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Can a conveyor station be used as seperator?

Is there a way to use the conveyor station as a combiner or a seperator?

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Here's an example using a station with an object process flow, entry transfer and photoeye.


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Thought I'd add a picture to help with memory.

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I should mention that the output port of the station is used to determine where to send the tote contents, and the centerport connection is used to reference the photoeye so clear event so that we don't unload them all at once. They could be on another conveyor.

Since it's an object-based process flow you can duplicate the 3D objects without duplicating the process flow and it should work elsewhere with no changes as the new station will add itself as a new process flow instance.

(It will work as long as you duplicate all referenced 3D objects together, so conveyor, station, photoeye, etc. If not, you make have to remake the photoeye and entry transfer connections )

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