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Hitesha N2 asked Joerg Vogel commented

How to model a time elapsed conveyor?

Is there any way, I can model a conveyor which moves once a particular time is lapsed?

To explain, Suppose items on the conveyor at their respective stops are getting processed for say 10 mins. They will wait at the stop for 10 mins and then all the items on the conveyor would move to their next stop once 10 mins is completed.

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Joerg Vogel avatar image Joerg Vogel commented ·

The conveyor type is set to accumulating by default. If you edit the conveyor type over the button signed with 3 dots in the Quick Properties, you can deactivate accumulating and all items are stopped simultaneously.

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Hitesha N2 avatar image Hitesha N2 Joerg Vogel commented ·

@Jörg Vogel Thanks for the reply. I will try to better explain my question with a dummy model (PFA)

So in the model, source will generate part every 5 mins and it will be sent on Conveyor1. It will stop at DP1 untill 11 mins. Once the part has waited at DP1 for 11 mins, it will move to the next stop (DP2). It will again wait on DP2 for 11 mins. When the model is run for sometime, there will be parts at almost all the stop. All the parts will be advanced to their next stops after 11 mins together.

To model this condition, should I use slug builder feature of conveyor (Time elapsed feature?) or there is some other way to model this condition of conveyor?dummy.fsm

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Roi Sánchez answered Hitesha N2 commented

Hi @Hitesha N2, look at the attached model and check if this is what you are looking for. I used Process Flow to control every time an item arrives to a DP and stop it during 11 minutes and resume it again.

conveyor-logic.fsm


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Hitesha N2 avatar image Hitesha N2 commented ·

This should work.

Thank You.

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