Hello again dear community,
I am looking to model a Coil Steel warehouse that hosts multiple cranes in a single continuous long double rail, like hundreds of meters long and with 6 cranes that are able to work in overlapping zones.
The current component for the double rail controller only allows for two cranes to be connected, respect their boundaries and safety clearances. The waiting time from overlapping working zones is something that I want to consider because it has a big impact in productivity. I want to know if you guys have any ideas on how to model more than 2 cranes at this moment.
My current untested ideas are
1.-”Realistic idea”; Ditch away the crane controller and use the Human transport controller instead and let them use a “enlarged version” of the Lift Assist Cartesian tool. The idea is to regulate the interaction between each other by restricting the amount of resources in a pathway/work area. (Use human controller)
2.- “Difficult utopia idea”; Magically modify the Double Rail component controller’s Python code and allow more than 2 cranes to be connected and automatically wait for each-other.
3.- “Duct tape idea”; Use the default rail controller component and try to stop/restrict the crane movement. Using other component logic when more than two are detected in the same area the cranes could interact with each other regardless of the controller. For example, using an area sensor or detector to stop, slow the movement of overlapping cranes.
Let me know your opinion and if you have a better idea or solution
Thank you for your wisdom.
Some reference picture for the ones that have not used the Double rail controller.
