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Liam Chiu asked Jeanette F commented

Carry four item types from a buffer at once


Hi,

I need to transport four item types from product1.2 to queues 1,2,3,4 and 5,6,7,8

via an operator (two production lines), and the operator need to carry four types of item at once. I have attached a model of what I have. :)

Thank you !!!!

carry four types in one quee.fsm

FlexSim 20.1.3
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Joerg Vogel answered
you can do this by code and list or table where you correlate item amount with a set of attributes.
  • OR you add more queues into your model which have each a capacity of one to get exactly the right types together. On entry event or trigger of each queue you close their input.
  • And another queue will batch from those queues the right amount of different types to release them together all at once. If this queue is empty on exit event or trigger you open the inputs of involved queues again.
  • The operator must have a capacity to load all items from same destination. This is an option in Taskexecuter pane for Break To.
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