<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Material handling and logistics management that involve transportation of work pieces on production floor are important aspects to manufacturing that affect productivity and efficiency. Tow vehicles that are manually driven are currently used for this purpose. These processes can be better performed through automation. Automated guided vehicle (AGV) is an apt solution. AGVs are unmanned autonomous vehicles that can be programmed to perform versatile tasks. AGVs available in market are imported and hence have high capital cost and increased lead time for spare parts. Proposed AGV is built with a capital cost that is less than half of the existing AGVs. Its design is made indigenously, with most of its parts locally sourced. It can achieve a speed of 0.83 m/s, with a pulling capacity of 1,300 kg. Its rechargeable batteries sustain four hours of continuous operation for one complete discharge. It has been tested and found to effectively replace tow vehicles.</p></abstract>

Material handling and logistics management that involve transportation of work pieces on production floor are important aspects to manufacturing that affect productivity and efficiency. Tow vehicles that are manually driven are currently used for this purpose. These processes can be better performed through automation. Automated guided vehicle (AGV) is an apt solution. AGVs are unmanned autonomous vehicles that can be programmed to perform versatile tasks. AGVs available in market are imported and hence have high capital cost and increased lead time for spare parts. Proposed AGV is built with a capital cost that is less than half of the existing AGVs. Its design is made indigenously, with most of its parts locally sourced. It can achieve a speed of 0.83 m/s, with a pulling capacity of 1,300 kg. Its rechargeable batteries sustain four hours of continuous operation for one complete discharge. It has been tested and found to effectively replace tow vehicles.

Automated Guided Vehicles by Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor: Future of In-house Logistics

Department of Electrical Engineering, PES Institute of Technology

Power Electronics and Drives

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Material handling and logistics management that involve transportation of work pieces on production floor are important aspects to manufacturing that affect...

Automated Guided Vehicles by Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor: Future of In-house Logistics

Published Online: Nov 26, 2019

Page range: 151 - 159

Received: Jan 10, 2019

Accepted: Feb 05, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pead-2019-0006

Keywords
Automated guided vehicle, Power system, System engineering, Performance reliability, Component robustness

© 2019 Rao Anand et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Automated Guided Vehicles by Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor: Future of In-house Logistics

Published Online: Nov 26, 2019

Page range: 151 - 159

Received: Jan 10, 2019

Accepted: Feb 05, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pead-2019-0006

KeywordsAutomated guided vehicle, Power system, System engineering, Performance reliability, Component robustness

© 2019 Rao Anand et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Automated guided vehicle, Power system, System engineering, Performance reliability, Component robustness