Multiple Items in one Box

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Aaupadhye asked Jan 31 2025 at 11:41 PM Felix Möhlmann answered Feb 03 2025 at 7:26 AM

Multiple Items in one Box

699FlatSorter_Current_Process.fsmHi all,

Simply put, I want Operator 1 to take a box with x items in it, and unpack said items into the Queue. After all items are unloaded, I want Operator 1 to put the empty box at the takeaway line (which is the lone conveyor in the middle of the sorter; I don't care about the physical movement of the operator going there, rather the concept of the empty box just popping up over there after it is unloaded). After the items are placed on the queue, I want Operator 2 to start inducting the items on the queue on to the conveyor.

I got off to an extremely barebones start with it, and was stumped on how to get x amount of smaller items in a single box without using the combiner/ seperator feature. How can achieve this with just a process flow and/or Global Tables? Any help is appreciated, I haven't used Flexsim in a while which is why I am a little lost right now.

699FlatSorter_Current_Process.fsm

Thanks,

Amit

Software Version:

FlexSim 24.2.3

processflow

699flatsorter-current-process.fsm (62.1 KiB)

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Answer 1 · 2025-02-03T07:26:48Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Feb 03 2025 at 7:26 AM

You can just use the label reference to the box/tote to create more items inside of it. A different option would be to create the items only the moment the operator is supposed to load them.

A Sub Flow can be used to move the items.

699flatsorter-current-process_1.fsm

699flatsorter-current-process-1.fsm (60.8 KiB)

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