Rockwell Automation Arena Packaging Users Guide - Manual (Page 81)

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Conveyor variables
D ESCRIPTION
The Arena Packaging template provides variables that access information about each
conveyor in the model. Conveyor Name is the symbol name for the conveyor 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 Conveyor action in Actions modules or dialog boxes. The LostProduction
variable may be assigned values using the Change Lost Production of Conveyor action in
Actions modules or dialog boxes.
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Conveyor Name_Blocked [Yes(1)/No(0)]—Returns Yes(1) if the conveyor is in the
Blocked state and No(0) otherwise. A conveyor is considered blocked if its speed factor
equals zero for any reason other than a failure or scheduled stop.
Conveyor Name_Capacity [Units]—Returns the capacity of the conveyor. The capacity is
calculated from the length, width, and unit density of the conveyor entered in the
conveyor dialog box (i.e., length * width * unit density).
Conveyor Name_FailureNumber [Integer>=0]—Returns a 0 if the conveyor is not failed.
If the failures for the conveyor are defined using Expected Uptime or Reliability logic,
this variable will return a 1 when the conveyor is failed. If the failures for the conveyor are
defined using individual failure streams, this variable will return the Failure Number of
the stream that has failed the conveyor when it is failed.
Conveyor Name_GoodOutputRate [Units/Min]—Returns the current output rate of good
units off of the conveyor.
Conveyor Name_BaseGoodOutputRate [Units/BaseTimeUnit]—Returns the current
output rate of good units off of the conveyor.
Conveyor Name_GoodUnitsConveyed [Units]—Returns the total number of good units
that have been taken off of the conveyor.
Conveyor Name_InputRate [Units/Min]—Returns the current input rate of units onto the
conveyor.
Conveyor Name_BaseInputRate [Units/BaseTimeUnit]—Returns the current input rate of
units onto the conveyor.
Conveyor Name_Length [Feet or Meters]—Returns the length of the conveyor as entered
in the module dialog box.