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Mathilde DOUSSET asked Sam Stubbs commented

How to enter a cycle time on a production line?

Hi!

I have 19 palets of several engines ,then this engines are send in a conveyer and I would like how to make to enter a cycle time (1 engine each 1.7 min)?

Thank you ! I join you my system.

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Jeff Nordgren answered

@Mathilde DOUSSET

Mathilde,

Attached is your model with the changes that I've made. I changed all of the separators in the Send To Port area to "Do Not Release Item). Then in the OnProcessFinish trigger I have it send a message to itself. Then in the OnMessage trigger, I call a User Command called "SendToConveyor".

In the SendToConveyor user command, I release a motor to the conveyor. If it is the last motor, I also release the pallet to the pallet queue. If it is not the last motor, I send a delayed message back to myself in 1.7 minutes. When it receives the message it will call the user command again and release another motor.

Is this what you are looking to do? If you need to change the interval of the release time, you only have to change it in one place, the user command.

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Mathilde DOUSSET answered Sam Stubbs commented

Hi!

Now, I would like to put a "cycle time" in a combiner.

I explain you:

I have 2 sources , one with palet and one with rear axles then I have one combiner because I want to make one palet with above 3 rearaxles . I want a delivry each 306 s on the queue who takes place after the combiner .

Thank you for your help!

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Sam Stubbs avatar image Sam Stubbs ♦ commented ·

Is this a follow up question to a previous answer. It seems like it is a separate question. I think you'll find that you'll get better and more efficient answers to your questions if you ask each one clearly and concisely as its own post.

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Sam Stubbs answered Adrian Haws edited

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "cycle time," are you asking about creating a processing station on your conveyor, that processes the engine for 1.7 minutes (102 seconds) per each engine? IF this is the case, you can simply drag out a "station" object onto your conveyor, and set the processing time in its properties.

If not, could you clarify more what you are looking for?

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Mathilde DOUSSET avatar image Mathilde DOUSSET commented ·

Yes, it's good how have you make?

Is it possible to make it , but directly on the separator, i.e the engine didn't way on the conveyor but separator and each 1.7 minutes or 102 seconds , one engine go on the conveyor ?

Thank you!

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Sam Stubbs avatar image Sam Stubbs ♦ Mathilde DOUSSET commented ·

I'm not sure what you're asking. The "station" object is part of the conveyor libraries so it only works on conveyor's. However, you could put the station at the beginning of the of the conveyor so that would limit entrance to the conveyor to 1 at a time until the station's process finished.

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Mathilde DOUSSET avatar image Mathilde DOUSSET Sam Stubbs ♦ commented ·

@Sam Stubbs

Yes, it's good!!

But , I would like that the first engine doesn't wait and go directly in the sink then the second wait 102 s , is it possible?

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