Rockwell Automation Arena Packaging Users Guide - Manual (Page 86)

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Palletizer variables
D ESCRIPTION
Arena Packaging provides variables that access information about each palletizer in the
model. Palletizer Name is the symbol name for the palletizer entered in the main module
dialog box.
The only variables that are user-assignable are the SpeedFactor and LostProduction
variables. The SpeedFactor variable may be assigned values using the Change Speed
Factor of Palletizer action in Actions modules or dialog boxes. The LostProduction
variable may be assigned values using the Change Lost Production of Palletizer action in
Actions modules or dialog boxes.
V ARIABLES
Palletizer Name_Blocked [Yes(1)/No(0)]—Returns Yes(1) if the palletizer is in the
Blocked state and No(0) otherwise. A palletizer is considered blocked if its speed factor
equals zero for any reason other than a failure, changeover, or scheduled stop.
Palletizer Name_FailureNumber [Integer>=0]—Returns a 0 if the Palletizer is not failed.
If the failures for the Palletizer are defined using Expected Uptime or Reliability logic,
this variable will return a 1 when the Palletizer is failed. If the failures for the Palletizer
are defined using individual failure streams, this variable will return the Failure Number
of the stream that has failed the Palletizer when it is failed.
Palletizer Name_GoodOutputRate [Units/Min]—Returns the current output rate of good
units out of the palletizer.
Palletizer Name_BaseGoodOutputRate [Units/BaseTimeUnit]—Returns the current output
rate of good units out of the palletizer.
Palletizer Name_GoodUnitsProd [Units]—Returns the total number of good units that
have been produced by the palletizer.
Palletizer Name_InputRate [Units/Min]—Returns the current input rate of units into the
palletizer.
Palletizer Name_BaseInputRate [Units/BaseTimeUnit]—Returns the current input rate of
units into the palletizer.
Palletizer Name_LayersSwept [Layers]—Returns the number of layers that have been
swept on or off pallets by the Palletizer.
Palletizer Name_LostProduction [Percentage]—Returns the lost production of the Pallet-
izer (0-100%). The initial value of this variable can be specified in the Loss dialog of the
Palletizer.