Taskexecuter does not apply to right unload station from exit transfer

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Joerg Vogel asked Jul 23 2020 at 1:49 PM anthony.johnson answered Jul 28 2020 at 12:21 AM

Taskexecuter does not apply to right unload station from exit transfer

In an example model I use AGV path besides network node path to transport items to two conveyors with entry transfers. I transfer tasksequences for both involved taskexecuter by an dispatcher. An exit transfer creates the standard transport tasksequences. The items are send to port by the picklist option "by Expression" with default setting item.Type . The AGV taskexecuter mixes the unloadstation in spite of a destination is set to a single object. This happens only when the exit transfer is on one side of the conveyor. If I move the exit transfer to the standard end location, the item delivery applies to the set destination. I found this behavior in FlexSim 18.2.3 and 20.1.3

processing_cylinders20_1.fsm

How can I get arround this behavior?

Software Version:

FlexSim 20.1.3

flexsim 20.1.3 flexsim 18.2.3 exit transfer destination error side transfers

conveyor-side-exit-transfer.png (71.8 KiB)

processing-cylinders20-1.fsm (54.2 KiB)

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Answer 1 · 2020-07-28T00:21:00Z

anthony.johnson answered Jul 28 2020 at 12:21 AM

@joerg.vogel This is a bug. We will hopefully fix this for the next release. The only way to get around this is to either put the transfer at the end of the conveyor, or feed the items into a queue at the end of the conveyor, and then send them from the queue.

Answer 2 · 2020-07-23T16:22:28Z

tannerp answered Jul 23 2020 at 4:22 PM Joerg Vogel commented Jul 24 2020 at 4:47 AM

@joerg.vogel,

I believe the side transfer shown in your image extends far enough along the conveyor that two items can receive tasks at once. Because of this, the TE already has a task sequence in its queue with Conveyor item #2. In the meantime, if the second TE takes Conveyor item #1, then the first TE might grab the wrong one and take it to the incorrect port.

To prevent this from happening, you can shorten the length of the side transfer so that only one task sequence at a time is sent to the dispatcher.

Hope this helps solve the issue.

processing-cylinders20-1_2.fsm

conveyor-item-two.png (26.6 KiB)

short-side-transfer.png (40.6 KiB)

processing-cylinders20-1-2.fsm (54.5 KiB)

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