Object - Processor
Beginner's Guide to Moicon
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Processors receive resources, raw materials or parts and operate on them.
Properties
Select a Processor in your process model, the menu allows you to change properties.
Process Name: Processor name
MTBF: The mean time between failures for this processor and all its operations. For example, 2400 hr indicates that, on average, the processor runs 2400 hours before failing.
MTTR: The mean time needed to repair the processor after a failure. For example, 20 min indicates that, on average, it will take 20 minutes to repair this processor.
Output Rate: Number of items output by unit of time.
Items produced: Total number of items produced.
Output Rate and Items Produced Indicators
The Output Rate is a measure of how quickly a Processor object produces items. It is typically expressed in terms of the number of items produced per unit of time, such as items per minute or items per hour.
The Items Produced indicator is a variable that tracks the total number of items that have been produced by a Processor object to monitor the overall efficiency of the Processor object.
In a manufacturing system, the Output Rate and Items Produced indicators can be used to help optimize production and identify bottlenecks or other inefficiencies in the process. For example, if the Output Rate is low, it may indicate that the Processor object is not operating at its full capacity, or that there is some other constraint that is limiting production. On the other hand, if the Output Rate is too high, it may result in an excess of inventory, which can increase storage and handling costs.
Overall, the Output Rate and Items Produced indicators are useful tools for understanding and improving the performance of Processor objects in a manufacturing system.
Set the Output Routing Options
If an item is sending material to many targets, the Output Routing parameters are used.
Example: Items that come out of an assembly process, might be stored in one of numerous containers awaiting shipment. The materials are routed based on the possibilities available.
Choose the preferred Output Routing type from the drop-down menu:
Fixed Priority: The first target that was defined is given priority.
Shortest Queue: Select the target with the shortest queue.
Longest Queue: Select the target with the longest queue.
Round-Robin: Regardless of queue length, rotate targets in sequence.
Automatic re-routing: Automatically re-route remaining items in case selected output is at capacity
Set the Operation Options
Name: Operation name
Setup Time: How long it will take to set up resource
Processing Time: How long it will take to process resource
Minimum Quantity: Amount of minimum resources to start the processor
Operation Type: Select between Simple / Split or Merge mode.
Split or Merge
Changing the Operation type in the processor will allow you to duplicate or divide items. Set the appropriate ratio to change the amount of flowing materials.
Operation type: Select between Simple / Split or Merge mode.
Simple: The item will be processed for a specified period of time without splitting or merging.
Split or Merge: The item will be processed for a specified period with splitting or merging according to specified ratio.
Split/Merge ratio:
value <1 -> It will cause merging of the item. Be aware to change Minimum Quantity needed to perform merge action (See reference 2 in the image). Example:
0.5 -> Input 2 item will merge into 1 item as output. Set Minimum Quantity to 2.
0.25 -> Input 4 item will merge into 1 item as output. Set Minimum Quantity to 4.
0.2 -> Input 5 item will merge into 1 item as output. Set Minimum Quantity to 2.
0.1 -> Input 10 item will merge into 1 item as output. Set Minimum Quantity to 10.
value =1 -> Process will behave like Simple Operation Type.
value >1 -> It will cause splitting of the item.
value is >1 and with decimal fraction (0.xx) -> The ratio will take into account only the integer part of the value, it will not consider fractions, example:
set 1.1 -> behaves like 1.0
set to 1.46 -> behaves like 1.0
set to 2.99 -> behaves like 2.0
value =1 -> process operation will not process any item