Creating a Flow Item Loop between Combiner and Separator in the Process Flow

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Aries Vash asked Jul 13, '23 Aries Vash answered Jul 19, '23

Creating a Flow Item Loop between Combiner and Separator in the Process Flow

Combiner & Separator.fsmI need help regarding the loop of flow items (Pallets/Trolleys) between a Combiner and Separator in my model. Initially, I create a Pallet/Trolley at the Combiner. The Combiner's input Port 1 is connected to the Separator's exit Port 1, forming a loop with the same flow item (Pallet/Trolley). The Combiner's input Port 2 is connected to a queue that contains items created in the process flow.

My question is: How can I achieve the same result in the process flow? If I remove the first input Port [1] of the Combiner, the input Port [2], which is connected to the queue, will become the new input Port [1]. The same situation applies to the Separator output port[1] to return the flow item by AGV to combiner. How can I create a loop for the flow of items (Pallets/Trolleys) in the process flow? Thank you for helping me out!

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FlexSim 19.2.4

combiner separators flow item loop

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Jason Lightfoot ♦ commented · Jul 13, 2023 at 01:26 PM

"How can I achieve the same result in the process flow? "

How much of the process do you want to move to a process flow? If you want space/time information from the layout then you need to have the AGV in the 3D view. You can coordinate the activities using wait for events and pull from lists such that you don't event use a combiner and seperator and just show the AGV movements. So the question is what do you want to move into the process flow and why?

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Answer 1 · 2023-07-14T02:45:04Z

Aries Vash answered Jul 14, '23

Thank you for the tip, the wait for event and pull from list got me thinking and tried it out and it works they way i want without using alot of port connection.

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Julie Weller commented · Jul 14, 2023 at 01:45 PM

Sweet! Do you have any other questions? If not we will close this question in our issue tracker :)

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