I have 4 identical robotic palletizer cells that require forklift operators to add new pallets and take away finished pallets. On twenty-four hour simulations, one or two of these palletizers will become 'Blocked' with space available on the output ports and with Current Content = 1. It's loaded the new pallet but will not begin Joining the flow items arriving from port 2. This line will remain blocked for the duration of the experiment.
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Sample models don't behave this way. I modeled it this way because I want to always give the combiner 2 pallet positions to work in. (1 on the queue and 1 on the combiner itself)
I'm not able to replicate the issue. Can you explain what you mean when you say that you give the combiner 2 pallet positions to work in? How is it putting items onto the pallet in the queue?
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