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One queue, two trasnporters

I want two transporters to load eight boxes from the same queue and carry them to the same sink, but when I select 'use transport' it only allows me to pick one transporter. How can I arrange two transporters to do the same job?

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FlexSim 22.2.1
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Joerg Vogel answered Joerg Vogel edited

coordinated tasksequence

Picklist Option Use Transport Custom Tasksequence > Coordinated Tasksequence Example 2.

Edit: Someone has forgotten to add break tasks to load more items in this example. I am sorry to lead you to the wrong way. I attach a sample model to let two transporter participate on a transport of 8 items.Transport_batch_by_two.fsm


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Jason Lightfoot avatar image Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented ·
Or you can use a process flow to create and coordinate the tasks.
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fernavas avatar image fernavas commented ·

Neither of that options worked for me (idk if I did it right). Is there any other way to do it??

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Jacob W2 avatar image Jacob W2 ♦ fernavas commented ·

Hi @fernavas,

Here is an example model with two operators picking up boxes and then dropping them off at the same location. It is using a simple process flow setup.

2 operators.fsm

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Jason Lightfoot answered

If you want them to work on the boxes in parallel and independently you want to use a dispatcher or a list/group of resources.

Please go through the tutorials, in particular those for transport tasks.

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