DEVELOPMENT OF AN AGV MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM IN A FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT

DEVELOPMENT OF AN AGV MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM IN A FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT

ABSTRACT

In recent years the worldwide development and use of automated system within the manufacturing industry has led to proliferation of system designs mainly involving the integration of a wide range of suitable computerized machine tools and material handling equipment. To cope with this and for getting flexibility and adoptability "FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING (FMS)'' comes in to picture.

Automated guided vehicles (AGV) are use to provide the flexibility in the handling of the material. The AGV'S can be of many different designs with different degree of flexibility. To exploit the benefits of an AGV material handling system. This paper presents the development of the fleet manager. The sophisticated software in the fleet manager monitor and controls the AGV'S remotely through a wireless communication network.

The presented paper deals with introduction to FMS and the AGV system. An automated or automatic guided vehicle system is a material handling system that uses independently operated, self propelled vehicles that are guided along defined pathways in the floor.

As we know automation has been key to success for many factoring process in industries. In it FMS is the new trend. In the decade of 90, so due to material handling by conventional methods takes more time so AGV is the solution over it. so in this paper FMS a AGV is elaborated in detail solution over it.

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