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MarianCretu asked Jason Lightfoot commented

How to keep item orientation

Hello all,

How is it possible for the item to keep it's orientation when it enters the in-feed and also the sorter (power & free) ?

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Thank you.

Regards,

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Keep the item like this.

Thank you.

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Joerg Vogel answered

You can play with parameters of the transfer type.

Then you place a photo eye which rotates an item by a movement option.

Now it doesn't look perfect, but you can play with this approach.sorter-infeed-faster.fsm


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zacharyh answered Jason Lightfoot commented

@CRETU M

There is not a simple button, that I know of, that can keep the item orientation that you are trying to get. Jorg used a photo eye to change to the orientation, and my solution includes the use of decision points. So hopefully either way works for you.

I added 2 decision points on the conveyor that is angled, once the item reaches the decision point, I set a On Arrival Trigger that rotates the item one way and then at the other decision points rotates it back to the original orientation, because if I didn't the orientation would be off. (As seen in the first image below)

(1 decision point would result in the wrong orientation.)

(Use 2 decision points for the correct orientation.)

( How to change the orientation)

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Abhay Bajpai avatar image Abhay Bajpai commented ·

Hello. I am using flex sim 23.0.8 and i have been trying to find the Decision Point Properties to achieve the same but i cannot find it anywhere. WOuld you tell me if i am looking somewhere wrong?

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Jason Lightfoot avatar image Jason Lightfoot ♦ Abhay Bajpai commented ·

You need to add a trigger (at the bottom) and then choose the Movement option:

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