Match automation with application
JBT has redesigned its range of Automatic Guided Vehicle systems (AGVs) into standard modules, which can be combined to suit different applications, with the aim of simplifying AGV solutions and the way customers make purchases.
Modules include load handling, battery, controls, rear support and power (for either hydraulic or electric vehicles). This redesign means that JBT can quickly deliver a broad range of high value, low cost AGV solutions, where each application is matched with the appropriate level of automation.
" At JBT we are committed to reinventing the AGV industry, so each of the modules have been cost-reduced and optimised," explains Nicholas Bellwood, JBT's European director of AGV sales. "In doing so, we've also increased the reliability of the modules as each one has proven its effectiveness, so the vehicles don't need to be custom-designed for each project."
JBT used its experience and leveraged patterns in AGV sales while implementing its redesign. In addition to the vehicle redesign, the company also updated its SGV Manager software by introducing a 3D mapping system to maximise system throughput.
