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Guided Vehicles

Guided vehicles are computer-controlled transportation units that perform applications without any sort of human direction or control. They are used for material handling and transportation applications and can be designed for sorting, storage, delivery or product assembly use. Guided vehicles, or automatic guided vehicles, reduce labor costs in manufacturing processes by providing high volumes of repetitive and tedious movements and actions with around the clock capabilities.

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Savant Automation, Inc.
Walker, MI
616-791-8540
What type of guided vehicle is right for you? Savant Automation has the answers for you. With offering a wide variety of guided vehicles, we have customers walking away satisfied with their purchase. Our guided vehicles can allow loads to be moved without manual intervention. Check out our website for a complete list of our guided vehicles, we wish to hear from you.
 
Jervis B. Webb Company
Farmington Hills, MI
800-932-2178
For nearly five decades, Webb guided vehicles have increased productivity, while reducing operating costs for companies in nearly every industry. Webb was one of the first to develop Automatic Trailer Loading guided vehicles & heavy-duty guided vehicles. Guidance options include inertial, wire & magnetic tape. Webb is known for its engineering & commitment to developing new technologies.
 
COH Inc.
Boisbriand, QC
800-363-6501
With over 35 years of experience, COH manufactures guided vehicles for manual or fully automated operation and automatic material handling solutions. Guided vehicles handle bulky/heavy loads (up to 125T in service), roll on rails or finished floors, battery or AC operated, wire guided or with manual on- or off-board operator. We also offer engineering & modernization services.
 
Transbotics Corporation
Charlotte, NC
704-362-1115
Since 1972, when Transbotics Corporation installed the first guided vehicle for Volvo, we have been committed to greatly improving customers` operations with automation innovations. At our company, a wide range of guided vehicles can be tailor-made for your application. As world leaders in guided vehicle solutions, call us to see how our technology can help your company see more success.
 
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Guided Vehicles

Cumbersome loads and heavy weights are able to be moved more efficiently by guided vehicles than by manual labor. Transfer cars and towing vehicles are two examples of vehicles in the guided vehicle family. Wide use of automated guided vehicles is found in industries such as food and beverage processing, mail and newspaper, general manufacturing, storage and packaging, aerospace and parts assembly. Typically powered by industrial strength batteries or by electricity, guided vehicles can range greatly in size and capability depending on their intended application. For lighter manufacturing processes such as light load transportation, electronic fabrication or small parts assembly and delivery, light load AGVs are ideal. Larger AGVs such as pallet loading trucks or automatic guided carts can be used for heavy load movement. Other processes may require guided vehicles such as material handling robots which have more complex capabilities than a simple towing car.

Despite the potentially high initial investment of installing an AGV system into a manufacturing plant, guided vehicles provide many benefits to a manufacturer. They reduce labor costs by increasing the efficiency and accuracy of operational procedures. Machines can work faster and longer than laborers can, and if programmed correctly are less likely to make errors. Furthermore, in terms of transportation and movement, automatic guided vehicles provide safer worker environments by reducing manual intervention in the process. Vehicles can be equipped with an infrared detection system, or a bumper system, which helps to reduce the damage potential of collisions. Free range AVG systems which are controlled by computer software and international navigation capabilities are able to adjust a vehicle's route according to flow of traffic and possible obstructions, therefore making the factory floor a safer place to work. Guided vehicles are able to fit into small spaces, and work alongside employees in many applications. These electric battery powered vehicles are useful in indoor applications where no sudden or essential decisions are made that cannot be done by automated machinery and so will often still require the assistance of a traffic operator. However, these carts eliminate the risk of bumping, crashes and collisions and therefore have become popular alternatives to manually operated cart transports, conveyors and forklift trucks.