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I want to start a new loading processing after the main loading process is full

kodiak-pollock-current-walk-in-freezer-91118.fsmI want to start a new loading process after the main loading process is full. I have a tunnel freezer and it is being loaded. Once the tunnel freezer is full I want to start loading an additionalw2separate freezers. How do i do this. My first concern is that the tunnel freezer has to show it is full to its capacity. The second concern how will this trigger the event for the operator or new operators to being loading the two side freezers instead. the max capacity is 40 racks. 20 in each. This is about 52800 lbs. This would take a 7 hour cycle time to freeze.

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You have to adjust the freeze time to 7.5 sorry forgot to adjust

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Any feedback on this?

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Jeff Nordgren avatar image Jeff Nordgren commented ·
@Tam P

Can you be a little more specific about the objects in question? For example, you mention that you want to start a new loading process after the main loading process is full. What is the main loading process? What object names does that involve? What are the object names for the new loading process? Not sure what object is the "tunnel freezer". Not sure what objects are the additional freezers. Can you explain further, with object model names, how the process is suppose to flow in the model?

Thanks.

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Yes of course. Our process is of a fish processing plant. The process begins by the machine operators as they load fish into a machine. Once there the fish gets the head removed and gutted(not shoiwn due to limited computer capabilities).The conveyor then feeds the fish to our conveyor lines where different workers sort the fish by size. They then being to put fish into trays that are then loaded onto a rack.11 trays per rack. The rack then sends the trays to be frozen in a tunnel freezer. Queue 2, 12,13,14,15 are symbolizing the tunnel freezer. There is instances where our tunnel freezer is full and we are not able to continue to freeze in the tunnel freezer. At this point we then begin to freeze in our walk in freezers. I am trying to show in our model that we have reach full capacity in our tunnel freezer. (7.75 freeze time). Now we need to begin loading the 2 walk in freezers queue 8 and 9. I do not know how to add some sort of trigger that allows the operator or Freezer Loader 128 to begin loading the walk ins. Queue 8-9.

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Joerg Vogel answered Tam P commented

You can put two processors in your 3D model. The 1st processor is connected to a queue which distributes the items. The 2nd processor is connected to the same queue at the second output port. The standard Send To Port mechanism in the queue sends all items to the 1st processor until there isn't any capacity left, then the items are going to the second processor. You can change the capacity in the properties of the processor. The process time (cycle time) applies for each item independently. If the processor should only accept new items once the processor is empty you close the input when the last item is entering the processor and you open the input when there is only one item on exit in the processor.

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ok thank you i will attempt this

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One possible solution would be to make one token for each "spot" in each freezer. The token would have a label that references which freezer it belongs to. You could then push all these tokens to a list. As you need spots in a freezer, you can pull from the list, and prioritize by which freezer you want to fill first. When the object leaves the freezer, you can put that "spot" token back on the list.

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Tam P avatar image Tam P commented ·

let me think about this some more.

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Tam P avatar image Tam P Tam P commented ·

Do you have an example of something like this? Preferably something simple not to complicated. Thanks again.

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Tam P avatar image Tam P Tam P commented ·

Can you please provide a model with the features you mentioned? I want to attempt to recreate it. Thanks.

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