Modeling a Truck being Loaded

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Jesse R asked Sep 17, '20 Ben Wilson commented Sep 25, '20

Modeling a Truck being Loaded

Hi,

I am trying to setup transport logic where transport will wait at a queue (or processor) until a specific number of flow items is achieved then move these items to a sink. The basic idea is a truck getting loaded with dirt and then dumping the dirt elsewhere.

The queue is being supplied by a processor, and I only want the processor to be activated when the transport is waiting at the queue, and deactivated while no transport is idle nearby.

Would there be another way where the transport is being fed directly from the processor, with it only being activated while supplying the transport?

I will attach my project below:

Basic Model.fsm

Thanks for the help.

Software Version:

FlexSim 20.2.2

flexsim 20.2.2 transport

basic-model.fsm (48.9 KiB)

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Ben Wilson ♦♦ commented · Sep 25, 2020 at 02:41 PM

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Answer 1 · 2020-09-21T19:24:27Z

Cliff King answered Sep 21, '20

I added a queue to batch a quantity of 10 items before sending to the sink. The queue calls for the transport. The Transport needs to have a capacity larger than the batch size of course.

basic-model_1.fsm

Here's a couple to links to a couple other solutions as well:

https://answers.flexsim.com/questions/52467/view.html?overrideforward=1

https://answers.flexsim.com/questions/21455/how-to-make-the-forklift-transport-more-than-one-i.html

2020-09-21-13-17-18.png (271.1 KiB)

basic-model-1.fsm (47.5 KiB)