Creating Unique Items with Individual Destinations

[Ben26]

[ FlexSim 24.2.0 ]

Hello, how can I create 29 different items from one source, with each item having its own destination (queue) using AGVs? Thank you!

[moehlmann_fe · Accepted solution]

Set the source to use an Arrival Schedule or Arrival Sequence and add a label column to the respective table that denotes where to send the item in some way. This could be the rank of the port which the item should be send through or a reference to the destination object.

[Ben26]

Hello, I’m using in my process flow 'Travel' from task sequences to send items to each queue.

How can I configure it to send items based on the labels created in the arrival schedule?

[moehlmann_fe]

It could be as easy as using the name of the destination object to write a reference to that object to a label on the item. Then read that in the Travel Task activity.

transport-destination-example.fsm

[Ben26]

Thank you for your answer, but I am using a dispatcher for multiple AGVs. Could you please take a look at my model?

TEST.fsm

[moehlmann_fe]

You assign the numbers from 1 to 29 to label which you can simply use to determine the port through which to send them. (As I suggested as an option in my original answer)

I frankly don't know what the purpose of the "ControlPoint Process" is supposed to be.

You also have too many AGVs for how the paths are currently setup and will run into deadlocks. Either removing some AGVs, removing some connections from the lower to the upper path or using control areas to limit the amount of AGVs near the source CP could fix the issue.

[Ben26]

Regarding your suggestion in your original answer, we have many AGVs that must follow straight paths (see the attached model).transport-destination-example (2).fsm

[moehlmann_fe]

When using an AGV network you need to utilize travel tasks. Load/Unload tasks alone won't make the task executers move since the AGV navigator does not implement offset travel (moving to the location of the involved item or station) by default.

transport-destination-example-3.fsm