Double Girde Crane Pick up/down time for objects

[Karro]

Hello, I am new to Visual Components. I have a crane (double Girder Crane) mounted on a pillar. I also have 4 basic objects that need to be picked up by the crane, one at a time. Each object has an individually specified time for picking up (e.g., 22 seconds) and lowering (e.g., 25 seconds). How can I approach solving this?

Currently, I have a feeder where my objects are moved onto a conveyor. The crane is supposed to lift the first object from the conveyor, move it and lower it down into a machine. Once the object has been processed in the machine, the crane should lift the object back up, move it, and lower it to the next machine. Then, the crane should return to the conveyor, lift up the next object, and move it to the first machine, and lower it into the machine, and so on. Each object has in individually specified time to be picked up (e.g., 22 seconds) and be lowered down (e.g., 25 seconds).

I am open to both a Python script (please specify how and where I should write it) and a solution without Python script (please explain how I should proceed)."

Thanks!

[Tilma]

Hello,
the cranes work with a Transport Controller and can be used with Process Modelling like resources or robots.
So one solution would be to set the pick and place time directly in the TransportLinks (by checking “UseCustomParameters” and then changing the values). You can put different products with different times in different Flow Groups and set the pick and place times accordingly for each Flow group.

Otherwise this topic could maybe interest you: Crane movement without Product - #22 by Tilma