TimeDelay

The tracker process unit components are responsible for tracking of material on behalf of the process units. The tracker process units are responsible for material transactions, run transactions, time allocation and data acquisition transaction related to the process units.

The TimeDelay tracker process unit is a real time tracker process unit designed for continuous tracking where the order of materials in the tracker process unit is significant and the amount flow out of the tracker process unit cannot be controlled directly. This means that materials can only be moved out of the process the same order as they entered the process, a specified time after they entered. Typical applications of TimeDelay are conveyor belts at constant or variable speed. The flow of material out of the tracker process unit can only be controlled implicitely by controlling the retention time in the tracker process unit.