AGV EXERCISES

(AUTOMATED GUIDED VECHILES)

1. A planned fleet of forklift trucks has an average travel distance per delivery =500 ft loaded and an
average empty travel distance =350 ft. The fleet must take a total of 60 del/hr. Load and unload times
are each .5 min and the speed of the vehicle = 300 ft/min. The traffic factor for the system =.85.
Availability is expected to be .95 and worker efficiency is assumed to be.90. Determine:
(a) idle cycle time per delivery,
(b) the resulting average number of deliveries per hour that a forklift truck can make, and
(c) how many trucks are required to accomplish the 60del/hr.

2. An automated guided vehicle system has an average travel distance per delivery =200m and an
average empty travel distance=150m. Load and unload times are each 24s and the speed of the
AGV=1m/s. Traffic factor=0.9. How many vehicles are needed to satisfy a delivery requirement of
30del/hr? Assume A= 0.95.

3. Four forklift trucks are used to deliver pallet loads of parts between works cells in the factory.
Average travel distance loaded is 350ft, and the travel distance empty is estimated to be the same. The
trucks are driven at an average speed of 3m/hr when loaded and4m/hr when empty. Terminal time per
delivery average 1 min (load =0.5min and unload =0.5min) If the traffic factor is assumed to be 0.90,
availability =1.0 and work efficiency = 0.95, what is the maximum hourly delivery rate of the four
trucks?

4. Pradeep Engineering is contemplating to integrate the AGVS and AS/RS with their flexible
manufacturing system. It is also in the process of determination of number of AGVSs for its
manufacturing system. It has to deliver 67 pieces per hour. The company has decided in favor of
installing a wire guided path system and the unit load AGVS. The following data has been collected as
shown in Table.

Vehicle Speed 200 ft/min

Average loaded travel distance per delivery 600ft
Average empty travel distance per delivery 400 ft
Pickup time 0.25 min
Drop-off time 0.25 min
Traffic factor 0.75

5. An automated manufacturing system for machining crankshafts in a forging industry is planning to

implement AGVs in the organization. There are five CNC workstations (A, B, C, D, E) and a load-
unload station (F). Approximate time of moving the crankshaft on AGVS between stations is shown in
Table

Table: Approximate Time of Moving the Crankshaft on AGVS between Stations

One hundred crankshafts are machined in every 8-h shift and the operations on the crankshaft are
performed in sequence from station A through E. Taking an assumption that every pickup and drop-
off operation takes approximately 0.75 min, determine the number of AGVSs to meet the demand of
moving 100 crankshafts. The load factor is assumed to be 0.75 and the traffic factor 0.95.

6. A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is being planned. It has a ladder layout as pictured in Figure.
It uses a rail guided vehicle (RGV) system to move parts between stations in the layout.

All work parts are loaded into the system at station 1, moved to one of three processing stations (2, 3,
or 4), and then brought back to station 1 for unloading. Once loaded onto its RGV, each work part stays
onboard the vehicle throughout its time in the FMS. Load and unload times at station 1 are each 1.0
min. Processing times are: 5.0 min at station 2; 7.0 min at station 3; and 9.0 min at station 4. Hourly
production of parts through the system is: 7 parts through station 2; 6 parts through station 3 and 5 parts
through station 4. no of delivery per system per hour
(a) Develop the from-to Chart for trips and distances.
(b) Develop the network diagram.
(c) Determine the number of rails guided vehicles that are needed to meet the requirements of the
flexible manufacturing system, if vehicle speed = 60 m/min and the anticipated traffic
factor = 0.85. Assume reliability = 100%.

7. An AGVs will be used to satisfy material flows indicated in the from-to Chart in the table below,
which shows deliveries per hour between stations (above the slash) and distances in meters between
stations (below the slash). Moves indicated by "L" are trips in which the vehicle is loaded, while "E"
indicates moves in which the vehicle is empty. It is assumed that availability is 0.90, traffic factor is
0.85, and efficiency is 1.0. Speed of an AGV is 0.9 m/s. If load handling time per delivery cycle is 1.0
min, determine the number of vehicles needed to satisfy the indicated deliveries per hour? Assume that
availability is 0.90.

To: 1 2 3 4
From: 1 0/0 9L/90 7L/120 5L/75
2 5E/90 0/0 0/NA 4L/80
3 7E/120 0/NA 0/0 0/NA
4 9E/75 0/NA 0/NA 0/0