Discrete Grinding: Oper. Conds Tab

Variable Definitions, Ranges and Default Values

The following table shows a brief description of the variables appearing in this tab. The table also displays their default values and their generally acceptable range:

Variable	Default Value	Range

● Discrete Throughput (per unit) (entities/h)	0.0	Positive
● Operating Throughput (per unit) (kg/h)	0.0	Positive
○ Setup Time (min) The amount of time (per cycle) spent before each operation is carried in preparation for the actual execution of the operation. It may involve actions like cleaning, vacuuming, setting up of equipment, etc. which the user opted not to model explicitly.	0.0	Positive
◙ Process Time (min) The actual duration of the operation (per cycle). It can be either set by user or set by a master-slave relationship.	60.0	Positive

Symbol Key: ○ User-specified value (always input); ● Calculated value (always output); ◙ Sometimes input, sometimes output

Specification Choices / Comments

The following list describes the available specification choices in this tab; for more details on how these are implemented, see Discrete Grinding: Modeling Calculations.

The Discrete Throughput is based on the input stream.

•Duration Options...

In Rating Mode, you can set the process time (and the setup time) or allow the process time to be calculated (based on the throughput of the units). In Design mode you must either specify the process time (and the setup time).