Good Morning,
I am building a machine , and I have a side plate with pneumatic cylinders that have a incremental encoder on it. This side will travel in till it hits the product. The size of the product varies in size , so I really don't know how far the side needs to travel. I want it to squeeze the product tight. I don't want the operator to adjust a sensor all the time, so I am thinking of just looking to see if the incremental encoder stops counting , to verify that the side is against the product. I am thinking what code I can write to determine this stoppage. I am using ControlLogix 1756-HSC ( RS Logix 5000). Do you folks have any ideas ?
Thanks, and have a great day.
I am building a machine , and I have a side plate with pneumatic cylinders that have a incremental encoder on it. This side will travel in till it hits the product. The size of the product varies in size , so I really don't know how far the side needs to travel. I want it to squeeze the product tight. I don't want the operator to adjust a sensor all the time, so I am thinking of just looking to see if the incremental encoder stops counting , to verify that the side is against the product. I am thinking what code I can write to determine this stoppage. I am using ControlLogix 1756-HSC ( RS Logix 5000). Do you folks have any ideas ?
Thanks, and have a great day.