Number of items in a processor

[ines_l]

[ FlexSim (other) ]

Hello,

I want to send two items at a time to a processor but i want the processor to be empty. Thants why I want to implement a function to know the content of the processor and the write the condition "send to processor when empty"

I need to do it from a queue, so content(current) doesn't work.

My flexsim version is 7.1.4

[ines_l]

@jason.lightfoot

[Jeanette_Fullmer · Accepted solution]

Hello @Ines L

A combiner would be able to batch and process two boxes together.

[ines_l]

Is there a way of doing it with a processor?

A restriction in send to port kind of "first available if processor is empty"??

Thankyou

[Jeanette_Fullmer]

Hello @Ines L,

You can set the processor's max content to 2. However, the processor will process each box once they are in the processor and can process 2 at a time. I am trying to say that the processor will not sync the boxes and process them at the same exact time. You can have one box half way through being processed and another one starts being processed. This is why a combiner is helpful because it requires both boxes to be there before it starts processing them.

This version of Flexsim is outdated. Please ask your professor if you have more questions.

[ines_l]

I am using a normal processor

The processor in the middle receives 2 items from the middle queue. I want the processor to process to items at a time and the middle queue has to send the next two items only when the processor is empty.

[Ben_WilsonADSK]

@Ines L,

If you need to sync the processor to to process 2 items at a time, starting simultaneously, set the Processor's max capacity to 2, and use a queue just before the processor with batching enabled for a quantity of 2.

[Jeanette_Fullmer]

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