Modelling a Combiner that joins FlowItems one at a time

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Theresa B asked Nov 24 2022 at 7:13 AM Theresa B edited Nov 29 2022 at 12:42 AM

Modelling a Combiner that joins FlowItems one at a time

Hi, all,

A quick question so that I don't unnecessarily build a painfully tedious process flow: is there a way to make a combiner behave (or what is the best way to implement it) so that it

1. accepts a container

2. accepts a flowItem

3. joins it to the container (a process that takes X minutes)

4. accepts another flowItem

5. joins it to the container again (a process that takes Y minutes)

etc.

Thanks in advance!

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.2.0

processflow combiner custom joining

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Answer 1 · 2022-11-24T08:32:23Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Nov 24 2022 at 8:32 AM Theresa B edited Nov 29 2022 at 12:42 AM

You can loop the container item back to a queue in front of the combiner until, for example, a label that is incremented with each step reaches a certain value.

That same label can be used to have different process times for the steps. ("Values By Case")

In the attached model I close the output of Queue3 when an item exits and open it in the combiner's Send to Port option when a tote is about to send downstream. This is to prevent a new tote from entering Queue4 until the previous one has finished all steps.

combiner-one-by-one.fsm

combiner-one-by-one.fsm (27.9 KiB)

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