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Stopping Conveyor based on conditions

nikhil_t — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:28:22 GMT

[ FlexSim 20.1.3 ]

I have 3 conveyors in the system. When the red conveyor is full, I want to wait till the green conveyor is full. Once the green conveyor is full, I want to stop the orange conveyor. Can someone help me configure this? Thank you.

Re: Stopping Conveyor based on conditions

tanner_p — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 18:44:08 GMT

@nikhil.t,

There's no logic in your attached model, but what you can do is use Event-Triggered Sources. Then you can either stop the items, stop the conveyor, or close the input. I set up a simple example you can consider for building your own logic. Keep in mind that you can trigger these things using the number of items on the conveyor, label values, decision points, etc. as alternatives to photo eyes. Hope this helps!

sample_1.fsm

Re: Stopping Conveyor based on conditions

nikhil_t — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 12:21:41 GMT

@tanner.p. Thank you. Quick question, in the model you have used 3 PEs but in the process flow I see 2 PEs being used. Is that correct?

Re: Stopping Conveyor based on conditions

tanner_p — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:36:13 GMT

My mistake. I think I accidentally added an extra photo eye. You are correct in that I am only using two photo eyes.