OPERADOR BREAK TASK

[marciomayeiro]

I programmed operator 1, after finishing sequencing 20 boxes, to pick up all 20 and take them to the rack. However, instead of picking up one box, he picks up another box mid-task, then goes back to pick up 19. Isn't the explanation clear? I'll leave the file here.

[FelixMoehlmann · Accepted solution]

When the batch size of 20 is reached, the operator has 21 task sequences in its queue. One to bring a new item to the processor and one for each item in Queue8 to transport them to "PACK" (in this order). The operator first picks up one of the items in the queue because those task sequences have a higher priority. When it reaches the Break task (after the load) the Break To code of the operator is executed to look for another task sequence to start. This does not take priority into account though, so it starts the first eligible sequence it finds.

In your model you can just set the Break To option of the operator to "Same Load Station" to fix the issue. This disqualifies the processor input task sequence from being chosen.