Any of 2 operators for 1 transport task

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Thomas H3 asked May 17, '18 Thomas H3 answered May 18, '18

Any of 2 operators for 1 transport task

I have 2 processors with 2 queues between them that work with a batch of 5 flowitems. (flush contents is ticked). Each processor has a dedicated operator processing the flowitem. I would like transport from the exit queue of processor 1 to the entry queue of processor 2 (after batch of 5 is reached) be performed either by operator 1 or operator 2, whichever is available.

Is there an easy way to do this?

In my model i connect the processor 1, queue 1 and processor 2 to a dispatcher. at processor 1 is choose operator by name and at processor 2 operator by name. At queue1 I selected Use transport and select the dispatcher. Operator 1 and 2 do indeed work on their processor and perform the transport when 5 items have been collected, but 4 boxes are carried by operator 1 and 1 box by operator 2. I would like 1 operator to do the complete job.

Please help, thank you :)

2-operators-1-transport-task.fsm

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FlexSim 17.1.6

operators batch transport

2-operators-1-transport-task.fsm (18.5 KiB)

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Joshua S commented · May 17, 2018 at 03:53 PM

Can you upload your model? There are several options for each 3D shape in the model that can be changed which might be able to solve your problems. Some of these options can include the capacity of the operators, and the maximum content of the Processors.

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Thomas H3 Joshua S commented · May 18, 2018 at 07:13 AM

I have edited my initial question with the model added.

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-18T08:34:11Z

Thomas H3 answered May 18, '18

So I have found a solution that seems to work. I am packing the parts into a tote with a combiner and changed the shape of my combiner to that of a queue Furthermore I set the process time of the combiner to 0. afterwards I added a separator and changed the shape to a queue and the process time to 0. This way I have only 1 item to carry and I solve my problem. In reality my model would need to move around trays with components so this works for my case.

It would still be interesting for someone else to see my original question solved.

Also I have an additional extended question based on my current solution. What happens when I have 2nd process in parallel that works only on a 2nd type of products with its own operator. Operator from process 1 and operator from process 2 may carry what will be processed by processor 2 and operator 1 and operator 3 may carry what is needed for processor 3. See attached my extended model;

3-operators-and-2-transport-tasks.fsm

3-operators-and-2-transport-tasks.fsm (25.4 KiB)

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