This AGV system, including all hardware and software operates 24/7 and facilitates the movement of trailers, which transport tractor chassis produced by an Industrial agricultural equipment company.

This AGV System operates 24/7 and facilitates the movement of stacks of empty and full boxes of cheese on pallets to and from the pickup/drop off locations.

This JayBoT AGV system provides all of the routine material handling needs to support a major food supplier’s facility.

The AGV System operates 24/7 and facilitates the movement of full and empty containers of product as well as underlayment rolls on pallets between block stack storage lanes in WIP container storage areas and various conveyor interface points throughout the facility’s production areas.

This AGV system operates 20 hours per day, five days per week and facilitates the transport of pallets of product between dock lanes, narrow aisle rack storage, and stretch wrapper in/out.

An Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) system, consisting of four electric lift decks and six electric fork outrigger AGVs, updated an existing Blank Handling AGV system tailored to meet the material handling needs at a major automotive manufacturing plant.

This AGV system carries baskets of canned food to and from 9 retort cookers for sterilizing. It updates a previous JBT system, which had been operating 24/7 for since 1998.

This AGV System operates 24/7 and facilitates the transport of pallets and material carts between a material preparation center, converting lines, and a scrap handling area.

This AGV system operates 24/7 and facilitates the loading, transport, and off-loading of sub-assembly components, work-in-process, and finished goods for Standard Missile Extended Range products AUR integration in a new production facility.

A system of three (3) automatic guided clamp vehicles (AGVs) picks up reels from the receiving area and delivers to storage. When the facility signals a new press run, the clamp vehicles automatically pick up reels from the storage area and deliver vertically to the reel tipper unit.

At a large paper manufacturer, roller deck automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) pick up loads from the seven (7) packaging lines and transport them to any one of three stretch-wrap in-feed conveyors based on availability.

A major food manufacturer was faced with an important decision. The performance of the wire guided automatic guided vehicle (AGV) system that had been installed over 10 years ago was beginning to degrade and replacement parts were becoming difficult to locate.

A fleet of three forked automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) transport, load and unload rolls of stripped and pasted newsprint from a semi automatic roll preparation station to six printing press reel stands.

This AGV system provides all of the routine product movements to support a retail distribution center using a person to goods picking strategy. The guided vehicles move pallets (full and empty), pallet pairs (‘sandwiches’), pallet stacks, trolleys (carts) and recyclables (cardboard and plastic) within the facility.

The system stores and retrieves paper rolls and pallets of sheeted paper in warehousing areas.

Racks of stamped parts are off loaded at several docks onto gravity fed conveyors. A system of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) delivers full racks of stamped parts to over and under conveyors. Indexing of conveyors creates the automatic demand for additional AGV delivered parts, Empty are then returned by AGVs to the originating dock for return to vendor. The AGVs operate on 2 shifts per day

The Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) system was installed at a major food manufacturer in New South Wales Australia. The 6 vehicle fleet automates movement of palletized finished product and empty pallets between the stretch wrapper, ten packaging/palletizing lines, a shipping buffer storage area, and two dispatch locations. The dual fork carriage allows the AGVs to transport empty and full pallets simultaneously eliminating the need for pallet dispensers at each packaging line. The system provides for the safe, reliable delivery of food and empty pallets and significantly reduced pallet and product damage.

An Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) system consisting of seven side loading vehicles with a telescopic platform replaced an existing AGV system at a major automotive manufacturing plant. The system facilitates movement of pre and post heat treated machined parts baskets.

A major automotive manufacturing facility utilizes a fleet of four Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) to transport steel blanks and dies. The system, monitored in real time by an AGV Control Server, consists of three 12,000 lb capacity blank handling vehicles and one 60,000 lb capacity die handling vehicle. The AGVs navigate using accurate laser guidance. This flexible solution is perfect for the plant’s changing production demands, thereby reducing operating costs and improving material flow.

Features and benefits of this commercial printer’s automatic guided vehicle system (AGVS) include reduced fork truck traffic increases safety and makes work environment quieter and cleaner. The quick response to product handling needs saves time; there’s minimum system supervision and optimal uptime and maintainability.

When a multi-floor pharmaceutical production facility needed a solution to vehicle control issues, an automatic guided vehicle system was chosen. High precision deliveries and reduced labor costs were achieved through the use of one narrow aisle and two outrigger fork styled AGVs.

A newsprint facility uses an automatic guided vehicle system consisting of 14 wire guided fork styled vehicles to move rolls from strip station to press or roll storage. They also handle empty, full waste and core carts. Paper waste is reduced; and, there is minimal system supervision.

An automatic guided vehicle system (AGVS) provides for efficient handling of production and packaging materials for a pharmaceutical site’s Work-In-Process (WIP) requirements. There was no downtime or impact to production during installation of the AGVs, which was of major benefit in preventing lost revenue or increased overtime. The AGVS is responsible for transporting material between two inbound conveyors, a 12-aisle/44,000 location Automated Storage / Retrieval System (AS/RS) and two outbound conveyors. Raw material or WIP items are introduced into the system for storage until needed by production or packaging.

Containers of components are automatically loaded onto Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) at receiving dock conveyors at an automotive transmission plant. The AGVs are then assigned in-plant destinations via a host computer interfacing with the plant’s Management Information System (MIS). 45 AGV Roller Deck and 6 AGV Scissor Lift Roller Decks service over 540 powered conveyors. Laser guidance assures accuracy.

The use of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) has opened up a large amount of unused manufacturing space in this automotive stamping plant. A fleet of five AGVs pick up steel blanks at the receiving area load stand. The vehicles transport the steel about one-half mile up a ramp leading to the second floor. The AGVs then transfer the steel to a press for stamping into truck door and hood panels. A second fleet of AGVs pull three trailers, take away the racks of door panels to a work-in-process station where they’re staged on three high racks to await final assembly and shipment. The system has increased productivity within a “fork-free” manufacturing environment.

A low profile design allows automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) to drive under conveyor stands for product pickup and delivery at a refrigerator manufacturer. The AGV lifts the load of four refrigerators, enters the drop conveyor stand and lowers the deck. The refrigerators are then deposited on the transfer conveyor. Software monitors the battery level, sending the AGV to the change area if the battery reaches a critical level.

A system of automatic guided vehicles provides a paper facility with a damage-free solution to material handling, while contributing to a safe operating environment. Utilizing one vehicle type for parent rolls, parent roll cores and broke (waste) has increased system utilization by multitasking the vehicles.

Through the use of two conveyor roller deck type automatic guided vehicles (AGVs), a large manufacturer of microwaveable convenience foods has improved plant productivity while reducing operating costs. In this unique application, the AGV system interfaces with the plant production system to receive information regarding when material should be moved to which conveyor and sterilizer. This process is now completely automated with no human intervention required.

Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) transport engine components from flow racks to intake conveyor positions safely and reliably in an engine manufacturing plant. The AGVs use laser navigation, traveling several miles each day in this 24/7 operation, stopping only for battery exchanges. Seamless coordination between the plant production software and AGV manager assure just-in-time (JIT) delivery of specific load types at all production intake conveyors.

Three automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) has proven to be a safe, efficient way to handle pallets generated by four robotic palletizing lines in this food and beverage warehouse. The use of AGVs eliminated the damage caused by material handling and increased workforce productivity. With the installation of the automatic guided vehicles, the system payback is under two years!

Flexibility and reliability were critical components in building one of Europe’s most modern corrugated board production plants. The use of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) provided a highly flexible and reliable platform for storing and delivering reels of paper. The vehicles can reach up to 24 ft. high with reels being stacked three high in the warehouse. The AGVs helped maximize storage capacity and minimize reel damage due to handling.

A seven vehicle automatic guided vehicle (AGV) system was installed to streamline operations in the packaging area of a production plant that produces plastic resin. Until recently, workers driving fork lifts moved boxes from the finishing line to the truck to the warehouse. Now, the AGVs transport full pallets of finished product weighing up to 4,000 lbs from output conveyors on each production line to the shipping dock area. The system significantly reduced pallet and product damage.

An 11-story, 1,000+ bed hospital installed an automatic guided vehicle system (AGVS) to pickup and deliver materials (meal trays, surgical supplies, pharmaceuticals, etc.) to approximately 500 different points throughout the facility. Each of the 43 vehicles can lift and transport loads weighing as much as 1,000 lbs. They make 3,000 material movements daily interfacing with nine dedicated freight elevators. The AGVS replaced an obsolete overhead rail transport system and provides a cleaner, safer and more organized environment.

A large food/beverage warehouse nearly doubled its production without the hiring additional employees. The labor-free solution implemented was the installation of four automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) in the warehouse. Production lines automated were storage, transportation, and dispatch of pallets. Pallet and product damaged has been significantly reduced.

An automatic guided vehicle system (AGVS) was installed to automatically load trailers in a juice beverage plant. Pallets are picked up directly from conveyors at the exit of the palletizing lines and then delivered into standard, over-the-road trailers. The system needs no special dock equipment and is scaleable so larger and smaller throughputs can be accommodated by adjusting the number of vehicles. The installation significantly reduced labor cost and product damage.

An automatic guided vehicle system (AGVS) was successfully implemented at a major pharmaceutical company to automate movement of finished product pallets. The guided vehicle picks up the finished goods pallet and delivers it to an available flow rack. Forklift operators then take the finished goods pallets from the flow racks and place them on to the stretch wrapper. The efficient system provided the safe, reliable and timely delivery of finished goods. AGVs are a flexible solution for plants changing production demands.

A large automotive assembly plant reduced fork truck traffic while still maintaining a line speed of 81 completed automobile jobs per hour by installing a fleet of 45 automatic guided vehicles (AGVs). The vehicles transport racks of engines, shocks, struts safely from receiving dock conveyors. The guided vehicle system was so flexible it easily integrated with existing plant equipment allowing for the complete automated movement of components from the time material is received until it is delivered to the assembly lines. Through the use of the AGVs, the assembly plant was able to improve production efficiency and safety while reducing operating costs.

At a chemical manufacturer, an automated guided vehicle system (AGVS) ws installed to transport aluminum pin carts containing acetate fiber rolls. The system, seamlessly integrated with existing plant equipment, transported the raw materials to production lines. The integration included conveyors and a robotic arm system. The AGVS provided a solution which greatly improved production efficiency, reduced operation and labor costs. The expected pay back period is less than three years.