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Overhead magnetic conveyor design considerations
Hi all,
I am trying to figure out a design for a magnetized overhead conveyor that will transport ferrous manufactured parts from one conveyor to a set of conveyors that are perpendicular to the starting conveyor. The tricky part is that the magnetized overhead conveyor needs to be able to drop the parts at specific positions to land onto the perpendicular conveyors to then be moved on to the next manufacturing process. The magnets in the overhead conveyor need to be able to either de-magnetize or repel the part at specific intervals. There are two perpendicular conveyors acting parallel to each other, so the overhead conveyor needs to be able to drops the parts at multiple positions but at different times.
I have looked into using electro permanent magnets, but those are generally used for small applications. I have also been looking at programmable magnets or correlated magnets, but i'm not sure if those will fit the application. If anyone has any suggestions, please comment. Attached is a simplified sketch of the system that is trying to be achieved. Thank you!
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