AGV travel empty

[e_yiing98]

[ FlexSim 21.1.4 ]

Hi!

There are 2 work flow. 2F↹ 1F and 3F↹ 1F.

I hope that AGV can support work in 3F after finishing tasks given in 2F.

I used work forwarding point and it works for the first loading and unloading tasks. But then AGV travel empty although there is box to load.

Could anyone give some help, please? Thanks in advance!211101.fsm

[moehlmann_fe · Accepted solution]

If you use work forwarding, the task can only be "picked up" at the control point it is forwarded to. In your case, the tasks for the items at SourceF3 are only available at the forwarded control point on 2F. You can add multiple work forwarding connections though. To have the AGV pick up items on 3F you could also forward the work to the drop off point at the sink.

In addition, the "NextWorkPoint" connections should form a loop. In your current model, if the AGV drops something off on 2F while their is no item to pick up there, it will simply stop afterward because there is no further "next work" connection.

I adjusted your model based on these notes.

211101_1.fsm

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[e_yiing98]

Your answer is helpful! Thanks for telling me the logic of WorkForwardingPoint and NextWorkPoint.