Automated Guided Vehicle Systems

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This professional book provides a comprehensive overview of the modern organisational tool of intralogistics. Automated Guided Vehicle Systems (AGV Systems) are floor-based systems that are used internally inside and/or outside of buildings. Since the mid-1990s, AGV Systems have successfully penetrated almost all sectors of industry and many public areas, such as hospitals. The technological standards of all AGV-relevant components and functions are explained and numerous practical examples, e.g. from the automotive, electrical and food industries, are presented. Another focus is the practical planning of such intralogistics systems based on the VDI guidelines, including hints and tips for successful project management when introducing an AGV System. This edition has been completely revised, restructured and reflects the rapid developments in technology and markets.

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Keywords

• Automated guided vehicle systems
• Intralogistics
• Forum-FTS
• Flows of materials
• Storage
• Commissioning
• Transport

Table of contents (5 chapters)

Front Matter

History of Automated Guided Vehicle Systems

• Günter Ullrich, Thomas Albrecht

Technological Standards

• Günter Ullrich, Thomas Albrecht

Areas of Application

• Günter Ullrich, Thomas Albrecht

The Future of the AGV

• Günter Ullrich, Thomas Albrecht

The Holistic AGVS Planning

• Günter Ullrich, Thomas Albrecht

Authors and Affiliations

Voerde, Germany

Fraunhofer-Institut für Materialfluss und Logistik (IML), Dortmund, Germany

About the authors

Dr.-Ing. Günter Ullrich is a management consultant in intralogistics, head of the VDI expert committee on AGV Systems and Head of the European AGV community Forum FTS. He is also managing director of Forum-FTS GmbH, which carries out planning and consulting in the AGV environment with an experienced and competent team. AGV Systems are the focus of his consulting, planning, workshops, seminars and publications (www.guenter-ullrich.de).

Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Albrecht is a research associate and Head of AGV Systems at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (Fraunhofer IML) in Dortmund. He has been extensively involved with the subject for more than 30 years, including as a project manager in numerous AGV development projects, as a planner and consultant in AGV projects at home and abroad, as a speaker at specialist conferences and trade fairs, as an active member of the VDI AGV expert committee for many years and as an organiser of the AGV specialists conference held at Fraunhofer IML.

Bibliographic Information

• Book Title : Automated Guided Vehicle Systems
• Book Subtitle : A Guide - With Practical Applications - About The Technology - For Planning
• Authors : Günter Ullrich, Thomas Albrecht
• DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35387-2
• Publisher : Springer Vieweg Wiesbaden
• eBook Packages : Engineering , Engineering (R0)
• Copyright Information : The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2023
• Hardcover ISBN : 978-3-658-35386-5 Published: 07 December 2022
• Softcover ISBN : 978-3-658-35389-6 Published: 08 December 2023
• eBook ISBN : 978-3-658-35387-2 Published: 10 November 2022
• Edition Number : 2
• Number of Pages : XX, 271
• Number of Illustrations : 22 b/w illustrations, 147 illustrations in colour
• Additional Information : Translation of the 3. German original edition published by Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2019
• Topics : Transportation , Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing