Description: Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are load carriers that are capable of moving autonomously around bakeries with no driver on board. AGV systems are widely used for jobs that would usually be handled by conveyor systems, forklifts, or manual carts, such as repetitively moving large loads of materials such as bakery pans, lids, trough's, peel boards, baskets and pallet loads of bakery products. Self guided vehicles don't just transport raw materials but are also utilized in work-in-process applications and transporting the completed goods, thereby supporting production and or distribution.
Classroom Engagement: Where are Automated Guided Vehicles used in bakeries. 1. Trough Handling 2. Pan & lid storage & retrieval 3. Basket distribution 4. Pallet movement