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How to create a multi-platform lift

In my current model I have trays coming off conveyors and being taken down to another conveyor by an elevator.

My current model works just fine for what it is. What I would like to do is create an elevator that runs continuously in a loop and has many carriers on it so I can move multiple trays at once with one elevator.

Please see my attachment of the elevator.

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Sam Stubbs avatar image Sam Stubbs ♦ commented ·

If I'm understanding you correctly and what it is you are trying to do, there is another post here on Answers that may be of use to you.

The link is here.

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Ben Wilson avatar image Ben Wilson ♦♦ Sam Stubbs ♦ commented ·

@Sam Stubbs, It's more like a vertical conveyor than a multi-item elevator.

@Ben Walker, would tilting a conveyor vertically do the trick? That would give pretty much the correct behavior (if not the right visual), if I understand correctly.

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Joerg Vogel avatar image Joerg Vogel Ben Wilson ♦♦ commented ·

@Ben Wilson and it is the last post of the previous forum in this thread.

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As I commented the multi-platform lift can be created by a conveyor, which is inside a container object like a visual plane.

The platforms are pallet and the items get to the platforms by Photo Eyes and the Command moveobject. You can uncheck the 3D Shape of the Plane in its Properties and change the visual of the conveyor system.


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