Hello Team
I´ve created a model, once the product reach to one of the racks, is just going through one of the stations. I already tried multiple optiones such as all process in one, Global variables en process condition and I´m not able to distribute the product between the four hardware stations. Could you please let me know any recommendations about this? I´m attaching my model.
hardware casement currrent scenario REV01.vcmx (1.8 MB)
Hello @braian
when you configure parallel stations like you did, with a different name, it has a priority order : the product will be transported to the first process (Hardware Station 1), and if this one is already busy, to the second station, etc. In your case, the process time is very small, so the first station is always free when a new product arrives.
You could use the same name for the 4 stations, that way there is no priority order, and all of them will be used.
an Academy video about this : Process Modeling Flow Editor | Visual Components Academy
Thank you so much for your help
Hi @Tilma
I´ve tried to replicate what you suggested; however, again just one of the stations are working and after a couples of times a deadlock is created. Do I have to assign filters on the racks as well?
hardware casement currrent scenario (2).vcmx (1.8 MB)
The 4 Hardware station processes, either need to be called the same, and then you only need it once in the Process Flow Editor, or they are called differently, and you need the 4 in the process flow Editor. With the filter, the products will be transported in the process with the correct filter.
hardware casement currrent scenario (3).vcmx (1.9 MB)
In the example I sent in Distributing products with different percentages, I used a “uniform” function, which creates a number randomly, so it can be that several products are assigned to the same stations in a row.