Rockwell Automation Arena Users Guide - Manual (Page 81)

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The Advanced Transfer Panel
This chapter presents the modules from the Advanced Transfer panel, which includes the
modules needed for modeling the movement of entities from one location to another.
Example uses of each module are included in this section.
General flowchart modules
Flowchart modules are the set of objects that are placed in the model window to describe
the simulation process.
Enter module
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The Enter module defines a station (or a set of stations) corresponding to a physical or
logical location where processing occurs. When an entity arrives at an Enter module, an
unloading delay may occur and any transfer device used to transfer the entity to the Enter
module’s station may be released.
The station (or each station within the defined set) has a matching Activity Area that is
used to report all times and costs accrued by the entities in this station. This Activity
Area’s name is the same as the station. If a parent Activity Area is defined, then it also
accrues any times and costs by the entities in this station.
T YPICAL USES
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The start of a part’s production in a series of parallel processes where the part’s forklift
needs to be released
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The start of a document’s processing after the document has been created where the
mail clerk resource needs to be released
P ROMPTS
Prompt Description
Name Unique name of the module that will be displayed in the flowchart.
Station Type Type of station, either a single Station or station Set.
Station Name Name of the individual station. A given station can only exist once
within a model.
Parent Activity Area Name of the Activity Area’s parent.
Associated Intersection Name of the intersection associated with this station in a guided
transporter network.