Automatic Guided Vehicles Link Production and Shipping

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.