Separate Batches

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Alexander Muff asked Feb 28, '17 Alexander Muff commented Mar 8, '17

Separate Batches

In process flow, is there a way to separate tokens after batching?

For example, I have two parts that are batched for oven processing. After the oven, they are individual parts again. How do I get the parts back to individual parts?

Software Version:

FlexSim 16.2.2

batch processing

batch-then-create-sub-model.fsm (21.7 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2017-02-28T19:47:56Z

Steven Hamoen answered Feb 28, '17 Alexander Muff commented Mar 8, '17

@Alexander Muff If you change the # of tokens to release to the batch quantity you will still collect the batch but releases all entering items after they have batched, keeping all their labels and data

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Alexander Muff commented · Feb 28, 2017 at 11:00 PM

When releasing all the batched tokens, that represents all tokens instead of the batches.

For example it would collect all the parts going into an oven. Then release all parts into the oven. Each part would "acquire" the oven, instead of the single batch acquiring the oven.

Let me know if I am following you or not.

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Steven Hamoen Alexander Muff commented · Mar 01, 2017 at 10:19 AM

@Alexander Muff But if the oven process is a time and all tokens start that process at the same time they will all come out at the same time. And if you want to prevent that a second batch start you could use a zone and limit the amount that can enter the zone by using a label containing the amount in a batch

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Alexander Muff Steven Hamoen commented · Mar 08, 2017 at 10:00 PM

Took this route and got it to work as intended. Used a zone with batchWeight to compensate for different batches and batch sizes. Also had to use a second batch to collect the tokens before exiting the zone. This stops other tokens creeping in, before the zone is ready.

Attached the model for others to reference.

batch-then-create-sub-model-rev2.fsm

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batch-then-create-sub-model-rev2.fsm (25.4 KiB)

Answer 2 · 2017-02-28T19:10:07Z

Kari Payton answered Feb 28, '17 Alexander Muff commented Feb 28, '17

@Alexander Muff you can try using the Split and Join feature. Split the token at the start to create two parts then join them for oven processing then split again into two parts. 5443-batch-then-create-sub-model.fsm

5443-batch-then-create-sub-model.fsm (25.8 KiB)

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Alexander Muff commented · Feb 28, 2017 at 10:40 PM

Thanks @Kari Payton. The issue I run into with split/join is that my batch sizes are not constant. I would need a different number of connecting in/out of the split/join.

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