Category: Industry, Bottling / Packaging, Manufacturing, Printing, Pulp and Paper, Product, Heavy Load Transport, Software Management System TMO, Application, Finished Product Handling, Raw Material Handling, Work in Progress Movement
Paper Roll Handling AGV
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- Consistent Handling of Rolls
- Reduced Product Damage
- Increased Safety
- Flexibility to Change System as Production Changes
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A major paper and allied products manufacturer with a plant location in Greenfield, Indiana, wanted to move away from their in-floor conveyors for moving rolls as it was not flexible and if production changed this was not a technology that could easily adapt.
The system needed to take into account safety as well as cost-efficiencies. The vehicles use the latest non-contact laser bumper technology, which can determine objects in the vehicle’s path and stop automatically until the path becomes unobstructed.
Upon evaluation of several alternatives the company determined that Roll Handling Laser Guided Vehicles (LGVs) could meet the challenges of flexible automation, increased safety and decreased product damage. The newly designed vehicles are used to move rolls throughout the facility to multiple drop-off locations automatically.
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This manufacturer benefited from the use of this suppliers’ unique 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 Laser Guided Vehicle System met the challenges
of providing flexible automation, creating a
safer work environment and decreasing product damage. |
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| The implementation of this new system resulted custom material handling equipment for this specific customer which took into account cost, safety and flexibility. |
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3400 Latrobe Drive
Charlotte, NC 28211
(704) 362-1115 – (707) 364-4039 Fax
info@transbotics.com
www.transbotics.com
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