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Workers having different cycle times on the same machine

Posted: Monday 08 July, 2019 - 15:11
by up912201
Hello,

I'm trying to design a production line where different workers perform a task on the same machine one after the other, with each worker taking a different amount of time to perform the task.

I'd like some guidance on how to achieve this.

I am making use of ED version 8.2.5

Re: Workers having different cycle times on the same machine

Posted: Tuesday 09 July, 2019 - 09:25
by HarryBunnik
Ha up912201,

What you want to do is change the CycleTime of the server that is representing the machine, when a worker (HumanResource, HR) is assigned the task. So this is the moment an HR is called.

Especially for such moments, the HR has a trigger "When called". Here you can update the value that is set in the CycleTime of the server using the following code:

Since we are making a call to the server, we need to create a reference to the server. In the help of the HR we can find that we have a link to a product of the in(3, c), so that is the 3rd incoming channel of the HR. We know that the product is currently located in the Server that just requested this HR. So the up(in(3,c)) is the server. Then the only thing we have to do is set the attribute CylceTime of the server.

Code: Select all

	Do(
		var([atmServer], vbAtom, up(in(3, c))),
  
		Att([CycleTime], atmServer) := 100
	)
So this code you have to place on all your workers and define the time that you want to spend on the task (here I used 100 sec.).

When there are more machines, you'll have to check which machine it is, and assign a time. So that would be something for a case statement in combination with a WhichIsTrue.

I hope this helps you further!

Cheers,

Harry

Re: Workers having different cycle times on the same machine

Posted: Tuesday 09 July, 2019 - 11:04
by HarryBunnik
I now realize that the Human Resource first came with ED 9.0 However, similar code can also be placed on the Operator I think.

Success!

Harry

Re: Workers having different cycle times on the same machine

Posted: Thursday 11 July, 2019 - 15:32
by up912201
Thanks for the reply. I'll try this out and see how it goes.