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How to use Transporter and Ship for new task after given time

Hello, FlexSim community.

I have a couple of problems that I am facing.

The first one, is that for every 5000 seconds, I want the Transporter to stop what it's currently doing, and move 30 items from the queues Red, Green and Blue to the Queue AllColors. I would prefer if this would happen with an even distribution of colors. Please see the image below.

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The second problem that I don't know how to solve, is that I want the Ship to arrive at the Robot at 5000 seconds, so that the Robot can load the Ship. Then when the Ship is done loading, I want it to travel to the queue Ending. Please see the image below.

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I am unable to find a solution for any of these problems, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Production and storage.fsm

FlexSim 22.0.16
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Hi @Aksel, was Lars Christian J2's answer helpful? If so, please click the "Accept" button at the bottom of their answer. Or if you still have questions, add a comment and we'll continue the conversation.

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Lars Jacobsen answered Lars Jacobsen commented

Create a token after 5000 seconds in processflow, wait for the current task to be completed and then you can move your items - Example attached.

You can Run Sub Flow to pickup several items (example Nproduction-and-storage_1.fsmOT attached)


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Lars Jacobsen avatar image Lars Jacobsen commented ·

Hi Axel,

Here are a few snapshots. I hope they will help you.

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Aksel avatar image Aksel commented ·

Hi, thank you so much for the response!

My institution, however, is locked on using FlexSim 2022. Therefore, I am unfortunately unable to open the attached file. I was unaware of FlexSim not being forwards-compatible before now.

I know that it's a lot to ask, but could you maybe use FlexSim 2022 or older, and attach the example once more? If not, thank you for your help regardless!

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Aksel avatar image Aksel Aksel commented ·
Alternatively, post pictures of what you did :)
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