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Automated Guided Vehicle Solutions

BOOST PRODUCTIVITY, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY
 Dematic Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
BOOST PRODUCTIVITY, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY

Dematic is the leading manufacturer and supplier of AGVs in FLEXIBLE AND INTEGRATED
Australia and New Zealand. Our vehicles are manufactured
at our Sydney NSW facility, and we provide service and Compared to other automated transport technologies, an
support nationwide. Dematic can analyse your current AGV system is not tied to the floor, and that allows better
operation, suggest and supply solutions for transport, use of the available working space. In addition, extensions
interface, loading, unloading and routing. We supply fully or even relocations of the entire system can be easily achieved.
integrated automation solutions for every application, AGV systems integrate with higher-level ERP and MES/WES
delivering the best value possible. software and can be easily combined with other materials
handling systems like conveyors, stacker cranes and
COST EFFECTIVE & VERSATILE palletising or packing machines.

Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) drive our fully automated

transport and storage system solutions. AGVs are used INCREASED SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS
in a variety of industries to transport and store all kinds Thanks to their accuracy and safety features, AGVs create
of products and materials. Equally at home in factories, a safer working environment, with no accidental collisions
warehouses, distribution centres, and shipping areas, AGVs and zero damage to loads. AGVs strictly comply with, and
are a safe and secure way to increase process efficiency exceed, the demands of international safety standards.
and improve business profitability; all without human
intervention. AGV systems provide a safe and cost-effective alternative
to manually transporting sensitive or hazardous products,
AGVs automatically lift, rotate, and shift your goods, fetch and are suitable for materials handling applications in harsh
and carry loads to and from racking, store and retrieve applications including hazardous goods warehouses and
in block-stack or deep-stack lanes up to 10.7 m high, cold stores.
transport loads over long distances, and can deliver and
collect loads to and from a wide range of conveyors and
processing machines or workers. IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR AGV SOLUTIONS

STANDARD OR CUSTOM
• Repetitive transport applications
BENEFITS OF AGVS Our AGVs are built from the most reliable, off-the-shelf
• Multi-shift and 24/7 operations
components. And our vehicles are available both as
standard products or configured from standard building • Short-to mid-distance travel
blocks then tailored to precisely meet your needs. • High velocity throughput
• Rapid implementation and start up • Operations with a large number of buffer locations
• Significantly lowers operating costs • Complex production flows
• Boosts productivity and efficiency • Transport to and from automated warehouses,
• Reduces manpower requirements Work-in-Process (WIP), and production operations
• Virtually eliminates product damage
• Improves occupational health and safety
• Enhances product traceability
• Better utilisation of space
• Improves despatch and shipping accuracy
• Delivers operational cost savings

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Dematic AGV Range Dematic AGVs
A SOLUTION TO SUIT YOUR OPERATION COMPONENTS AND NAVIGATION

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Dematic AGVs come in two main types: Standard and Custom. FIGURE 1 19
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1. Navigational laser scanner 2
STANDARD CUSTOM SOLUTIONS
2. Safety field sensor - front curtain
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Dematic manufactures standard AGVs, using common If a standard or dual-use AGV is not available for your 23
chassis and attachment types. Our standard AGV range application, Dematic can custom-build an AGV to match 3. Indicator & sounder
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includes: pallet, high-reach, and micro. your specific needs. Examples of special types include reel 4. Scanner mast
and side-loading AGVs.
5. Manual
Figure 1
controller
1 Navigational laser scanner 7
6. Wireless
2 antenna
Safety Field Sensor - Front Curtain
3 Indicator & Sounder
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7. Electrical
4 system
Scanner Mast panel
5 Manual Controller
HIGH COUNTERBALANCE STRADDLE SPECIAL 8. Emergency
6 Wirelessstop button
Antenna 16
7 Electrical System Panel
9. Load
8 counterweight
Emergency Stop Button
9 Load Counterweight
HI HI CB CB CB CB ST ST ST ST CB Hi SP CB SP 10 Drive Wheel / Steer Wheel
REACH LITE LITE STANDARD DOUBLE HEAVY LITE STANDARD DOUBLE TRILATERAL TRUCK DEEPREACH JACK V HEAVY CONVEYOR 10. Drive
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wheel/steer wheel
Safety Field Sensor - Ground level
12 Rigid Body / Chassis 9
Reach applications 11. Safety
13 field sensor
Battery Box - ground level 15
14 Castor Wheels
Double stacking 12. Rigid
15 body/chassis
Fork Tines
16 Hydraulic Tank
Block storage
13. Battery
17 boxscreen Interface
Touch
Racks 18 Hydraulic Fork-Lift Mast 10
14. Castor wheels 14
Interaction: Conveyor Figure 2
19 Navigation - Reflector Pole
Floor operations 15. Fork
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tines
Navigation - Reflector on Rack
21 Navigation - Reflector on Wall
Drive in racking 16. Hydraulic
22 tank
3 Phase Power
Interaction: Deep lane cart 23 Floorplate and battery Charger 13
17. Touch
24 screen
Layout interface
- Active Segment 12
Push-back rack 25 Warning and Stop Fields 11
Figure 1
18. Hydraulic
26 fork-lift
Destination Pointmast
& Handshaking
Narrow aisle

Warehouse

Production
FIGURE 2
Shipping area 19. Navigation - reflector pole Figure 2
Intra-site transport
20. Navigation - reflector on rack 20
Order picking functions 19 21
21. Navigation - reflector on wall
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22. 3-phase power
23. Floor plate and battery charger
24. Layout - active segment 23
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25. Warning and stop fields
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26. Destination point & handshaking

Figure 1
1 Navigational laser scanner
2 Safety Field Sensor - Front Curtain
3 Indicator & Sounder
4 4 Scanner Mast 5
5 Manual Controller
6 Wireless Antenna
7 Electrical System Panel
 AGVs in a Typical Distribution Centre
APPLICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WAREHOUSE

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Pallet 1.
Outfeed 7 Accurate pickup/offload at height 13 Part Pallet / Picking area

Reject pallet
Pallet outfeed 10. High-level storage rack location
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BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEMS
Narrow isle / Hi Lift AGV with Reach 14 Truck Loading AGV
2. Reject pallet 11. AGV inbound to lane/buffer for loading
Pallets for storage 9 Floor Block location AGVs feature a wide range of battery charging systems 15 Charging station
3. Pallets for storage 12. Lane/buffer for loading
AGV system management 10 High level storage rack location to support 24/7 operation of the system. Special battery 16 Ramp for truck loading
charging schedules can be programmed by the operator to
Pallets4. to floor
AGV system management
block location 13. Part pallet / picking area
11 AGV inbound to Lane/Buffer for loading
optimise the charging process according to local needs.
17 AGV exiting truck after pallet placement
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AGV awaiting Pallets to floor block
Order/Clear to location
enter signal 14. Truck loading AGV 12 Lane/Buffer for loading 18 Truck guides
6. AGV awaiting order/clear to enter signal 15. Charging station The following battery exchange and charging systems are
available depending on your needs:
7. Accurate pickup/off-load at height 16. Ramp for truck loading
• Manual battery exchange stations
8. Narrow aisle/Hi lift AGV with reach 17. AGV exiting truck after pallet placement
• Automatic battery exchange stations
9. Floor block location
• Automatic opportunity recharging stations
(on-line recharging whenever possible)

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AGV Applications
A COST-EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO MANUAL HANDLING

Pallet Management System

CONTROLLING YOUR PRODUCT FLOW

There are major benefits to deploying AGVs in a warehouse,

the most important of these being lower operating costs,
increased productivity and safety, and the flexibility to scale
operations up or down as required.
Dematic AGVs support many types of movements within
the manufacturing warehouse or distribution facility, PALLET MANAGEMENT
including: PALLET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FEATURES
Dematic’s Pallet Management System is a comprehensive
software package for controlling your product flow from
• Receiving to warehouse
production, to storage, all the way through to despatch.
• Manufacturing to warehouse • PLC/AGV interface for order start, order
Our system automatically tracks all of the information priority, and product data transfer
• Warehouse to manufacturing relating to your products as they move through your facility,
• Work cell to work cell providing accurate and up-to-date information at any time, • Storage position placement management
• Warehouse to picking with the ability to report on the status of your product • Storage inventory/data management
storage, or produce information on any individual product • Customisable HMI/graphical interface screens
• Picking to shipping
being stored.
• Long-haul transportation • SQL server interface
The Dematic Pallet Management System can provide an
• Transport in production • OPC server interface
interface to communicate with any existing Warehouse
• Storage and retrieval Management System (WMS), as well as connect directly • Interfaces with existing system through WCF,
• End-of-line transport with the palletisers, truck loaders, and robot cells already in text file protocols and other methods
your facility. • Inventory reporting
• Trailer loading/unloading
The Pallet Management System provides the missing link • AGV system status reporting
between existing systems and the automated transport and
ALTERNATIVE NAVIGATION SOLUTIONS • Maintenance email notification and reporting
control of your product.
Dematic offers a range of reliable alternative methods to
standard laser navigation. These methods, which include
magnetic spot sensors and vision, can be used as the sole
means of navigation or combined with laser navigation
for a single, flexible solution. This allows customisation
of AGV navigation to suit any production or warehouse
environment.
Older technologies like wire guidance, which has been used
in AGV systems for over 30 years, can also find suitable
applications today.

Pictured top to bottom: Transporting pallets between storage and

despatch staging. Moving pallets from the production line to storage.
Outdoor transport between buildings.

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Why Dematic AGVs
PEACE OF MIND WITH THE MARKET LEADER

SIMULATE TO OPTIMISE SERVICE AND SUPPORT

Simulation in the pre-design stage makes sure you get a Dematic works with you to ensure you get the best possible
system that meets your needs with regard to capacities and performance out of your AGV system throughout its life,
transport movement. This helps to accurately determine with a nation-wide and comprehensive range of service and
which navigation technologies, type of vehicles and number support solutions.
of vehicles are needed for a successful system design.
Dematic offers 24/7 telephone assistance and same-day,
on-site service and support. Our service packages include
PROJECT EXECUTION & EXTENSIVE TESTING preventative maintenance, repairs, software support, and
Once the concept has been defined, a team of project spare parts guarantees. Software and AGV troubleshooting
engineers builds the system, as designed, including vehicle can be carried out remotely by our expert teams.
manufacturing, controls development, layout engineering,
and system programming. After that, the system is fully
tested in our Belrose factory to reduce the installation time WHAT SETS DEMATIC AGVS APART
on site.

EXTENSIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE • Australian manufactured AGVs

• System development based on standard
Dematic goes beyond just constructing AGVs. We
specialise in repeatable concept solutions for specific designs, tailored to the job
applications, and dedicated handling activities based on • Dedicated project approach and
standard components. This leads to shorter implementation lifecycle services
times and lower change-over costs. To achieve this, we
• Utilisation of both in-house technology and
work closely with customers, suppliers and partners from
the project development stage, through realisation and off-the-shelf components
lifecycle support; all to provide the best-fit concept for our • Committed to R&D (mechanical, electronics,
customers’ needs. controls, software)
• Excellence in retrofit, upgrade, and
extension jobs

“Our AGVs don’t make mistakes, are

very reliable and have significantly
transformed the efficiency of our
manufacturing logistics operations.”

Rhett Glanville
Bickford’s Group

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