Mangle

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The name of this element might irritate you presumably. It is like quite often in TrySim: we just have to give it a name. If elements with the same function are used in your company they definitely will not be called ‘mangle’. Maybe in America but in Germany such a machine will be called ‘Doppel-Walzen-Linear-Förderer’ or ‘Walzen-Ausstoßer’.

The mangle is made of two rollers which soak up each dynamic that is contacted by the lower roller and transport it as long as it does not contact the lower roller anymore.

The speed of conveyance is specified by the drive: for the mangle the same drives are available as for the conveyor. The mangle will only soak up dynamics if the upper roller is sunken. You have to select on the edit mask of the mangle which one is the upper roller. Here you can only select boxes. If the box that is called ‘upper roller’ overlaps with the mangle this one will transport the dynamics, not otherwise. If no element is specified as upper roller the dynamics will always be transported.

With the option 'stay flying after leaving' the dynamic maintains its speed in the XY-plane, after it does not overlaps anymore with the mangle. The dynamic is stopped when it lands on a conveyor or bumps into a shifter. On other dynamics or a board it slides further.

The option 'liftable' is for mangles that are ejection-height adjustable. Without this option the dynamics are transported straight ahead which makes it easier positioning them. With the option the dynamics are raised to the upper edge. This can be useful but requires more carefulness while generating the simulation.

At present the mangle can only transport in the X- or Y-direction, that means neither diagonally nor vertically.

See also:

Common properties

Static elements of simulation