I have 16 Stations, all individual on a conveyor system. Each has its own controls, faults, etc... One of my stations is a Glue Apply. The glue cure time is a few seconds, lets say 2-3 seconds. Conveyor index is 1.0 second, which i can get faster. I'm looking for either an AOI, or another option to know when to Start the Glue Apply cycle based of the last station running or a time within the last station running. Reason being is the next station is where the machine folds or bends the tabs to be held for the start of the Compression Stage.
I was thinking of having a counter 1-16 (that cycled thru and repeated), that every time a station finished its cycle time to remove that individual number from the counter. This would narrow down the last station, which i could do indirect addressing to start the Glue Apply Cycle. I know I'm not re-inventing the wheel here, so open for suggestions.
I was thinking of having a counter 1-16 (that cycled thru and repeated), that every time a station finished its cycle time to remove that individual number from the counter. This would narrow down the last station, which i could do indirect addressing to start the Glue Apply Cycle. I know I'm not re-inventing the wheel here, so open for suggestions.