Resetting; Starting The Stations; Sequence - Festo 8097522 Notice D'utilisation

10.3 Resetting

The stations of a system are always aligned against the direction of material flow. In this case from the
sorting station to the joining station, and finally the distributing/conveyor station.
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Turn the key switch in the clockwise direction to the horizontal position (MAN).
The reset LED lights up.
• Press the reset button.
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Advance the station to its initial position if necessary.
The reset LED goes out.
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Turn the key switch in the counter-clockwise direction to the vertical position (AUTO).
The start LED lights up.
The station is ready for operation.

10.4 Starting the stations

A system's stations are always started in the order opposite to the direction of the material flow, and thus in
this case from right to left. After successful resetting, press the start buttons at the control panels from right
to left.

10.5 Sequence

1. Enter the work order in the MES computer.
2. Press the start button at the distributing station.
3. A workpiece is fed from the stacking magazine.
4. The RFID head is positioned by the cylinder above the workpiece
5. The work order number and the functions are written to the RFID tag.
6. The RFID head is retracted again, the workpiece is released
7. Swivel cylinder swivels to stacking magazine position
8. A workpiece is picked up
9. Negative pressure is attained
10. The swivel arm conveys the workpiece to the downstream station.
11. Workpiece detected at the beginning of the conveyor belt
12. Joining station conveyor motor on
13. The workpiece is detected at the start of the joining station's conveyor belt.
14. Workpiece at the start of the joining station's conveyor belt
15. The workpiece is stopped at the joining station's first RFID write/read head for reading/writing.
16. The RFID tag is read.
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