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Building a weighing system

ameliakawa — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:57:49 GMT

[ FlexSim 24.0.3 ]

Hi everyone,

I'm working on a simple project in FlexSim and need some guidance on how to implement a weighing system. My goal is to have each conveyor in my simulation process "weigh" packages, and then calculate and record the average weight in a table that is displayed later.

Could anyone provide insights or share examples on how to set up such a system in FlexSim? Any tips on how to start, what tools or commands to use, or general advice on best practices for implementing this would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance for your help!

Re: Building a weighing system

joerg_vogel_HsH — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:54:09 GMT

@Amalgunda, weight is an unknown attribute for items in FlexSim. Then you will add a custom attribute to each of your items. Labels are easy to add. You can assign or set labels in item creating activities or objects (source > Triggers +> on Creation +> Data). You can read atrributes of items on Conveyor on firing events like On Entry, On Exity, by PhotoEye Objects On Cover. In a table you store time of entry, time of exit and naturally read value of weight. Then you can evaluate total weight of items simultaneously present on a conveyor or you can get a mean value of items per time interval.

Re: Building a weighing system

Jeanette_Fullmer — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:16:40 GMT

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