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Ankur A3 asked Jeanette F commented

Controlling items on conveyor?

Hi Team,

I have to control items on section of conveyor. There are 2 items max on the section. Next items will be entered once these items will exit.

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I would like to know the best and effective way of doing it.

Thank you!

FlexSim 23.0.5
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Julie Weller answered Arun Kr commented

Hi @Ankur A3! The best way to solve this would be using decision points. Drag in a decision point at the beginning and end of your conveyor and then link them together using the A key. Give the first one a trigger and choose On Arrival -> Area Restriction -> Enter Area and choose Max Content to be 2.

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For the second decision point do a similar process and add a trigger and choose On Arrival -> Area Restriction -> Exit Area.

The final model looks like this:

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Here's the file:

Controlling Items on Conveyor Example.fsm


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