Conveyor Stop and Start based on downstream conditions
Accepted solution
@Nikhil T,
This is something that can be done with Process Flow. I had to adjust Conveyor 10 because slug building conveyors can't have side transfers. It was also too short to accumulate the required 10 items.
With those things fixed, the Process Flow can be built a couple of different ways. My first take is that you'd probably like Conveyor 6 to stop releasing items after 10 items. If that's the case, we can simply listen for 10 items to reach Conveyor 8 and stop the 11th item. Then, when Conveyor 8 is empty, release the 11th item and repeat.
Let me know if this is what you were envisioning. If not, please provide a bit more information and I'll do my best to give you a different solution. Thanks!
It looks like there was a conveyor that wasn't quite connected properly, so I re-connected it (Conveyor 19). I also adjusted the slug building move spacing to the item length, as it needs to be at least the size of the item.
Things seem to be releasing just fine. If they aren't, it might be a problem with the way the merge controller is set up, but the model seems to be running fine for me now (see gif).
