Category: Industry, Manufacturing, Product, Fork AGV, Software Management System TMO, Application, Finished Product Handling, Pallet Handling / Trailer Loading
Food Manufacturer AGV Increases Safety Lowers Cost
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- Ability to Meet JIT Delivery Objectives
- Increased Safety
- Flexibility to Change System as Production Changes
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A major food manufacturer with a plant location in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, wanted to provide Just In Time (JIT) delivery to its docks. They determined after evaluating several alternatives that a Laser Guided Vehicle (LGV) system could provide the necessary solution.
The system needed to take into account safety as well as cost-efficiencies. The vehicles would use the latest laser technology to determine objects in the vehicle’s path and stop automatically until the path became unobstructed.
Load present sensors were utilized to initiate a material pickup call. The system controller manages vehicle traffic and directs the closest fork style LGV to move and pickup the load. Once the load is picked up the vehicle uses the on-board traffic manager to deliver the finished goods to a drop-off stand in the warehouse. |
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| The food manufacturer benefited from the use of Transbotics’ software, which is easily adaptable, providing maximum flexibility in controlling the AGVs and making changes in the system as needed. |
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This major food manufacturer decided to use a
Laser Guided Vehicle System after evaluating several
other alternatives based on cost, safety and flexibility. |
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| The result was a comprehensive solution that automated a previously manual process to provide Just In Time Delivery to the docks, taking into account cost and safety. This is just one more example of how Transbotics is Moving Your Business. |
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