1. Lab Module 11 Vehicles and Conveyors
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2. 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
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3. Video 1 – Vehicles expo(1) min tria(1, 1.75, 2.25) min
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4. Video 2 - Conveyors
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5. Many types of conveyors are in common use
Bottling lines, Luggage, Roller, Belt, Mining, Overhead Power & Free
Each has particular behaviors to be modeled.

6. Video 2 - Conveyors 3 meters/sec Expo(.4) min. 2 meters/sec
Tria(.1, .2, .3) min.
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7. 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)
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8. 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
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