Hi, as seen in the below setup - is there a way to count the number of buffer items at the “from conveyor” process node?
I would like to know how many buffer items are there overtime, until the person eventually places all the items into the box. Ideally can the overtime count also be displayed as a statistics so that I could export to Excel for further analysis?
Thanks.
You can check the conveyor statistics for how many parts there are currently.
Just note that the statistics data is not updated real-time, but instead based on the statistics interval value, so this should be set to a small number like a few seconds.
Hi Este,
Which one of these is to be displayed in statistics - parts entered, parts exited or parts current?
Additionally, after researching that counting items at the From Conveyor process node is not possible as the flow gets lost at the start of the To Conveyor process node, as such - I have put another process node after the From Conveyor instead. However, it still does not count the items - is there a workaround for this?
Thanks
You could create an integer property and each time a product enters the conveyor/buffer, add one, and each time a product leaves, remove one:
Hi Tilma, I have followed your above but the buffer items count is not recording, may I know what did I miss out on?
In the TransportIn and TransportOut of your Process Node, did you set the Source to “From Component Container” and the Destination to “To Component Container”?
As it is on a conveyor, it could be that it didn’t detect that products were coming in and out without these settings
Thank you Tilma. Is there a way to display the buffer items number on the simulation itself? such as using kanban?
Yes, you could use the “Statistics Display” (Statistics) or the “Kanban” (Misc) component to show the property. You can open the metadata to see how to use them
I made a little helper for this, would this be helpful for you? If yes, I could push this helper to the eCat of the next release, so that you can use it in the next release. You can monitor a component with container or multiple components with containers.
Nice!It’s good!!!
