Conveyor To Robot Process Flow

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Michael D6 asked Aug 27, '21 Ryan Clark commented Aug 27, '21

Conveyor To Robot Process Flow

Attached is a very simplified model I am hoping to get some help to understand. The problem involves multiple robots being fed simultaneously by a conveyor. When connected within the model the simulation runs as desired (see attached). I want to understand how to create this as a general process flow and not just within the model. I am having a hard time linking conveyors and robots to queues when using the process flow. So essentially I want the packages sent to each conveyor outlet evenly, then upon arrival at the end of the conveyor the robot executes the task and places the package in the queue. Conveyor_To_Robot.fsm

Software Version:

FlexSim 21.2.0

conveyor robot flexsim 21.2.0

conveyor-to-robot.fsm (65.0 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2021-08-27T19:40:28Z

Ryan Clark answered Aug 27, '21 Ryan Clark commented Aug 27, '21

Hello @Michael D6,

I think the key thing to remember when dealing with conveyors is that you often need to point to Exit Transfers in order to get proper event handling and triggers. The modifications I've made to this model are fairly simple: I just created a task sequence whenever an item arrives at any of the Exit Transfers. The task sequence gets the robot to load and unload that item.

conveyor-to-robot_rc.fsm

I hope this helps! Let us know if you have further questions!

conveyor-to-robot-rc.fsm (69.8 KiB)

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Michael D6 commented · Aug 27, 2021 at 10:16 PM

The exact transfers are exactly the piece I was missing. Thank you

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Ryan Clark Michael D6 commented · Aug 27, 2021 at 10:17 PM

No problem! Glad to help!

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