AGV Powers Efficiency for Garnalex

Boost productivity

Maximise efficiency

Improve safety

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Delivering Repeatability, Every Time...

As Ross Hartshorn, Garnalex Technical Production Director, explained: “We’ve invested a lot of time and effort into ensuring every single stage of manufacturing is repeatable, process driven and as efficient as possible. The result is that we’ve created a factory, warehouse and logistics operation that’s exactly tailored to our needs, keeping our staff focused on perfecting the task at hand and removing any variables so we retain complete control from start to finish. It is this continuity that’s allowing us to deliver outstanding customer service and high specification products, every time.”  

MasterMover’s AGV range is available with floor, laser or environment guided capabilities and a choice of either onboard intelligence for units working in isolation, or centralised intelligence for co-ordination of a fleet. Offering automated movement of loads up to 30,000 kg, it reduces the need for expensive, fixed infrastructure and is typically used for automation of side line delivery and the creation of automatic production lines. Meanwhile, dual-mode allows a user to switch from operator-free AGV back to a pedestrian tug if needed.

The AGV system enables employees to focus on value-adding tasks, as opposed to transporting loads. 

Ross explains "If there is a quality check that needs to be done and it’s not been done in a timely fashion because the operator is delivering dies backwards and forwards to the die shop, then that’s a flaw in our system. If the die shop assistant isn’t checking dies and isn’t checking the quality of products then that’s putting us behind and is keeping us away from being a proactive business and operating in a proactive way.”