Equipment Feeds KB
Equipment Feeds KBs (Knowledge Bases) are used to define a "container" for the raw materials that a machine can accept.
Raw materials can be anything from an extruder on a 3D printer that needs to be replaced periodically, to fabric that is rolled out and into a mask.
Equipment Feeds can accept any number of raw materials.
An equipment feed is made up of the following pieces:
- The Equipment KB that the feed is on
- A name
- The element (Part #) that represents the feed physically (A dowel, a container, etc.)
- A description for the sticker that will go on the physical item for scanning
- A list of allowed raw materials (Elements) that can be put onto the feed.
Creating an Equipment Feed KB
Assumptions
- That you already have an Equipment KB
- That you already have an element for the feed in the Elements | SL app
- The dowel, the container, etc.
- That you already have the elements that can go onto the feed in the Elements | SL app
- The cloth, hardware, etc.
Steps
- Go to the Equipment | SL application
- Go to Equipment Feeds KB
- Click on "+ New Equipment Feed KB"
- Choose the Equipment KB that this Feed is part of
- Fill in an equipment name, for example: "Colored Cloth Dowel". We recommend keeping the name generic enough to be extensible, but specific enough to find later.
- Choose the Part #, this is the element that represents this feed physically, e.g. the box the items will be put in.
- Fill in the description, this will be printed on the sticker for this feed.
- Add allowed raw materials to the list
- Done!