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Route to next cut

Separate load entities

Assign tonnage in room cut Assign tonnage in room cut Assign tonnage in entry cut Assign tonnage in entry cut

Yes
Yes No
No
Transport load to belt feeder Is next cut a turned crosscut?

Travel to cut station Is next cut a turned crosscut? Dispose load from model

Initialize model logic Assign ID to entites Cut station & haulage logic Duplicate load entity Is next cut a room? No Belt feeder logic Free LHD at feeder

Create load entities Record tonnage mined Record number of visits to cut Assign next battery change time Dump coal in feeder

Decrease tonnage in cut Document length of replication Record number of battery changes

Load haulers Resource:CM Batch entities Change battery

Yes Yes logic.
Haulers spotting model

Move to next cut? No Change battery? No DES
Request hauler 5.9

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