Material Handling – Conveyor Simulation Software
The FlexSim Conveyor Simulation Software module is a powerful, free FlexSim add-on that was created specifically for modeling conveyor handling systems. It combines the detail needed for material handling applications with the ease-of-use engineers have come to expect from a FlexSim simulation model. Quickly represent slug building and release systems without writing a single line of code, along with power and free systems, realistic picking operations, and much more.
What can it do?
The FlexSim Conveyor Simulation Software module is a superior alternative to other material handling simulation software. For instance slug building and release logic, was time consuming for an inexperienced modeler, creating a litany of stations and photoeyes. FlexSim has developed a slug build and release process that only requires intuitive drag-and-drop.
Download & Try for free
Download the FlexSim evaluation version. Do not forget to download the Conveyor Simulation Software module through the FlexSim on-line content.
Picking Realism
Showing cases being picked from a rack and placed on a belt conveyor requires time, effort, and a load of pick up and drop off points. Most modelers save time by having cases placed at the end of a belt conveyor in a picking area and then transported to a merge. FlexSim Conveyor Simulation Software is the only software module in the industry to provide this capability as a standard function. Operators can now pick up cases from a range of possible pick up points in a rack and drop off cases at a range of possible drop off points along the conveyor, rather than a single fixed point. It all makes for easy simulation of picking operations.
Slug building simplified
FlexSim has developed a slug build and release process that requires no computer code to model a sawtooth merge. In fact, it also requires no photoeyes and fewer stations than other popular simulation packages. View our process below to see how FlexSim has taken the tedium out of modeling complex conveyor systems.