Combiner problem

I am trying to get my combiner to take a tote from a source, pack it with 10 cases, and then send it to a queue as one item. It acts like it is supposed to but it does not look like it is supposed to, the cases do not actually go in the tote. I have it set up to pack 10 units to port 1, and I am supplying the totes unlimited through a source.

Thanks!

The idea of the Combiner is that the container (tote, pallet) comes through Port 1 and the contents (units, items, products) through Port 2.
Connect the tote source as input port 1 and the content ports to 2 and higher.
This hopefully will solve your issue.

Angie,

Based on your description I assume that your combiner is working fine. The only thing is that the visualisation is not perfect. If you look at the flowitem tote it does not have an OnReceive node such as the "Pallet" flowitem. If you change the tote source to a "pallet source', you will see that the visulaisation looks a lot better. If you want to do this with the tote, you are going to have to create an "OnReceive" node (you can basicly copy the one from the pallet). Or if you want to make it really simple, you can just not show the contents of the tote..

I hope that I was able to help you.

Good luck,

Rachid Kolfin

Thanks for the help. You are right that the pallet works, but I can't seem to find where to change the tote settings. Do I change it in the flowitem bin or the source or some other way?

Thanks again.
Angie

Angie,

If you go into the tree and then into the Flowitem bin in the pallet, you can see that it has a node called "behaviour'. You can copy this node into the tote. I think it will not be perfect. You will probably have to make some modifications to the function called there.

Good luck,

Rachid Kolfin

Rachid,
I will give it a try!

Thanks,
Angie

Hi Angie

I usually find it easier to copy the pallet in the flow item bin and change it to look like the object you want.

You can then put code in the onRecieve trigger to control where each item is located when it is packed.

This is an example of code in one of my older models where I was packing 2 parts onto a modified pallet.

{
if (getrank(i)==1)
{
setloc(i,.8,.35,.75);
}
else
{
setloc(i,0,.35,.75);
}
}

Anth