Shifter

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With the help of this element you can shift and stop dynamics. It is a passive element without connection to the PLC and therefore easier to handle as the hook that is more flexible on the other way.

The shifter moves dynamics in the XY-plane only. You can take advantage of this feature by pulling it up or down.

In some cases, a wedge is more suitable to manipulate dynamics in a passive way.

The samples ‘assembly way’, ‘stacker’ and ‘sorting way’ demonstrate the use of shifter and hook.

The shifter functions with turnable dynamics as well. Please note that these elements are mainly defined by their edges, so take care that the shifter hits as many edges as possible, eventually you have to activate the centre-points and the edge-points or you should restrict the turnability of the dynamics to the XY-plane.

See also:

Common properties

Static elements of simulation

Tabsheet: Misc.