: Display the Target area.
Show Path: Display the path the diverted product will travel.
Tip : create a divert Rule and assign it to a diverter easily by right-clicking on the diverter > Create Divert Rule.
