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A connection between mass flow conveyors

sara_b5 — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:21:01 GMT

[ FlexSim 22.0.1 ]

Hi everyone!

I have started using mass flow conveyors in FlexSim 22.0.1 and I am struggling with the following problem. The steps to reproduce it are the following:

1) Drag two mass flow conveyors in the 3D model;

2) Join them with a connection "A";

Results: the exit transfer of the upstream conveyor is a correct, the entry transfer of the downstream is not a mass flow entry transfer but just a standard one.

Is it a bug or an issue?

ConnectionBetweenMFC.fsm

Re: A connection between mass flow conveyors

moehlmann_fe — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:55:31 GMT

This is indeed a bug. You can get around it by first connecting the second to a different fixed resource and then draw a connection between the conveyors. Afterwards you can delete the resource you used to create the correct transfer.

Re: A connection between mass flow conveyors

Jeanette_Fullmer — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:53:57 GMT

Hi @Sara Bonansea, was Felix Möhlmann's answer helpful? If so, please click the "Accept" button at the bottom of their answer. Or if you still have questions, add a comment and we'll continue the conversation.

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Re: A connection between mass flow conveyors

sara_b5 — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:00:43 GMT

Thank you Felix for your answer! Indeed I was using the same workaround that you suggested.

Re: A connection between mass flow conveyors

amerloQ2XZU — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 08:05:27 GMT

@ Felix, can you add it to dev list? Otherwise it will never fix in the future release.

Re: A connection between mass flow conveyors

moehlmann_fe — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 09:10:46 GMT

Not directly, since I only work for the German FlexSim distributor. All I can do is tag someone to take a look at this.

@anthony.johnson is this a known issue?

Re: A connection between mass flow conveyors

anthony_johnsonT83CM — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 15:40:11 GMT

I will add this case, though you can always just email dev@flexsim.com with a link to this question, and it will be automatically added to our issue tracker. That is how I usually do it anyway.

Re: A connection between mass flow conveyors

moehlmann_fe — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:30:14 GMT

Thanks, I will do that in the future.