Set the capacity of a cart depending on height

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Cyrine S asked Jun 3, '19 Joseph Gillespie commented Jun 26, '19

Set the capacity of a cart depending on height

Hi all!

[Flexsim 18.1.1]

Am using a combiner to combine a cart and two types of items of different sizes (packing). I want to set the capacity of the cart to 3 metters height ie : i continu to pack items as long as the height (in z axes) of the items is under or equal to 3m.

Do you have any idea on how to do so ?

Thank you in advance.

Software Version:

FlexSim 18.1.2

combiner pallet capacity cart height

Answer 1 · 2019-06-03T14:57:56Z

Braydn T answered Jun 3, '19

Hi @Cyrine S

What happens to the items in the combiner if the two items total more than 3 meters? Which item takes priority? Do you want it to continue to pack until it reaches 3 meters?

The easiest way to do this would be to assign a label to all of the items in process flow, and then use a decide to see if the total height is less than 3M.

Could you please upload your model so we could help you better?

Answer 2 · 2019-06-04T20:10:41Z

Clair A answered Jun 4, '19

Hi Cyrine,

In the attached sample model 2019-06-04-combine-up-to-max-height.fsm, there are items of 0.25 and 0.5 meters high, and they are combined inside a tote up to a maximum height of 3 meters.

Note that I took some assumptions to simplify this example:

stack: 1 item per level
it's possible to reach exactly the maximum height with an integer quantity of items

Hope this helps.

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2019-06-04-combine-up-to-max-height.fsm (25.3 KiB)

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