Mini Machine PLC Trainer Conveyor, the Ultimate PLC Training

Hello and welcome to PLCCable.com this is the first trainer in our miniature machine series, there are going to be 5 or 6 total… a multi part detecting DC drive Conveyor simulator, a stepper motor multi-level warehouse simulator, 4 level elevator simulator, 5 axes pick and place articulating arm
This conveyor simulator has 3 input switches for controlling and detecting the product, in this case we are using a black ABS disk and also a aluminum disk as our part… this type of conveyor would be found in a packaging warehouse like UPS, FedEx, Walmart, etc, where we are using inductive and capacitive proximity switches they would be using a barcode reader, detecting the product (box in their case) and sending it down another conveyor line or pushing to a packer placing it on a pallet
There are several things on this trainer that we would like to point out, one is the ability wire it manually using the supplied jumpers, this will give your students the ability to learn wiring and the function of the switches, they will also learn the difference from PNP and NPN, a photo eye vs inductive and capacitive proximity switches.
Learn the ability to tune the system with the pneumatics, you must have supplied air (not a lot) just enough to run the two cylinders back and forth
We can supply our optional PLC with terminals, this one is being controlled by an MicroLogix 1100, You can use any brand of PLC’s with our ‘mini machine series’, if you have your own you can supply the PLC, just make sure the inputs are 24VDC and the outputs are either DC or relay