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Agv - Ex 1
Agv - Ex 1
1. An automated guided vehicle system has an average travel distance per delivery: 220
m and an average empty travel distance : 160 m. Load and unload times are each24 sec
and the speed of the AGV : 1 m/sec. Traffic factor : 0.9 and availability : 0.94. How
many vehicles are needed to satisfy a delivery requirement of 35 deliveries/hr?
• AT = 60 A Ft Ew, WL = Rf Tc
2. In Example.2, suppose that the vehicles operate according to the following scheduling
rules: (1) vehicles delivering raw work parts from station 1 to stations 2,3, and 4 must
return empty to station 5; and (2) vehicles picking up finished parts at stations 2,3, and
4 for delivery to station 5 must travel empty from station 1.
(a) Determine the empty travel distances associated with each delivery and develop
a from-to chart in the format of Table.
(b) The AGVs travel at a speed of 50 m/min and the traffic factor: 0.90. Assume
reliability:100%. From Example .2, the delivery distance Ld: 103.8m. Determine
the value of Le.
(c) How many automated guided vehicles will be required to operate the system?
To determine the value of Ld, a weighted average must be calculated based on the
number of trips and corresponding distances shown in the from-to chart for the Problem
(a) Determine the empty travel distances associated with each delivery and develop
a from-to chart in the format of Table.
(b) The AGVs travel at a speed of 50 m/min and the traffic factor: 0.90. Assume
reliability:100%. From Example .2, the delivery distance Ld: 103.8m. Determine the
value of Le.
9(50) + 5(120) + 8(205) + 9(110) + 5(200) + 8(115) + 20(30)
𝐿𝑒 = = 147.6 𝑚
42
(c) How many automated guided vehicles will be required to operate the system?
Cycle time:
𝐿𝑑 𝐿𝑒
𝑇𝑐 = 𝑇𝐿 + + 𝑇𝑈 +
𝑣 𝑣
103.8 147.66
𝑇𝑐 = 0.5 + + 0.5 + = 6.028
50 50
𝑅𝑓 42
- We have: 𝑛𝑐 = = = 4.688
𝑅𝑑𝑣 8.958
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