Lab Module 11 Vehicles and Conveyors Copyright © 2013 - Jeffrey S. Smith and Simio LLC | All Rights Reserved
Objectives and Outline Lab Objectives Continue learning basic Simio modeling Learn to use Vehicle objects from the Standard Library Learn to use Conveyor objects from the Standard Library Develop a comprehensive model using conveyors and vehicles Lab Outline Video 1 – Vehicles Video 2 – Conveyors Video 3 – Assignments Copyright © 2013 - Jeffrey S. Smith and Simio LLC | All Rights Reserved
Video 1 – Vehicles expo(1) min tria(1, 1.75, 2.25) min Copyright © 2013 - Jeffrey S. Smith and Simio LLC | All Rights Reserved
Video 2 - Conveyors Copyright © 2013 - Jeffrey S. Smith and Simio LLC | All Rights Reserved
Many types of conveyors are in common use Bottling lines, Luggage, Roller, Belt, Mining, Overhead Power & Free Each has particular behaviors to be modeled.
Video 2 - Conveyors 3 meters/sec Expo(.4) min. 2 meters/sec Tria(.1, .2, .3) min. Copyright © 2013 - Jeffrey S. Smith and Simio LLC | All Rights Reserved
Video 3 – Assignment Package Arrivals (3) Conveyor Merge Labeler Palletizer Shrink Wrap To Shipping By forklift Labeler Input/Output buffer capacity: 0 Processing time: 0.2 minutes/package Random failures Uptime ~ expo(2) hours Repair ~ uniform(5, 10) minutes Palletizer 24 packages/pallet 5 seconds per package to place on pallet Infinite number of pallets available Shrink Wrap Processing time: uniform(1, 2) minutes Input buffer capacity: 0 Output buffer capacity: 1 Forklift Speed: 1 meter/second Pallet capacity: 1 Load/Unload time: 30 seconds IAT ~ expo(1) min (each source) Copyright © 2013 - Jeffrey S. Smith and Simio LLC | All Rights Reserved
Video 3 – Assignment Facility 50 meters Line 1 50 meters Line 2 Create a nicely animated model and determine: How many forklifts are required? What if each forklift could carry 2 pallets at a time? You will need to assume (and specify) many things … 150 meters Shipping/Receiving Copyright © 2013 - Jeffrey S. Smith and Simio LLC | All Rights Reserved