A second sample from the demo workspace, this time a packaging line instead of water.
The line runs left to right through five zones: forming and infeed (the press and the belt that brings parts out of it), the robot cell, inspection with a vision camera, packing with the case packer and the case lift, and palletising and transport with the palletiser, a pallet and the AGV. Lines with arrows join the stations, and a short belt runs into the palletising zone. The line controller sits at the top of the packing zone, and the dotted lines run from it to the robot, the vision station, the case packer, the case lift and the palletiser.
The zones are drawn with the Zone tool (Z) and the heading with the Title tool (T), so the drawing reads like a line layout. The palletising zone on the right is the shaded one.
The machines are from the Factory library, which is bought separately from the core set. The palette in the screenshot shows other symbols (exchangers, compressors, valves); the Factory ones are not in view.
Which library has the palletiser and the AGV? I search “palletiser” and get a tile with a padlock.
Factory. The press, robot arm, vision camera, case packer, case lift, palletiser, pallet and guided vehicle are all Factory symbols. The padlock means your workspace does not hold it, and the tile links to the store. Symbols and industry packs
OK, our admin has to buy it then.
How far can one drawing go? Our line is about three times this long.
A drawing takes up to 200 symbols, 300 connections and 100 titles, zones and dividers. This one uses a small part of that. The Problems tab warns as you get close (“180 of 200 symbols are used”). Past that, split it into two drawings, one per half of the line.
Zones with a title per section is a good idea. Doing the same for our filling line.
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