New to FlexSim, creating a conveyor flow with a travel kit

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RLNMZ12 asked Nov 7, '23 RLNMZ12 commented Dec 11, '23

New to FlexSim, creating a conveyor flow with a travel kit

Hi,

I am currently super new to FlexSIM.

At my company, we are changing our manual conveyor to an automatic conveyor.

I was wondering if it's possible to create a process flow where we receive one cabinet from a source, then a travel kit (another cabinet where all the parts for assembly are located) its being received from another conveyor connecting the main conveyor. The Kit goes first, then the cabinet, then another kit goes first then another cabinet. I can't seem to be able to merge one and one when connecting conveyors.

Is this possible? I don't want exponential feed from the source, I need the cabinet and kit to always come at the same time and then go one on one.

Pretty much the image that I attached it's how it would look like. Red line represents the first traveling kit. It comes in then the cabinet (green) goes behind, and so on, until the first traveling kits goes out then a second traveling kit goes in and it repeats. The belt conveyor its a buffer zone that I need to create before a turning table and repeat all over again. Whole idea is having 3 different zones with 3 different speeds.

Its this something doable? In real life, the operator will be performing his job while the cabinet its moving, walking with it.

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FlexSim 22.1.4

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Jacob W2 ♦ commented · Nov 08, 2023 at 05:17 PM

Hi @RLNMZ12,

Is this what you are trying to do with the kits and cabinets?

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RLNMZ12 Jacob W2 ♦ commented · Nov 08, 2023 at 07:26 PM

Hi, not precisely. The pallet its being fed by source "Travel Kits" and the dryer by source "Cabinets" Pallet goes to the right of dryer. Then the pallet has to exit through the conveyor (red) and the dryer has to go to the next area (belt conveyor). Thats the main idea. I have been playing with "triggers" and decision points but I haven't been able to separate them yet. Being learning a lot from this software in the last 24 hours. I believe Im super close to get it, but can't still figure it out.

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RLNMZ12 Jacob W2 ♦ commented · Nov 09, 2023 at 05:16 PM

I was able to do what I wanted to do. Now, I want to ask another question I guess. Is it possible at a decision point to wait for an item to come from the conveyor in order to release it? Different travel kits need to travel along with the machine at different times.

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Jason Lightfoot ♦ RLNMZ12 commented · Nov 12, 2023 at 09:25 PM

You can stop, resume and reroute items on conveyors at decision points (including photo eyes and stations). You can also mount items inside each other and you can reference other objects with pointer labels. Furthermore you can synchronize activities by waiting for events and pushing/pulling from lists. If you could more clearly explain your requirement, and maybe attach a model, then we could suggest which of these might be best for your application. (You can toggle the post as private if needed for attaching a model).

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Jason Lightfoot ♦ commented · Nov 15, 2023 at 10:47 PM

Hi @RLNMZ12,

We haven't heard back from you. Were you able to solve your problem? If so, please add and accept an answer to let others know the solution. Or please respond to the previous comment so that we can continue to help you.

If we don't hear back in the next 3 business days, we'll assume you were able to solve your problem and we'll close this case in our tracker. You can always comment back at any time to reopen your question, or you can contact your local FlexSim distributor for phone or email help.

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RLNMZ12 Jason Lightfoot ♦ commented · Nov 16, 2023 at 03:15 PM

Hi, sorry for my late response. I stopped this project for about a week, but now Im back on it. I responded on another answer. Hopefully you can help me out. Thank you so much.

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Dec 07, 2023 at 09:39 PM

Hi @RLNMZ12,

We haven't heard back from you. Were you able to solve your problem? If so, please add and accept an answer to let others know the solution. Or please respond to the previous comment so that we can continue to help you.

If we don't hear back in the next 3 business days, we'll assume you were able to solve your problem and we'll close this case in our tracker. You can always comment back at any time to reopen your question, or you can contact your local FlexSim distributor for phone or email help.

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RLNMZ12 Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Dec 11, 2023 at 02:42 PM

Hi, I wasn't able to fully resolve my issues but its fine as full training was required and we didn't have enough time. We have dropped the software in our company for this project. We will leave all this to the actual supplier to figure out.

Thank you so much for your help.

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