Transporting batches of parts between queues

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Mike S5 asked Apr 21, '20 Joerg Vogel answered May 13, '20

Transporting batches of parts between queues

I don't know why I'm having such a hard time with what seems like a simple concept. I would like to have items go through a processor and be collected in a batch (i.e. parts put in a bin) and then the bin sent to the next queue that can only hold so many bins. The subsequent processor then processes the items in the bin one at a time until the finished parts fill up its bin to be sent to the next operation. I can't get batching in the queues to work right, especially with multiple output ports. When the batch is full the bin is then divided up among available queues. Can't seem to figure out how to do this.

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FlexSim 18.1.2

flexsim 18.1.2

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Mike S5 commented · Apr 22, 2020 at 12:14 AM

The only way that I'm finding out how to do this is to put a combiner and a separator on either side of every processor. This seems really clunky. Is this really the only way??

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Joerg Vogel Mike S5 commented · Apr 22, 2020 at 02:48 AM

No it isn’t the only way, but it is easy and simple. I am able to build a logic that implements the function of a whole car manufacturing plant into a processor object, but is this clear? Wouldn’t it be better, I can watch how a car is build instead of I let vanish items in a black box and a car appears. You can hope someone will come up with a process flow logic example object in a model. But in my opinion the chunky way is better now for you, because you understand how it is done. Any other advanced logic stuff of someone else does the same on a process flow processor. You have to understand the logic later by your own to change the behavior yourself.

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Mike S5 commented · Apr 22, 2020 at 02:53 AM

Thanks for the input Jorg. It's been a long time since I've worked with FlexSim, so trying to re-learn everything all over again.

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Answer 1 · 2020-04-22T02:26:43Z

Joerg Vogel answered Apr 22, '20

Perhaps you change the point of view a bit. combiners, separators and processors are incorporating typical functions, Now you look at them and you see a single machine. I see only their functions, I can combine. If you need a machine that separates and integrates, then you place a separator and combiner in a model. You hide both under a shape. And if it is necessary, you impose the conveying of single parts on a processor by processing a surrogate part on an processor just to get an animation. Or any other procedure to get an animation would work, too.

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