How to assign combiner to different references using Process Flow

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José Juan Ramírez Gutiérrez asked Jan 18, '24 Jeanette F commented Jan 26, '24

How to assign combiner to different references using Process Flow

Using Process Flow, we have a BOM with different raw materials (source) and through combiners (queues with combiner function) we do different assemblies creating a new reference. Each combiner is going to act as more than one assembly table depending on its capacity (Max content). Our goal is to assign a specific number of assembly tables (combiners) for the assembly of each reference, because each reference has a different process time. However we do not know how to do it.

For example, we need 4 assembly tables to do reference "M" with a process time of 6.5h and 2 assembly tables for reference "N" with a process time of 8.25h.

There goes our model if you want to check it out, thank you.

OTRO MODO.fsm

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FlexSim 22.1.4

process flow combiner assembly tables references

otro-modo.fsm (108.5 KiB)

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Jan 26 at 03:18 AM

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Answer 1 · 2024-01-19T09:00:29Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Jan 19, '24

If each combiner only works on one product, couldn't you just use the default Combiner object with a static components table?

With what you have currently build, you could use a Zone or Resource activity to limit how many tokens can enter the assembly process (Delay block) at any time.

A Resource has the benefit that it can be tied to a 3d object, if you want to phyically move the items into separate "assembly tables". A zone would be entirely 'virtual'.

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