Gravity flow rack enforce putaway and pick on the correct side

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Martin asked May 31, '24 Martin commented Jun 3, '24

Gravity flow rack enforce putaway and pick on the correct side

Hi,

Is there a way with the gravity flow rack to ensure that transporters load and unload on the correct side based on the pick face? I thought it was supposed to work this way, but I find it doesn't always. It seems to be influenced by the most convenient path (using A*) and sometimes travels down the wrong side of the rack for its load or unload.

thanks

Martin

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FlexSim 24.1.0

gravity flowrack

Answer 1 · 2024-06-03T08:10:41Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Jun 3, '24 Martin commented Jun 3, '24

I don't think there is any automated way for doing so. You'd have to manually control where the TE travels before the load task is given.

Based on a reference to the item, you can get the coordinates of the slot's faces with the code below and then use them in a "Travel to Loc" task, for example.

Object item = ...;
Storage.Slot slot = Storage.Item(item).as(Storage.Item).currentSlotItem.slot;
Vec3 dropFace = slot.getLocation(0.5, 1, 0).project(slot.storageObject, model());
Vec3 pickFace = slot.getLocation(0.5, 0, 0).project(slot.storageObject, model());

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Martin commented · Jun 03 at 12:56 PM

Thanks!

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