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How to build a slug for two dependent conveyors?

Hi all,

In the attached model, I want the primary conveyors to build a slug of boxes and send them to the secondary conveyors in a round robin fashion.

If all the conveyors operate independently, the attached model can simulate this scenario using the code in the decision points.

However, the hard part is that, I want the conveyors (both primary and secondary) to be coupled. In fact, they represent two lanes of flowitems on a single conveyor.

Assuming that the slug size is 6, first I want to send 6 boxes to the first couple of secondary conveyors (these 6 boxes are combination of red and brown boxes and it doesn't matter how many are red and how many are brown). Then, I want to do the same for the second couple of secondary conveyors.

I really appreciate your help.

test-slug.fsm

FlexSim 17.0.13
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Joshua S avatar image Joshua S commented ·

Where would you like the slugs to accumulate at?

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ShabDz avatar image ShabDz Joshua S commented ·

Hi @Joshua S, I guess I used wrong wording. I just want each couple of secondary conveyors receives 6 boxes at a time (the box color doesn't matter). I don't want to accumulate boxes anywhere. I just want the DPs to pass the boxes to the right destination. If you run my model you'll see that the DPs on the primary conveyors are independently doing so. However, in the desired scenario, number of boxes sent from each DPs depends on the number of boxes sent from the other DP. Did this explanation help?

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See if this is what you are looking for.14666-test-slug.fsm


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Thank you so much @Joshua S

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