how can AGV not wait in one control point for process to finish

[Raniaakkari]

[ FlexSim 22.1.2 ]

In my Simulation (worked in 2 Exaples) the AGVs are waiting the process until it´s finished .

I want actually that my AGV doesnt wait the Processor before Sink2 and goes directly to Queue 2 ( while the previous Item goes directly to Sink2 without transportation) .

Do you have an idea how i apply this in one of these Simulations.

ModelA: sim2-22-jl (1)_autosave.fsm

ModelB: essai de deux routes_autosave.fsm

[jason_lightfootVL7B4]

If you don't have learning materials from your university we suggest going through the online tutorials to familiarize yourself with task sequences and process flows and how they work. You should start here.

Also - please don't post two models in the same question.

In model A the transporter looks for items on the list - you haven't copied the ORDER BY distance from the other example model we posted in your comment to someone else's question, so it doesn't pick the closest item first. Take the time to step through the model and understand what is happening at each step and it will become clear as to why it is behaving this way.

As a student we encourage you to perform your own research by referring to the posts on this site and the online manual - and to try and solve the problem yourself before asking for guidance on this site.

[Raniaakkari]

I really tried to work on many examples but i still don´t know how to make an exception to my AGV not to do the same Process only in 2 control points (Processor26+sink2) and to move on and take another item from a second Queue and do the same think as in the Beginning.

So that´s why i am asking here and puting 2 examples where i tried some solutions and didnt work. Maybe someone can check where can i change something about it.

Flexsim is the only tool i used to simulate and unfortenately we didn´t have examples when it comes to Process Flow with agvs so i learned a bit doing some basic simulations that i found in the Programm itself.

The whole idea in this example is that i want to make an exception making my AGV pass the Processor 26 and go directly picking up another item to drive by Processor 27 til the end and the item that my AGV left in Processor 26 goes directly to a Queue or a sink (betwwen the Processor 26 and 27)

[jason_lightfootVL7B4]

In the A model, once the AGV has taken an item from a queue, it is the item creating all the transport jobs. So you only need to control which items the AGV takes from the queue. This can be done with a label that changes from Queue1 to Queue2 whenever it unloads an item to a sink and then changing the pull from list to pull only from the correct queue based on the value of your label.

[Raniaakkari]

Dear Jason,

Is there any Possibility to do a video call for 15min?

[jason_lightfootVL7B4 · Accepted solution]

Here's a version that pulls from one queue and then the other as I was trying to describe to you.

sim2-22-jl3.fsm

The switch takes place when the agv detects that the current item was unloaded to a sink.

[Jeanette_Fullmer]

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