Audi Hungaria has collaborated with Jungheinrich, by which six driverless transport autos have been deployed throughout the Otto engine manufacturing plant that makes 2.0-litre four-cylinder engines.
The driverless transport autos (FTFs) ship varied engine components from the logistics space straight to the manufacturing line. Moreover, they mechanically cease at 57 stations throughout their journey of greater than 1,000 metres, and 50 of that are positioned proper subsequent to the manufacturing line. This enables for significantly environment friendly and dependable materials transport, mentioned the corporate in a launch.
Robert Buttenhauser, Member of the Board of Administration liable for engine manufacturing, AUDI HUNGARIA Zrt, mentioned, “Audi Hungaria is the world’s largest engine producer and the central engine provider of many manufacturers of the Volkswagen Group. Which means we’re all the time required to make use of state-of-the-art expertise. Automation of our logistics processes is a vital step on this space, which contributes to growing our effectivity and boosting our competitiveness.”
FTFs can carry components weighing as much as 5,000 kgs for the manufacturing of four-cylinder petrol engines in a single journey. On the way in which again, they transport packaging supplies again to the logistics space.
Transport programs are guided by laser navigation supported by reflective surfaces put in on objects alongside the FTF’s route, similar to cabinets, partitions, and columns. Laser navigation permits for the positioning of driverless programs at predefined stations with millimetre-level accuracy.
The corporate makes use of a complete of 60 driverless transport autos in varied areas of engine manufacturing. For example, within the manufacturing of electrical drives, the driverless transport programs independently transport elements of electrical drives to particular person workstations.
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