How to use the Combiner

Question

question

Luis Guillermo AAR asked Jun 14, '20 tannerp commented Jun 25, '20

How to use the Combiner

Hello, I am new to using flexsim and I am designing the process of a factory for balancing animals, and I do not know how to program the combiner so that it resides a specific quantity of each material that is needed for each of the products.

I need to make three types of products, so I need the combiner to have the necessary quantity for each of the products. I don't know if there is the possibility of using tables with a specific time or quantity.

Attached is the model I am trying to test, thanks for help!

Factory of balanced animals.fsm

Software Version:

FlexSim 20.1.1

flexsim 20.1.1 combiner component list products

factory-of-balanced-animals.fsm (53.5 KiB)

· 1

tannerp commented · Jun 25, 2020 at 06:39 PM

Hi @Luis Guillermo AAR, was Benjamin W2's or tanner.p's answer helpful? If so, please click the red "Accept" button on one of their answers!

0 ·

Answer 1 · 2020-06-15T15:47:42Z

Benjamin W2 answered Jun 15, '20

Hi @Luis Fernando HNM,

Check out this question: https://answers.flexsim.com/questions/33687/how-can-target-quantity-on-a-combiner-be-more-dyna.html

I think this will have all the info you need.

Answer 2 · 2020-06-15T15:39:59Z

tannerp answered Jun 15, '20

@Luis Guillermo AAR,

The combiner pulls products from each of its input ports. So, you need to make sure each of the input ports is properly stocked.

You can achieve this using an Arrival Schedule in your source objects rather than an Inter-Arrival Time. Or, if you have other events in the model that should trigger a "re-stock" of these items, you could trigger the creation of items that way instead. There's a variety of things that could work.

sources-into-combiner.png (96.5 KiB)

arrival-schedule.png (16.8 KiB)

question