Hudson Robotics PlateCrane EX - Manual (Page 31)

PlateCrane EX User Manual Hudson Robotics, Inc.
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You can select a pre-existing plate from Hudson’s library of plate types by selecting from
a drop-down list in the ‘Choose a Defined Plate’ box at the top of the form, or simply
enter or edit the other data fields manually. The five dimensional factors to be entered
are defined as follows:
Plate Height: The ‘stacking height’ of the plate when in one of the PlateCrane’s stacks.
This is the distance from the bottom of the plate to the bottom of the plate immediately
above it in the stack.. Averaging this by measuring a stack of plates then dividing by the
number of plates in the stack will produce a much more accurate number than measuring
just one plate.
Plate Rise: The distance the PlateCrane will move up (mm) to grip the plate after its
gripper has bottomed out on the plate while retrieving it from a stack.
Lid Height: The amount (mm) that a lid increases the stacking height of the plate while
in a PlateCrane stack.
Lid Rise: The distance (mm) the gripper will rise from the place where it grips the plate
itself in order to grip and remove the lid.
Lid Stack Height: The height (mm) of each lid while stacked with other lids without
plates. Calculated similarly to Plate Height, but for the lids only.