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Multi-Stage Worksheets

Stages are defined as a section of a plant that is divided by a surge system. A plant stage will start with a feed point and end with an Inventory Item (temporary surge) item. The temporary surge from one stage will connect to the next stage, and the gradation will carry to the next stage. The flow rate of the material can be changed in the next stage by adjusting the setup of the starting inventory item. The last stage ends with equipment category items End Products.

Stages are used to change the rate of flow between plant sections in a simulation. Material balance is maintained within a stage from the feed rates to inventory items or end products as the rate of material flow is calculated by AggFlow DM. The material entering all equipment and flow streams will pass through without being able to change the rate.

Feeders in a plant stage cannot be adjusted to change the flow rate within a stage.

Develop each operating stage in the simulation on a dedicated worksheet stage. Add and name each stage tab as necessary.

Important Notes About Multi-Stage Diagrams

Add up to 6 stages to each plant.
Only Inventory Items can be used to link stages.
It needed, stages can be linked in both directions.
Once created, stages can be renamed or deleted as desired.

To Add and Link Stages

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Select the + Stage tab.
Answer the “Do you want to add a stage to the plant?” question.
Enter the stage name and select OK.
Use Inventory Items to link the material flow stream from one stage to another:
- Select an Inventory item on the worksheet.
- Right-click and select Link To... from the short-cut menu.
- Indicate which stage to link the material flow to.

Stage and page numbers are displayed in the tabs and in the information bar at the bottom of the worksheet. Select the Link # text and right click to edit the text to wording that will help show which stage and where the link is to.

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