AGV’s (Automated Guided Vehicles)
When you’re going horizontal, AGVs can be your best move.
WEPCO engineers know when to use an AGV system for your materials handling applications. From a business standpoint, indicators might be a short supply of dependable, qualified labor, fluctuating material flow or demand and the prohibitive cost of new space construction. From a facility standpoint, key factors that indicate an AGV system as the best solution are:
- consistent, stable loads
- steady, continuous, low-to-medium throughput
- long distances
- electronic dispatching of loads
- process automation
- AS/RS interface
COUNTERBALANCE AGVs operate in almost all plant environments and are powered by an industrial battery, fuel cell, or other required technology.
FORK STYLE AGVs can pick up and deliver loads to many elevations and stations; interface with racking, floor locations, conveyors and load stands; provide inventory management and incorporate bar code or RFID readers.
UNIT LOAD AGVs are highly maneuverable, useful in high throughput operations and delivery to and from AS/RS. They provide timely, controlled transportation and product identification and tracking so necessary to pharmaceutical and food/beverage industries.
Key Benefits of AGVs:
- multi-tasking – they are adaptable to use in a variety of applications
- space-efficient – they require about as much space as the material they’re carrying
- works well with others – on-board safety equipment assures they coexist well with people, processes, and manual material handling
- labor-reducing – requiring only periodic and remedial maintenance, they operate 24/7 without supervision, health insurance, or pensions
- flexible – they can be configured for A-to-B transportation or a web of movement
- reusable asset – can be moved to another location or plant
- reduced product damage – they generally move more slowly and carefully than manually operated fork trucks
- improved response time – AGVs remove and supply loads more precisely on demand than fork trucks
- eliminate conveyor walls – since no fixed obstructions are required, they allow open aisle ways
- interface well with palletizers – they bridge the out feed conveyor of a palletizer with a shipping dock or storage system
- aerospace
- clean room
- mail processing
- newsprint/roll handling
- pet supply
- food and beverage
- automotive
- pharmaceutical
- consumer products
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