How to have loaded item on elevator wait to unload?

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Cody F asked Jun 27, '19 Cody F commented Jul 22, '19

How to have loaded item on elevator wait to unload?

I am using a system of conveyors with some elevators to bring the items onto an overhead system and back down. I want to show the elevator loaded and waiting to unload at the lower conveyor until the space to unload becomes available. I need to do this in order to eliminate the load and travel time. I can figure out how to have the elevator waiting at the right location at the upper conveyor to be ready to load, but then it waits to load the item and then travel until the space is vacant on the lower conveyor. Can this be done?

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FlexSim 19.1.1

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Answer 1 · 2019-06-27T22:37:23Z

Joseph Gillespie answered Jun 27, '19 Cody F commented Jul 22, '19

@Cody F

You can probably do this by editing your Process Flow to load the item and move down before the space below is available, then unload the item when space is available.

If you upload your current model I can give you a better answer of whether what you're trying to do is possible.

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Cody F commented · Jul 18, 2019 at 06:54 PM

Sorry, I thought I had it working but I do not. It's either bypassing my attempts to tell it a location height to be ready at, or I can't figure out what logic to apply for it to see if a station is open. Anything I try to do after it's loaded makes it hold onto the item. Attached is my model: elevatorquestion.fsm

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