Automatic Vehicle Design
Accommodates Fragile Item
Transportation
Features and Benefits
Innovative engineering clamping the
load during transport
Flexibility- layout and routing
changes by the customer
Industry Group: Automatic Guided
Vehicle Systems (AGVS)
The AGVs are responsible for the transportation of full pallet loads of
unwrapped bottles to the shrink-wrap lines, where the pallets are
wrapped in plastic before shipping.
transport pallets of Signature
Transport system vital cog in Adelaide
This company, with its headquarters in Melbourne,
Australia, employs approximately 28,000 people
with a turnover of AUD 8 billion making it one of the
largest manufacturers of glass and plastic
containers in the world. There are six plants of this
company based in Australia, one of which is in
Adelaide, near the heart of the Australian wine
region. This highly automated plant invested in new
glass furnaces that increased its production volume
more than 100%, thereby placing added demand
onto the automated transport system.
Design for Modularity
The fleet consists of 18 vehicles that are all
equipped with supplier controls. The vehicle itself
measures nearly 4.2 meters in length by 1.5 meters
wide while standing 4 meters tall. To ship a large
vehicle such a great distance, a modular design was
used, allowing fast and easy on-site assembly.
Clamping down on the bottles
A fully loaded pallet weighs 1200 kgs and the
vehicles have the capacity to handle 2 pallets
simultaneously. The pallet height, however, varies
from 1 to 2.8 meters. To prevent the bottles on
pallets from moving, the AGVs have been equipped
with a special clamping system that secures the
bottles during transportation.
On Time
All in all, the vehicles were up and running in
Australia within eight months after receipt of the
purchase order.
Frog AGV Systems
691 North Squirrel Road
Suite 115
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
info@frogusa.com
www.frogusa.com