I don't have a model started yet, however is there a way to simulate a flexible conveyor loading one truck then collapsing then expanding to load 2nd truck?
Hello @Dena B,
I have two sample models for you to consider.
The first has the conveyors to the different docks already set and they are hidden with a model reset trigger. Once one of the docks is selected the conveyors are shown in a sequential order as if the conveyor is being extended to the dock. Then flowitems go down the conveyor and then the conveyors are hidden again in a way that makes it look like it is retracting.
Flexible Conveyor_2_autosave.fsm
The second concept is from @zachary.h. He shrinks and expands the the length of the conveyors.
Hey @Dena B, I'm not sure if this answers your question, but here's my attempt at a flexible conveyor. I don't know if you could animate a conveyor retracting and extending to show the "flexibility", but I do know that you can control the flow of a conveyor belt to different locations using labels and triggers. Check out my model to see if this seems like what you'd want to do.
The main logic is at the decision point (DP) where I have this code snippet:
if (current.centerObjects[1].boxesLeft == 1) {
current.centerObjects[2].boxesLeft = 5;
}
else if (current.centerObjects[2].boxesLeft == 1 && current.centerObjects[1].boxesLeft == 0) {
current.centerObjects[1].boxesLeft = 5;
}
On each photo eye (PE), I have a label called "boxesLeft" that keeps track of how many more boxes I have left to send down that path. Once it gets to 0 boxes left in that lane, we reset the capacity of the other lane so boxes flow there.
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