Plate

To transmit vibrations from the Asycube’s actuators to the parts, a platform is needed. The platform is fixed to the upper side of the Asycube. The platform is made of:

A frame: walls to contain the parts and avoid them to jump out of the Asycube.
A plastic diffusing plate: horizontal surface that diffuses light and on which parts are laying.

../_images/range_of_plate.png — Fig. 42 Standard Asycube plate range

The Asycube Clean 230 is equipped with a non-diffusing PEEK platform. It does not feature backlighting.

../_images/asycube_clean_plate.png — Fig. 43 Asycube Clean 230 plate

Note

The color of the material used for the ESD (antistatic) plastic diffusing plates may vary from beige to darker yellow from one batch to another. This variation has a minimal impact on the detection of parts by the vision system but a slight adjustment in exposure time may be necessary to compensate for the difference in color.

For Asycube 50, 80 and 240, the plate is made of one single part. The diffusing plate and the frame are manufactured in one piece. The overall dimensions of the platforms are listed here below:

../_images/overall_dimensions_plat_50_80.png — Fig. 44 Overall dimensions of platforms for Asycube 50 and Asycube 80

	Asycube 50	Asycube 80
A	14	15
B	60	82
C	8	9
D	34	52
E	45	65
F	8	9
G	46	65

For Asycube 50, 80 and 240, the platform is made of one single part. The diffusing plate and the frame are manufactured in one piece. The overall dimensions of the platforms are listed here below

../_images/overall_dimensions_plat_240.png — Fig. 45 Overall dimensions of platforms for Asycube 240

	Asycube 240
A	39
B	219.5
C	26
D	150
E	195
F	14.5
G	171
H	0.2
M	0.5

For larger Asycube, 380 and 530, the diffusing plate and the frame are manufactured separately. The frame needs to be metallic to guarantee enough rigidity. The overall dimensions of the plates are listed here below :

../_images/plate_dimensions_380_530.png — Fig. 46 Overall dimensions of platforms for Asycube 380 and Asycube 530

	Platform Asycube 380	Platform Asycube 530
A	252.8 ± 0.5 mm	369.8 ± 0.5 mm
B	323.8 ± 0.5 mm	426.8 ± 0.5 mm
C	10 mm	10 mm
D	1.5x45° (4x)	1.5x45° (4x)

Tip

Depending on your application needs and the part geometry, the material, geometry and design of the diffusing plate can be adapted :

If the natural resting position corresponds to the picking orientation, Flat plates is recommended.
To reduce stabilization time after vibrations, Anti-roll plates can be used.
If parts tend to stick to the plate because of contact surface, using Anti-stick plates can improve and accelerate parts displacements.
If the natural resting position of the parts does not match the desired picking orientation, Custom platform with holes, pockets or grooves can be designed in order to reorient the parts correctly.

Note

Depending on the material used for the platform, inclusions might appear on the surface. These inclusions do not have any impact on EYE+ performance or detection of parts.