AGENDA Transporters Conveyors TRANSPORTER USES Material handling equipment Forklifts Dollys Workers that process orders for later pickup Valet Starbucks coffee maker Sonic fast food carhop TYPES OF TRANSPORTERS Free path Fork lift Can go between any areas in the system Guided transporter AGV Restricted to particular paths in the system TRANSPORTER RELATED STRUCTURES Blocks Request Transport Free Elements Transporters Distances Dstats Storage Animation REQUEST BLOCK Used to request a transporter Holds an entity in a queue until a transporter is available Transporter name Syntax for multiple transporters truck(rule or unit number) cyc, ran, lds, por, sds, etc. Entity location - station name Storages TRANSPORT BLOCK Transporter name Destination Velocity FREE BLOCK Releases transporters Entity continues through the model Transporter is available to respond to another request TRANSPORTER ELEMENT Describes operating characteristics of transporters Number of similar transporter units Map Velocity DISTANCES ELEMENT Defines transporters' systems map Specify travel distances between all stations that can be visited DSTATS NT(Transporter ID): Number of busy transporter units MT(Transporter ID): Number of active transporter units Etc. ANIMATION Use the animation toolbox on the right side of the screen Specify Stations Entities Queues Storage Parking Transporters Distances Names must correspond to element names TYPES OF CONVEYORS Non-Accumulating Accumulating CONVEYOR RELATED STRUCTURES Blocks Access Convey Exit Elements Conveyors Segments Animation ACCESS BLOCK Holds the entity in a queue until sufficient space is available on the conveyor for the entity Entities may access more than one conveyor unit CONVEY BLOCK Transfers the entity to another point on the conveyor EXIT BLOCK Releases conveyor cells accessed by the entity CONVEYORS ELEMENT Defines characteristics of the conveyors used in the model SEGMENTS ELEMENT Defines the conveyor's actual path in terms of a series of connecting segments between stations that the conveyor serves. ANIMATION Stations Entities Pictures Segments Drawing tools