Features/Benefits Provided: FIFO Delivery Automatic Pull System Dedicated Pick/Drop Stands Racks Not Stored in Plant No Product/Rack Damage No Plant Damage Improve Plant Safety and Productivity Reduce Plant Operating Cost Paths Can Be Easily Changed

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. Empties are then returned by the AGVs to the originating dock for return to vendor. The AGVs operate on 2 shifts per day making over 1,100 deliveries of 32 different components.

Each of the AGVs uses laser guidance to maneuver through the facility. The flexibility of laser guidance allows changes to the vehicle guide path to be implemented quickly and easily; the plant has already introduced several changes. Each AGV has the same reach fork design, which enables it to lift, lower and carry a variety of parts held in custom racks.

Roughly 80% of the racked parts are handled by the fleet of automatic guided vehicles. As a result, this AGV system has played a major role in providing a safe, efficient material handling solution for the assembly plant.

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