Guided Vehicles Offer Flexible Automation Solution
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| | Features/Benefits Provided: - Consistent Handling of Rolls.
- Reduced Product Damage.
- Increased Safety.
- Flexibility to Change System as Production Changes.
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Flexible Roll Handling that Increased Safety: 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 be easily changed.
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 became 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.
LGV System Utilizes the Latest Software for Total Solution: This manufacturer benefited from the use of the supplier’s unique software, which is easily adaptable providing maximum flexibility in controlling the AGVs and making changes in the system as needed.
The implementation of this new system resulted in a solution that was tailor-made for this specific customer and which took into account cost, safety and flexibility.
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