How do I create a kind of sieve, for example, I get materials of different granulometries and I want to separate these materials by their granulometry.
Sieve
FlexSim 18.2.0
A sieve acts like a Separator or Fluid Splitter.
EDIT - Separator Properties window
Tab Separator: activate Split option. Set Split/Unpack Quantity to the picklist item By Expression. The number value is the number items leaving the Separator.
Tab Flow: Set the function Send To Port to the picklist item Round Robin.
The Split option divide your entering item. You get access to them, when they leave the Separator on the OnExit trigger. This means, you can only change their attributes depending only on the port they are leaving the object. Or by a label, then you have to count the items at each single dividing process. You reset your counter label OnEntry and increment the label when an item exits. Depending on this label value you can change the attributes on the item OnExit.
Additionally the leaving of an item lets execute the Send to Port function each time. You can influence the output port only on the attributes of the previous item exiting the Separator or the entering. You can't use any data based on the rank, because you have only access on one single item.
The Unpack option assumes that you have previously packed a container item by FlexScript code or in a Combiner object. This item can you unpack. The container item leave the Separator over the outport port one. The packed items go over the other port.
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