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Attaching a Single Carrier to a Material#

This scenario describes how to attach a single carrier to a single material. Consider the SemiFGLotCreation Step at the SemiFG Flow.

Diagram showing the flows for FGood, SemiFG, SemiFGCarriers, and Frames, and how the system adds carriers to, and removes them from, the SemiFG material as it moves through the flow.

Preconditions#

At the SemiFGLotCreation Step:

  • The system creates a new SemiFG.01 Material.

  • The MaterialCarrierContext table has an entry that defines an Add Operation for SemiFGCarriers. In the shop floor, the system requires an operator to attach a SemiFG Carrier to allow the Material to move on.

    Screenshot showing the MaterialCarrierContext entry that requires a SemiFG Carrier at the SemiFGLotCreation step.

  • The Carrier Material Verification Mode is set to At Move Next. If the operator does not attach a SemiFGCarrier to SemiFG.01, the system prevents the Move Next action and displays an error indicating the required carrier is missing.

    Screenshot showing the MaterialCarrierContext entry that requires a SemiFG Carrier at the SemiFGLotCreation step.

Sequence of Steps#

1. Open the SemiFGLotCreation Step.#

Login to MES and proceed as follows:

  1. On the left side menu, select Business Data
  2. On the Business Data panel, select Step.
  3. In the search box, type SemiFGLotCreation.
  4. Select the corresponding Step from the search results.

2. Open the Manage Carrier Materials wizard#

Open the Manage Carrier Materials wizard for the SemiFG.01 Material at the SemiFGLotCreation Step.

  1. On the top ribbon, select the Step View tab.
  2. On the Materials table, select the SemiFG.01 checkbox.
  3. On the top ribbon, select More.

  4. On the dropdown menu, select Manage from the Carrier Materials section.

    Screenshot showing the Step View with the Manage Carrier Materials option under More.

3. Assign the correct SemiFG Carrier to each sub-material.#

  1. Select a sub-material from the list.
  2. In the Carrier Material field, assign carrier from the list. For example, SemiFGCarriers.01.
  3. Select the Save button to save the assignment.

Screenshot showing the Manage Carrier Materials dialog with a SemiFG Carrier assigned to each sub-material.

Result#

After you attach a SemiFG Carrier as a sub-material, the Material can proceed. You can see the sub-materials with the attached carriers on the sub-material list of the SemiFG.01 Material.

You can also trace the material and carrier associations as the flows progress.

Screenshot showing the Carriers tab with the attached SemiFG Carriers recorded for each sub-material.

Once attached, the state of the carriers changes to Durable. Note that you cannot assign the same carrier to another sub-material. To assign the same carrier to more than one material, you must set the Allow Shared Carriers flag to true in the MaterialCarrierContext table.

Screenshot showing the CarrierStorage step with the attached carriers in the Durable state.

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