Intelligent Automatic Guided Vehicles

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigal Berman ◽  
Yael Edan
Keyword(s):  
Flexible Manufacturing ◽  
Flexible Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Material Handling ◽  
Load Transfer ◽  
Fleet Size ◽  
Automatic Guided Vehicles ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Run Time ◽  
Agv Systems

Automatic guided vehicles (AGV) based material handling systems have become the most widely used method of transporting pallets and parts between workstations in flexible manufacturing systems. Their primary advantages include increased routing flexibility, space utilization, safety, and reduced overall operational cost. Key issues to address during the design of an AGV system include selection of AGV platform, flow path design, and fleet size determination. During run time AGV system functionality includes: system management, (AGV allocation), navigation (establishing conflict free routes), and load transfer (material pick up and deposit mechanisms). Autonomous AGV systems offer numerous advantages in comparison to traditional systems. The following chapter will discuss the state-of-the-art in AGV systems concentrating on AGV run time functionality and AGV system performance measurement.

Characteristics Analysis of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 329 ◽  
pp. 172-175
Author(s):  
Jin Feng Wang ◽  
Guang Feng Zhang ◽  
Xian Zhang Feng
Keyword(s):  
Flexible Manufacturing ◽  
Flexible Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Material Handling ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Manufacturing System ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
Characteristics Analysis

For the rigid automatic line, although its production efficiency is high, but the flexible is less in the machining process, the machine and the assembly line need be shut down to adjust or replace for machine tools, jigs, tools, and tooling equipment, etc. When the work pieces for the machining is changed. It caused a heavy workload, wasting a lot of time. Flexible Manufacturing Systems consisted of unified control system, material handling system and a set of digital control processing equipment; it is the automation machinery manufacturing system to adapt the processing object transform. It has become one of the important means of manufacturing industry to obtain the advantages of market competitiveness. This paper gives the composition, algorithm and application of learning system concept, composition, and classification, characteristics of the flexible manufacturing system, the development overview and its application are induced in this paper.

The Hardware Design of Handling Manipulator in FMS

2011 ◽  
Vol 143-144 ◽  
pp. 913-916
Author(s):  
Xun Mei Han
Keyword(s):  
Flexible Manufacturing ◽  
Flexible Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Material Handling ◽  
Hardware Implementation ◽  
Position Control ◽  
Robot Manipulator ◽  
Open Loop ◽  
Process Automation ◽  
And Control

With CAXA software I designed the structure of the handling manipulator in the FMS. And focus for the design of the structure, introduced the hardware implementation of robot manipulator with the same characteristics of stepping away from its open-loop position control. The manipulator is mainly used for flexible manufacturing systems in material handling, flexible movement, safe, reliable, easy to adjust and control, simple operation, easy to implement process automation.

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