Rockwell Automation Arena Packaging Users Guide - Manual (Page 22)

A RENA P ACKAGING T EMPLATE U SER ’ S G UIDE
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The five topics are introduced briefly below.
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Products, production plans, and changeovers
By default, the Arena Packaging template’s algorithms simulate the flow of a
“generic” or single product type through the system. Optionally, you can model the
flow of multiple product types and thus incorporate product-related issues such as
changeovers, set-up times, product-dependent run speeds, etc.
The Product and Production Plans modules are available for defining multiple products
processed in a system and their requirements. The Production and Changeovers option
in Machine and Palletizer modules is where you assign changeover times or production
plan data to those elements.
The Switch module can be used to split unit flow based on product type.
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Scheduled stops
Arena Packaging has options for defining scheduled downtimes or maintenance for
machines, conveyors, and palletizers in the system. Scheduled stops are considered to
be planned downtimes and thus are reported and tracked separately from the failures
that occur due to equipment reliability. Unlike failures, scheduled stops are also not
factored into utilization.