Reduce
24/7 long distance
forklift through
automation.
Solution:
Use
Automatic Guided
Vehicles,
Conveyors, and
Tilt Tables
This
manufacturer produces
large rolls of paper
(102" high x
102" diameter
weighing 2000#). These
rolls are then slit into
smaller rolls for consumer
use. The manufacturer
transported all the rolls
by forklift, quite often,
over long distances
throughout the facility.
Automatic Guided Vehicles
(AGVs) carry the rolls
with a pole boom through
the core with the core
horizontal to the floor.
Forklifts carry the rolls
with squeeze clamps with
the core vertical.
Conveyors receive the
rolls from the forklifts
and accumulate them
waiting for pick up by the
AGV. The tilt table
rotates the roll from
vertical to horizontal and
centers the roll so the
AGV can drive the pole
through the core and pick
up the roll for transport.
The conveyors are very
heavy duty pairs of
conveyors. Each conveyor
belt is made from super
rugged modular plastic
belting.
The tilt table is custom
designed so the straddles
of the AGVs can fit under
the tilt table but still
straddle the tilt table
base. The tilt tables also
have two "wings"
that hydraulically center
the roll on the table.
