AGV's and Smart Cart Technology
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SmartCart® AGCs
The SmartCart Automatic Guided Cart is an extremely low-cost, magnetic tape-guided Automatic Guided Vehicle that can transport from a few pounds to thousands in simple totes to finished pallets from workstations, conveyors, stretch wrapping operations, AS/RS, rack staging or a floor staging area adjacent to the docks.
SmartCarts typically cost much less than a conventional AGV and can be utilized as an alternative to performing similar work. It is extremely flexible because all that is needed to change the path is relocating the tape that is attached to the surface of the warehouse floor and modifying an easy-to-use Windows-based software called Cart Tools®, which allows the customer to program the guide path.
Furthermore, a SmartCart Automatic Guided Cart is perfect for transporting materials from production to the warehouse. It has the ability to deliver pallets onto a powered or gravity buffer conveyor. Once handed off, the pallet may then be taken into high-rise storage, or AS/RS to rack storage, or to the dock for trailer loading.
SmartLoader® Automatic Trailer Loading (ATL) Vehicle
The SmartLoader Automatic Trailer Loading vehicle is able to stack pallets accurately and efficiently. In fact, the unmanned SmartLoader, which is directed by a Vehicle System Manager (VSM™), demonstrates a higher degree of accuracy than traditional forklift operations.
Deep lane storage of finished goods on pallets placed by SmartLoader is recognizably one of the most effective warehouse solutions. Because of SmartLoader’s flexibility, it does not depend on fixed, rail-guided AS/RS machines that are limited to a single aisle. The SmartLoader is a free-ranging vehicle that uses either inertial or laser guidance to travel within a warehouse.
Additionally, SmartLoader is capable of delivering finished pallets directly into conventional, over-the-road trailers. Even more remarkable, SmartLoader doesn't require any trailer or dock plate modifications and it automatically adapts to trailer skew. This makes the Automatic Trailer Loading vehicle possibly the most powerful tool ever created for the warehouse. Because of its unique combination of stacking and loading skills, it is gaining wide attention among companies looking to improve their productivity and efficiency.
Warehouse Management System software can be integrated with the SmartLoader VSM. Both the SmartCart Automatic Guided Cart and the SmartLoader systems are easy to install and allow for additional vehicles to be added as demand increases. In addition, both automated vehicles can operate separately or as companions to one another.
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