How to use partial token value

Question

question

Jingyong P asked Sep 14, '20 Ben Wilson commented Sep 18, '20

How to use partial token value

Material 1 length = 500 ft

Material 2 length = 1800 ft

At processor, Material 1 &2 will be combined at 1: 1 ratio. then come out a final product in every 200 ft. (Please ignore the #D shape) at Processor, then remaining un-processed material will be used for next run till it is 100% used.

I have no clue how to do this. Could you please share some idea?

Thank you

combiner-in-process-flow (1).fsm

Software Version:

FlexSim 20.2.2

flexsim 20.2.2 partial token value

combiner-in-process-flow-1.fsm (53.1 KiB)

· 1

5 |100000

Attachments: Up to 12 attachments (including images) can be used with a maximum of 23.8 MiB each and 47.7 MiB total.

Ben Wilson ♦♦ commented · Sep 18, 2020 at 03:39 PM

Hi @jingyong.p, was tanner.p's answer helpful? If so, please click the red "Accept" button on their answer. Or if you still have questions, add a comment and we'll continue the conversation.

If we haven't heard back from you within 3 business days we'll auto-accept an answer, but you can always unaccept and comment back to reopen your question.

0 ·

Answer 1 · 2020-09-15T00:22:39Z

tannerp answered Sep 15, '20

@jingyong.p,

I think you're on the right track with what you're doing. You can use the label "length" on the list as a dynamic pull value. Then, if you set up the General properties tab as shown below, you can use a SELECT query to grab the "length" property and NOT the whole item.

After this is set up, you can write the pull query as seen here:

From here, there's a couple things you can do. You can create new objects that the operator can "combine", or you could just have the operator travel to each rack to "pull" the materials and then create one new product in the finished products queue.

You can also destroy the objects once the "length" is expired.

I'm not sure what works best, but I hope this trick helps you move forward. Let me know if you have questions. You can also review Tutorial Task 4.1 - Build the 3D Model and Process Flow, which was the inspiration for this solution.

I've attached an updated model that pulls "length" values from the list.

combiner-in-process-flow-1_1.fsm

1600128940595.png (12.4 KiB)

first-select-quantifier.png (19.9 KiB)

1600129108048.png (26.9 KiB)

1600129241909.png (38.6 KiB)

combiner-in-process-flow-1-1.fsm (53.2 KiB)

5 |100000

Attachments: Up to 12 attachments (including images) can be used with a maximum of 23.8 MiB each and 47.7 MiB total.

question