Great job!
🔧 Finding the 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗔𝗚𝗩 isn't always about the ideal specs. 🤷🏽♂️ 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲. ---- Last week, we were working on a project where we needed to move pallets from a palletizer to a wrapper and then to a warehouse with 5-meter-high storage. 🏗️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? Ideally, two different AGVs vehicles: a stacker and a reach truck. But there was an issue… 😬 No movements yet to justify two different vehicles... 💲💲 Moreover... the palletizer robot cells were too tight for the reach truck AGV to fit! So, we had to make a decision: ➡️ Do we invest an extra €30,000 to make the retractable AGV work with modifications? ➡️ Or do we find a solution (not perfect) that balances both economics and practicality? 🤔 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿? We chose a 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗺 AGV that’s usually not designed for this kind of work. Yes, it’s a bit oversized for ground-level movement and slower while picking/dropping pallets at 5 meters. 🤷🏽♂️ But it handles both tasks well enough to keep things running smoothly during production ramp-up. ⚖ Once production increases, we’ll introduce a reach truck AGV for high lifting and keep this AGV for ground-level tasks. 🚀 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿? Because not every solution is about getting the "🅿🅴🆁🅵🅴🅲🆃" machine. Often (would say... always), it’s about finding the right balance between cost, technical requirements, and the reality of your operations. The best compromise wins. 🙌🏽 💡 🆃🅰🅺🅴🅰🆆🅰🆈 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲—it's smart decision-making when you consider both efficiency and budget. ⭐ 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℚ𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 ⭐ What’s more important in your experience: technical perfection or client satisfaction❓ ⚠ By the way... having suppliers able to provide custom solutions is a MUST... thanks SMART TECHNOLOGY S.A. - SMARLOGY , Lucas R. Marina J. and the team. Project by Gruppo Movincar COMPAGNIA GENERALE MACCHINE S.P.A. IN FORMA ABBREVIATA: CGM S.P.A. Video: 2 Ton AGV Stacker by Smarlogy with SICK Sensor Intelligence safety scanners, Pepperl+Fuchs Group 2D lidar for navigation. ------ 👉🏽 Follow me! Alfredo Pastor Tella to stay up to date on #agvs #amrs #mobilerobots #materialhandling 🤖 🤗 📩📩 Contact me if you need support with your AGV/AMR Project