How to remove the goods from the shelves as required

[yang_h2]

[ FlexSim 19.0.0 ]

Now I have three kinds of goods randomly placed in my two shelves,and each kind of goods has 10 stocks.I now hope that the goods from each shelf will be randomly delivered at the rate of 6 per hour. How should I set it up? Thank you!

This is my model:test.fsm

[tanner_p · Accepted solution]

Hi @Yang H2,

The rate that you have described is a result of lots of other variables, including the ASRS Vehicle speed, the source creation rate, the pulling rate, and a handful of others. Because this is simulation software, you would typically adjust the other variables to find out what the hourly rate is. Hopefully this distinction is clear. Keep that in mind as you build your models.

As far as simulating that output rate goes, I assume that you would like the deliveries to be to the conveyor. Is that correct? If so, I would use Process Flow to generate a token every 6 seconds that pulls from the rack and uses the ASRS Vehicle to deliver to one of the queues. I've created a demonstration of this using your model.

The racks in your model push to a list, which the PF can then pull from. The only tricky thing is knowing which queue to place the item on once it's been pulled. I used labels on the item called "Rack" that indicate which rack the items came from. This is used on the Unload activity to indicate which of the queues should receive the item.

Hope this helps!

rack-pull-every-six-seconds1.fsm