Material Flow Objects

Tecnomatix Plant Simulation provides these objects for simulating the flow of materials through a plant:

Objects for modeling the plant and for controlling the simulation:
- The Connector for establishing material flow connections between objects along which the parts move.
- The EventController for coordinating and synchronizing the events taking place during a simulation run.
- The Frame as the container for creating your simulation models. It might, for example, represent a complex machine, a part of an plant, or the entire plant. The Frame is the principal object facilitating hierarchic modeling.
- The Interface for modeling transitions between Frames, i.e., from one part of the model to another. It also facilitates hierarchic modeling.
The material flow objects proper:
- The AngularConverter for changing the conveying direction of the mobile objects.
- The AssemblyStation for adding mounting parts to a main part, for example doors to a car body.
- The Buffer for temporarily holding a large number of parts.
- The Converter for conveying a part either straight through or for lifting it onto a laterally moving transport level and then conveying it to the left or right-hand side.
- The Conveyor for modeling a conveyor system.
- The Cycle for synchronizing the transfer of parts from station to station.
- The DismantleStation for removing mounting parts from a main part.
- The Drain for removing the parts from the plant after they have been processed. It usually represents the shipping department of your plant.
- The FlowControl for modeling strategies for splitting-up and bringing together the flow of materials.
- The ParallelStation for modeling stations for processing several parts in parallel at the same time.
- The PickAndPlace Robot for picking up a part at one station and placing it onto another station.
- The PlaceBuffer for temporarily holding parts in a row, one behind the other.
  By default the PlaceBuffer is not part of the built-in objects that the Toolbox provides. You can add it at any time to your simulation model by clicking Manage Class Library on the Home ribbon tab of the Icon Editor.
- The Sorter for sorting parts according to different sort criteria.
- The Source for producing the parts that move through your model. It usually represents the receiving department of your plant or the main machine producing the parts.
- The Station for processing parts on a single processing station. You’ll use it for modeling most of your machines.
- The Store for storing parts.
- The Track for modeling the track or road on which the Transporter drives.
- The Turnplate for modeling a rotating platform, which rotates the loaded parts and ensures the uniform orientation of the leaving parts.
- The Turntable for modeling a rotating platform, which moves the part onto one of several connected material flow objects and/or turns it around.
- The TwoLaneTrack for modeling a part of a transport line with two lanes on which Transporter traffic moves in opposing directions.
The mobile objects which the material flow objects process or which transport materials:
- The Container for modeling pallets, bins, boxes, etc.
- The Part for modeling parts being produced and transported.
- The Transporter for modeling self-propelled vehicles allowing it to drive on its own on a Track and to transport parts.
The resource objects, which represent the workers and stations related to them:
- The Broker for brokering offered services and required services. You might model the supervisor of an plant or the foreman of a shop with it.
- The Exporter for providing and exporting services. It represents a group of people, whose individual members you cannot distinguish and whom you cannot address as individuals.
- The FootPath for modeling a path on which the worker walks from the workerpool to the workplace.
- The ShiftCalendar for modeling the shifts worked in your plant.
- The Worker for doing a job on a workplace at a station.
- The WorkerPool r for modeling the lounge or the staff room of your plant.
- The Workplace for modeling the actual place at the station, where the worker performs his job.
In addition Tecnomatix Plant Simulation provides the TransferStation for loading and unloading stations.