Floating box on combiner

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Francisca C2 asked Jan 6, '22 Ryan Clark commented Jan 12, '22

Floating box on combiner

Hello everyone!

I'm using a combiner to pack items coming from the mass flow conveyor. However, instead of both items becoming one simple brown box, they appear as two boxes and one of them in floating. Even when the operator picks it up it's still floating. In the images bellow it's visible.

I know that if I change the containers to pallets or totes the packing works but in my case it would be more realistic to use brown boxes.

Also, is there a way to define the exact number of items the entry object turns into in the mass flow conveyor?

Thanks in advance.

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.0.0

combiner massflowconveyor packing box pack

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Ryan Clark commented · Jan 12, 2022 at 01:50 AM

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Answer 1 · 2022-01-06T20:03:09Z

Ryan Clark answered Jan 6, '22 Joerg Vogel commented Jan 6, '22

Hi @Francisca C2,

For the combiner problem, I would try using one of the different modes of the combiner. I think you probably want to use the "Join" mode. See Combiner (flexsim.com) for more details.

For the mass flow conveyor, you can define the number of items each entry item turns into. You do so by accessing the properties on the Mass Flow Conveyor Entry Transfer. See Mass Flow Entry Transfer (flexsim.com) for more details.

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

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Joerg Vogel commented · Jan 06, 2022 at 11:22 PM

The first item should be a pallet item with a shape of a box

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