Switch

Ribbon: Top Mechanical Draw > Mechanical Library > Conveyors > Switch

  • What
  • Displays a dialogue box where you can quickly and accurately define and insert in the drawing a Switch.
  • Why
  • It is used to enable the drawing of Pallet Idle Rollers Conveyors with the automatic creation of parts.
  • How
  • Designer has at his or her disposal a simple and essential dialogue box that can be divided into two main parts.

In the upper left corner you see the image that shows a drawing preview and to the right a few drop-down menus that allow you to set the dimensioning:

- Roller Length and Width, Lenght and Chain Wheelbase, Height.

At the bottom there is a series of drop-down menus that allow you to define the characteristics of the Switch:

- KW, Cable Tracks, Rollers Pitch(1), Roller and Chain Motorisation(1), Roller Lifting Group(1), Rollers Diameter(1), Roller and Chain Photocell(2), Roller and Chain Microswitch(2), Standing Legs, Chains and Rollers Lateral Guides, Final Stop.

(1) These values can be set as desired by editing text files included in the application.

(2) If the photocell is activated, the microswitch is deactivated and vice versa.

The drawing of Switch 90 is handled by the command TOP_DEVIO which operates in two separate modes depending on whether the Select installation point button is enabled or disabled. In the first case, each time the command is executed one or more Switches can be entered iteratively by selecting at each step the installation point as long as you interrupt it by pressing ESC. In the second case only a Switch is placed next to the last drawing inserted without requiring the installation point, so that you can easily realize a series of flanked drawings.