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To open a gap between touching parts, the downstream conveyor must run faster in the ratio of the new pitch to the part length. Speed follows from rate times pitch, and if the upstream rate exceeds downstream capacity no speed change fixes it — accumulation or upstream throttling is required.
Conveyor matching
rate = speed / part pitch; downstream speed = rate x (part length + gap)
Downstream operations — labelling, checkweighing, diverting and vision inspection — need separated parts to act on individually.
No. Slowing upstream reduces the rate but not the touching condition. Speed increase downstream is what stretches the pitch.