摘要 |
A conveyor automatically shifts zones of the conveyor between transportation, singulation, and accumulation modes by using individual control zones and unified control zones. Outputs from respective individual zones control the conveyor rolls in either the particular individual control zone, an adjacent individual control zone, or another individual control zone of the conveyor. The conveyor is also segmented into unified control zones encompassing a plurality of individual control zones. The output of a unified control can override the individual control zones associated with the unified control zone, an adjacent unified control zone, or another unified control zone of the conveyor so that the unified control zone may be switched between transportation and singulation modes. |