Delay between bags in process flow

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Najla AN asked Mar 24, '21 Haneen A commented Apr 7, '21

Delay between bags in process flow

hello,

in our model, we have bags as process flows that enter the model at a certain time but we want to set an inter-arrival time between each bag. we tried to do it with a Delay as shown in the pic1 (inter-arrival time between bags) but it didn't seem to work, bags will enter after one another with no delays between them as shown in pic2

we also wanted to create another delay for the bulkybags that every time a bulkybag enters the model, it will delay the bag that was before it and the one after it to mimic the real-life situation. can we solve it? if yes how?

we would really appreciate your help

LHS (1).fsm

Software Version:

FlexSim 20.2.0

processflow flexsim 20.2.0 flowitem delay conveyor belt

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Answer 1 · 2021-03-24T15:14:25Z

Jason Lightfoot answered Mar 24, '21 Haneen A commented Apr 7, '21

Add a zone around the interarrival delay and restrict the number in the zone to 1.

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Najla AN commented · Mar 24, 2021 at 04:48 PM

yes, we have tried this solution but it didn't work. we also thought of creating the bags inside the delay (inter-arrival for bags) but we couldn't do this because we need the delay (arrival time for flights (bags)) above.

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Jason Lightfoot ♦ Najla AN commented · Mar 24, 2021 at 05:10 PM

Yes - your delay is in the wrong place - you should delay before you create the bag. Once the bag is created in floor storage it starts its travel to the collection point.

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Najla AN Jason Lightfoot ♦ commented · Mar 24, 2021 at 05:46 PM

yes! that worked.

thank you very much dear Jason.

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