Transport more than one item via task sequence

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Lambert asked Jan 31, '23 Andrew O commented Feb 3, '23

Transport more than one item via task sequence

Hi,

I want to have an operator transport more than one item at the same time.

When I set capacity = 4 for example, the operator still picks up only one item.

I am using a task sequence to control the operators, but I cannot find any option to set the quantity of items to load.

Could you please help?

Thank you

Software Version:

FlexSim 23.0.2

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Joerg Vogel commented · Jan 31, 2023 at 08:43 AM

Hello @Lambert ,You expect a feature, that has got a different design. FlexSim transports one item by one tasksequence. If you want to transport more items your tasksequence needs currently as many load task and unload task AND you must explicitly tell FlexSim which item do you want to transport. A number is not enough. You are facing a paradigm shift, where a well managed 3D logic level switch to a universal logic system called Process Flow. Any option in 3D Property pane is in first place an instrument of 3D logic. More transport capacity results in more transport tasksequences to be executed, if they are available and dispatched, when a loading of item is complete. By the way, please look for similar questions on this site! Your are definitely not the first asking this!

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Andrew O commented · Feb 03, 2023 at 04:01 PM

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Answer 1 · 2023-01-31T08:40:36Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Jan 31, '23

You need to give the task executer a load task for each individual item. Either by adding multiple Load activities or by using a subflow and changing the item reference for each sub flow token. The same is true for unloading the items.

transport_multiple_processflow_fm.fsm

(Using a list is one way to get references to the items. There are of course other possibilities)

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