topic Re: A Star Dividers and Sinks in FlexSim Forum

A Star Dividers and Sinks

MattP2 — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 15:16:40 GMT

[ FlexSim 24.0.0 ]

Hello Support Team,

In my model, forklifts pick 2 pallets at a time from flow racking and place to a staging area. Correct behavior would have the forklifts drive to the front of the dock space (around other orders) to place pallets. Instead it appears that the forklifts ignore the dividers and place pallets to a sink through the dividers. In addition, the forklifts appear to be placing items to the sinks from some distance away.

Thanks,

Matt

Re: A Star Dividers and Sinks

joerg_vogel_HsH — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 15:39:58 GMT

@MattP, and you can attach a model demonstrating your obeservations?

Re: A Star Dividers and Sinks

MattP2 — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:58:56 GMT

Flow Rack Pick Edit.fsm

Re: A Star Dividers and Sinks

JordanLJohnson — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 20:11:26 GMT

Travelers can't exit mandatory paths. The forklift gets as close as it can to the sink, but still staying along the mandatory path, and then unloads the item.

See the Mandatory Path documentation for more information:

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/24.2/WorkingWithTasks/Travel/WorkingWithAStar/WorkingWithAStar.html#mandatoryPaths

Re: A Star Dividers and Sinks

Jeanette_Fullmer — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:30:48 GMT

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