Transporter

[daniela_m9]

[ FlexSim 21.2.2 ]

Puedo tener una carretilla elevadora transportada en diferentes lotes, dependiendo del tipo de etiqueta que tenga el producto.

[Jeanette_Fullmer]

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[daniela_m9]

Transporter.fsm

As input I have different products with several labels, I need the transporter to carry in batches according to the type of label. For example: A batch of 20 units of the TYPE 1 label; and so on different batches according to the TYPE label.

[FelixMoehlmann]

You could use a list in conjunction with process flow for this.

Create an item list in the toolbox. In the "Send to Port" option of the Queue, choose to push the item to that list.

Then you can build a simple process flow to control the transporter. In the attached example, it first pulls a single item. Then the token moves to a second "Pull from List" activity and pulls a number of additional items, according to the cases defined in the "Request Number" and "Require Number" fields. "Request" is the number of items that will be pulled if that many are available. "Require" is the minimum amount, that has to be pulled, before the token is send to the next activity.

To only pull items of the same type as the first one, you can use a sql query (see attached model). The second "Pull from List" activity is also set to "Assign in Front of". This means all pulled items will be available in an array label of the chosen name.

After pulling the items the transporter is told to load them and unload them in the rack.

transporter_1.fsm

[daniela_m9]

Thaks, it works fine. But I am not working with ProcessFlow; so it is difficult for me to carry out that solution.

[FelixMoehlmann]

Here's a solution that uses custom code in triggers of the rack and queue. Items are pulled in batches of a maximum size set in the "LoadByType" table.

The actual logic is in the "On Message" trigger. The others only trigger that logic when an item enters the queue, a batch is unloaded at the rack or an item leaves the rack.

transporter-2.fsm

[connor_a]

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