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Operator picks up items quantity based on Label (id)

asma_i — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 18:26:38 GMT

[ FlexSim 20.2.0 ]

In this project I have 5 operators with label (id) who are connected with a flow items that have the same label (id).

My question is how can I make the operator picks up a number of items (quantity) based on the label (id).

Like:

operator1 with id=1 will only take 1 item that have label id(1) in one travel and then goes to a sink and disappear

operator2 with id=2 will only take 2 items that have label id(2) in one travel and then goes to a sink and disappear

operatorloaditem-support-v10.fsm

Re: Operator picks up items quantity based on Label (id)

parker_s — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 18:53:52 GMT

@Asma I

This can be done in process flow using lists. I would suggest doing this tutorial:

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/20.2/Tutorials/TaskLogic/Tutorial3ConditionalTasks/ConditionalTasksOverview/

It is very similar to what you are trying to do.

Re: Operator picks up items quantity based on Label (id)

jeff_nordgren — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:38:55 GMT

@Asma I,

I'm not sure I follow the logic of your model. For each flowitem that is generated from Source1 you send one entry to the ItemList. Now that flowitem may have a label "ID" on it with a value between 1 and 5. You say that this is the number of flowitems that you want the Operator to load and drop off. But where do these "other" flowitems that the Operator is to pick up generated? If Source 1 generates a flowitem with an ID label of 5 (which means the operator should pickup 5 flowitems with the label of 5, right?) and is pulled from your PF, where do the other 4 flowitems come from that the Operator is supposed to pick up? Because the second flowitem out of Source1 might have an ID label of 3, so your code is not going to pickup that one because it is going to request 3 different flowitems. So I don't understand where these "other" flowitems that are supposed to be picked up are coming from.

May need a better description of exactly how the model should work. And just as a comment, the conveyor isn't the best place to "wait" for items to come to be picked up. A queue would be better for that purpose. Anyway, any additional information that you can provide would be helpful.

Thanks.

Re: Operator picks up items quantity based on Label (id)

Ben_WilsonADSK — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 19:00:36 GMT

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