Category: Industry, Manufacturing, Product, Custom Designed, Robotic Systems, Application, Pallet Handling / Trailer Loading, Palletizing / Depalletizing, Parts & Assembly, Work in Progress Movement
AGV Integrates Robotic System
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- Consistent Handling of Product
- Increased Material Handling Efficiency
- Integration of LGV and Packaging Robot Creates
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When a major CD manufacturer wanted to bring their already somewhat automated material handling system to a new level, they decided to implement a new automatic storage and retrieval system that integrated with a 10-vehicle automated laser-guided vehicle system.
The goal was to completely automate the facility and have the LGV integrate with a robotic system. The management felt an innovative factory automation solution was needed to remain ahead of the competition. |
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| New laser-guided vehicles (LGVs) were installed to replace hand and motorized pallet trucks to move product from production to packaging, and to move packaging supplies to the large automated and manual packaging areas. There are seven packaging machines with room for an eighth. Packaged discs are then gathered and a corrugated box is wrapped around them and sealed. |
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| Once two boxes are accumulated a robot is signaled to pick them up and take them to a printer/applicator where labels are produced. The robot then swings around and places the boxes in a pre-set pattern on the waiting pallet. A full pallet sends a signal for a laser-guided vehicle (LGV) to pick it up. |
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“The goal was to have a completely factory
automation process so the manufacturer
could stay ahead of the competition in
their industry. ” |
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| The result was a comprehensive solution for a 24-hour operation that is in a highly competitive market. This is just one more example of how Transbotics is Moving Your Business. |
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3400 Latrobe Drive
Charlotte, NC 28211
(704) 362-1115
info@transbotics.com
www.transbotics.com
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