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Conveyor Item Falling Transfer

Hello,

I am modeling a conveyor system with non-accumulating belt conveyors. At the end of one, the items drop down into another recirculation conveyor. What is the best way to model this? I cannot use an ordinary transfer because it can cause the input conveyor to stop.


Thank you.

FlexSim 25.0.0
conveyors
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I guess either set the Entry/Moving/Stop Space on the recirculation conveyor to 0, so items can overlap and thus always enter the conveyor.

Or put a buffer queue inbetween the conveyors, so the non-accumulating belt can always release items and then they wait for space on the other conveyor.

Or use a massflow conveyor. It kind of sounds like that might be better suited for the situation.

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