Modelling a Combiner that joins FlowItems one at a time

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Theresa B asked Nov 24, '22 Theresa B edited Nov 29, '22

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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Sri_vikas K commented · Nov 24, 2022 at 07:40 AM

Hi @Theresa B

You can Achieve this by changing the properties of combiner.

If your combiner is taking different times for packing, You can give that by statistical distribution at process time.

Packing Model Combiner.fsm

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packing-model-combiner.fsm (26.9 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2022-11-24T08:32:23Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Nov 24, '22 Theresa B edited Nov 29, '22

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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Theresa B commented · Nov 29, 2022 at 12:42 AM

Brilliant, thank you! A good reminder to think flexibly about the definitions for 3D Objects

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