how to split two items from a conveyor into 2 conveyors by percentage?

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mohamedwahab10 asked Oct 16 2023 at 8:17 AM Jason Lightfoot commented Oct 20 2023 at 2:59 PM

how to split two items from a conveyor into 2 conveyors by percentage?

Hello, I have one source that generates an item and then it passes through a Processor then a conveyor at this conveyor the item should be split by a 50% into two types and then transported into 2 conveyors and after each there is a processor can you help me?

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FlexSim 23.2.0

itemtype splitting

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Answer 1 · 2023-10-17T05:34:55Z

Joerg Vogel answered Oct 17 2023 at 5:34 AM Jason Lightfoot commented Oct 20 2023 at 2:59 PM

Add a descision point or photoeye and you can assign a label (e.g. typically Type).

A value can be a statistical value by duniform(1,2) or a ratio by

current.stats.input.value%2+1
You can then send upon this label value any item to a different exit transfer node or a different decision point at a conveyor branch.

This is a function of a trigger like on Arrival by Send Item By Case.

Please read in manual Creating Conveyor Logic.

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mohamedwahab10 commented · Oct 20 2023 at 2:27 PM

thank you so much Mr @Joerg Vogel for your answer. But all I want is to split the entity after being processed into two item types on 2 different conveyors each conveyor go to a different process, i tried to use the trigger on exit on the first processor and split them by percentage into 2 itemtypes and the next processors pull a distinct itemtype but it doesn’t work

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ mohamedwahab10 commented · Oct 20 2023 at 2:59 PM

Attach your model to show us what you've tried and consider some of the other answers if this one doesn't match your requirement.

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Answer 2 · 2023-10-16T12:12:43Z

Jason Lightfoot answered Oct 16 2023 at 12:12 PM Jason Lightfoot edited Oct 17 2023 at 11:56 AM

Student tip: At the first processors position along the conveyor add a decision point and use that to either move a contained object from its container (packing in a combiner or at creation) to the processor, or create a copy an move it into the processor. If the processor is busy then stop the item and wait until it's empty (eg. using a process flow).

Answer 3 · 2023-10-16T10:03:16Z

Joerg Vogel answered Oct 16 2023 at 10:03 AM Joerg Vogel edited Oct 16 2023 at 1:34 PM

I think you go better with a queue between two conveyor segments. In this queue you can create a copy of your item and let them both resume on 2nd segment. You can probably hide the queue shape.
Instead of a queue you can use a separator object to split your item. Process time can you set to zero.Conveyor_split_by_separator.fsm

Edit by trigger code: create item copy and move it by Entry Transfer into Conveyor

Conveyor_split_Entrytransfer.fsm

conveyor-split-by-separator.fsm (42.3 KiB)

conveyor-split-entrytransfer.fsm (38.6 KiB)

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