Dispatch multiple AGVs for multiple processors.

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Wendy L2 asked Feb 8, '22 Jeanette F commented Feb 11, '22

Dispatch multiple AGVs for multiple processors.

I am the beginner of FlexSim. There are some questions I met.

If someone can solve that for me, I'd appreciate it!

1. Only one item can be processed at a time at Processor1 and Process2, and after AGV loads the item, Processor1 and Prcoessor2 can process next item.

2. How could I let AGV1 and AGV2 pick up item from Processor1 or Processor2? I only know how to assign the AGVs to pick up items from P1, not for both at same time.

Thanks you very much!

pickingProcess_ver2.fsm

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FlexSim 22.0.1

agv processor dispatcher

pickingprocess-ver2.fsm (152.6 KiB)

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Feb 11, 2022 at 10:08 PM

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Answer 1 · 2022-02-08T12:54:45Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Feb 8, '22

The second processor is simply lacking a connection to Queue2.

There are also very few control points in your model, which leads to the AGV having to wait a lot for the other one to clear the reserved path sections. Adding more control points will reduce the wait time (except if this is a wanted behaviour of course).

I also added the "On Resource Available" trigger to both AGVs, telling them to drive to the point between the dispatcher and processor2. Otherwise one idle AGV might block the other from completing the last task. Alternatively, you could adjust the control point settings so more than one AGV can acquire them.

pickingprocess-ver2_1.fsm

pickingprocess-ver2-1.fsm (152.9 KiB)

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