Remaining time trigger

[Daniel Dwiggins]

I'm  modeling a production line that has several batch processes, meaning that they handle a large number of units at once, and take much longer than the general tact time.  We're trying to set it up so the arrival of mating components is just in time, so I would like to trigger an event (entity gate to release an additional component into it's processes) every time the batch is, say, 30 minutes from completing it's run.  

Obviously I could divide the entities (either the batch process, or the entity and use a shorter delay), and use the transition between them to trigger the event, but it seems like it should be simpler than that.  I tried expression entity based on the "remaining time" attribute of the batch process, but am unable to parse it into a number.

Am I missing something simple? 

Thanks,
Dan

[Cristiano Silva]

I would try using the "expression threshold".

Atenciosamente,

Cristiano Luís Turbino de França e Silva

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