ATLANTA, GEORGIA - February 7, 2019 — Dematic, a leading global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimize the supply chain, has been selected by a plastics producing company to layout and put into action an Automated Guided Vehicle System (AGVS) for intra-plant delivery of materials. The manufacturer has a specialty in plastic treatment molding and produces plastic parts for the medical, peThe system is manufactured to automate the material flow from production. It will include a fleet of counterbalanced fork AGVs. The AGVs will pick up tubs of plastic product at manufacturing and transport to the warehouse. The loads can be stacked up to six levels high without racking. For outbound load movement, the AGVs will pick up tubs of finished goods from the warehouse and transport to the delivery dock. The system is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2019.
The Dematic System software manages and controls the AGV fleet to optimize task responsibilities of intra-plant movement of materials. An interface to the host ERP is incorporated to support lot control and quality auditing. For on-board controls, the AGVs use a combination of laser and natural target guidance.

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