Plant ApplicationsAbout Mutually Exclusive Operation
Mutually exclusive operations are the operations that need to be performed alternatively (so, if two different operations have the same sequence number, only one of the operations marked as mutually exclusive need to be performed). For example, consider a motor that needs to be coated, and you have the following two operations: spray painting and powder coating; so, if you select to perform the powder coating operation, you need not perform the spray painting operation.
In Route Editor, you can select the required operations with same sequence number (priority) as mutually exclusive. If you perform one operation, then the other operation need not be performed. For example, if you select operation A and operation B as mutually exclusive, then, if the operation A is performed, the operation B will be excluded.
- A motor that undergoes coating can be either powder coated, or spray painted. In this case, you can mark both the operations with the same sequence number and mark them as mutually exclusive.
- A part that requires welding can either be done in-house, or can be outsourced to an external vendor. In this case, you can mark the in-house welding and the outsourced welding operations with the same sequence number and tag them as mutually exclusive. Additionally, you can also mark the outsourced operation as a Non-clocking operation (see section under Behaviours). So, if you select to weld the part in-house, it will be a clocked operation, and the outsourced operation will be excluded. If you select to weld the part as an outsourced operation, then the in-house welding operation will be excluded.