How can we model waste without using flowitem ?

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Sebastien asked May 29, '18 Sebastien commented May 30, '18

How can we model waste without using flowitem ?

Hello everyone,

I am trying to model a fluid waste from a cutting machine (separator). The cut waste can be reused in another machine.

How can I say, for instance onExit of the separator, that a tank receives a certain amount of fluid corresponding to this cut waste without creating a flowitem ?

Best regards,

Software Version:

FlexSim 18.1.0

fluid waste

Answer 1 · 2018-05-29T17:18:08Z

Emily Hardy answered May 29, '18 Sebastien commented May 30, '18

I'm not certain that this is exactly what you're asking but if you're asking to separate out a certain percentage of waste, you can set the exit conditions as "By Percentage" and then enter the amount of waste to be redirected. You can also set a label on those ones so you can tell that it was once scrap.

If you're working with fluids/liquids, you will want to use the FlowWorks module to simulate fluid levels.

Let me know if this is what you're looking for, or if it was something else.

waste-model.fsm

waste-model.fsm (17.3 KiB)

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Sebastien commented · May 30, 2018 at 07:59 AM

Hello Emily,

Thank you for your answer.
I want to separate one plank in 12 small planks. During the real process, a frame is cut to have a perfect square before cutting in 12 planks. I would like to model this frame waste which is turned into a fluid afterwards for reuse.

I did not want to create a 13th flowitem as it would shift the results. But as the flowitems are all released at the same time I guess it can work.

I wrote some code and it works. Thanks again.

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