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January 30, 2023

Large Metal Weldment Fabrication for Port Container AGV Chassis and Undercarriage

Recently, a batch of large metal weldments of AGV chassis and undercarriages was successfully delivered.

steel chassis fabrication for AGV

What is Automated guided vehicles (AGV)?

Nowadays, manufacturers seek to implement methods of automation appropriate to their needs and purposes. Companies automate their activities for a variety of reasons. Increasing productivity is normally the main aim for companies desiring competitive advantages. Automation reduces human errors and improves the quality of output. Other reasons for automation include the presence of hazardous working environments and the high cost of human labor in such areas. The decision regarding automation is often associated with some economic and social considerations.
Robotics has become a very common application in most of developed countries. High performance, high accuracy, lower labor cost and the ability to work in hazardous places have put robotics in an advantageous position over many other such technologies.An automated guided vehicle (AGV) is a mobile robot that transfer load on pre-define path to a load station without any operator, all by itself. They are used in carrying a heavy load, material handling systems, flexible manufacturing systems, and container handling applications. As the advancement in technology, the world step into a new era of machinery, which carefully handles heavy load and reduce time. The aim of production planning has shifted from fast production tothe efficient transportation of material between the workstations and in and out of storage. The use of AGVs increases flexibility since the flow path can easily be reconfigured to accommodate production changes. The smooth motion of AGV through curved and difficult path save time to unload station, and installation costs thus increasing productivity.

Automated guided vehicles (AGV) have been increasingly employed by the industry in the past decades. Especially in modern factories, a few workers in a well-designed mechanical production line are capable to accomplish the job that used to require hundreds of skilled workers to do. Especially, machines brought us not just efficiency, but also accuracy and reliability. Therefore, automatizing production or, rather, replacing human workers with robots is imperative for every production plant. The technology is based on vehicles utilized as material handling equipment that operate autonomously in a manufacturing plant, without the need for a human operator. AGVs are widely used in large-scale production facilities, especially in the automotive market, to increase efficiency and reduce internal transportation costs. The technology meets the current trend within the international industry towards an increasing level of automation of manufacturing plants. The concept of Industry has been also consolidating the idea of a fourth industrial revolution based on perpetual communication via Internet that allows for continuous interaction and exchange of information not only between humans (C2C) and humans and machines (C2M) but also between machines themselves (M2M)".

Applications of AGV

Autonomy is the key factor for using AGV in different fields. It will achieve a high degree of accuracy and accuracy which will result in a complete reduction of system errors and improvement time. Flexibility is the key factor that will help AGV become popular in other material handling systems. The AGVs are used inside the factories, but they also expand their spaces in other service sectors

  • Material handling: used in extremely large car and electronic factories, at the unloading station.
  • Warehouse: used in the electronic commerce warehouse for the transport of the material.
  • Commercial: luggage transport to the airport, supermarket, mall, floor treatment, such as washing, exchange.
  • Energy and defense: transportation of high-risk substances, mapping of bombs and mines, recovery and elimination of nuclear and steam generator inspection, pipeline inspection.
  • The medical service: delivers water and food medicine, administrative reports, handling of hazardous materials, and disposal of biological waste.
  • Personal care: Assistance for persons with disabilities and early assistance with personal hygiene.

Main Components of Most AGVs

  • Chassis and flanges
  • Base and Supports
  • Motors
  • Batteries
  • Main Unit Kit
  • Application Controller Set
  • Line Follower Set
  • Communication Unit
  • Others

An Automated guided vehicle (AGV) is defined as a set of a cooperative driverless vehicles, which is used on the manufacturing floor and coordinated manually. Their main usage of them is to facilitate the automation process of manufacturing subjects.

What do we do for AGV with our metal fabrication service?

As an innovative metal fabricator, we at Openex strive to offer best-in-class manufacturing and assembly capabilities for the renewable energy industry through our,

  • design-for-manufacture optimization
  • collaborative design assistance
  • high-velocity manufacturing processes
  • planning and rapid production control
  • global supply chain management

Our featured services don’t just make the metal fabrication process run smoothly, we save our customers time and money by providing efficient and top-quality products.

Openex is a metal fabricator that actively develops and supplies metal product assemblies, weldments, and stamped components to multiple industries.

Examples we manufactured for Automated guided vehicles (AGV) include steel chassis, body chassis, metal base and supports, undercarriages, other weldments, and components.

Our Full-Service Metal Fabrication - metal cutting and sheering, metal forming, bending, and rollingweldingCNC machining, sheet metal assembly, and quality inspection

Machining Services: Multi-Axis Machining, 5-Axis Machining, CNC Milling | Vertical and Horizontal, CNC Turning | Vertical and Horizontal, CNC Engineering, CMM Inspection

Material Types: castings, forgings, fabricated weldments, billets, bar stock, and plate

Metal Materials we worked: Stainless steelCarbon Steel, aluminum, brass, bronze, chromium, copper, Monel, nickel,  titanium, zinc, and many other superalloys.

Contact us at sales3@openex.com.cn or call us at +86 186 5928 0806 for more information about AGV fabrication and to receive a free project quote today.

About Openex

Openex is home to a full-service, one-stop-shop, contract manufacturing company producing custom large machined parts and fabrications. Our full large fabrication services including large machining, cutting, welding, rolling, punching, braking, testing, painting, and others.
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