Unmanned forklift trucks for intelligent logistics

As part of the effort to promote intelligent manufacturing in China, intelligent logistics has become a powerful tool for manufacturing companies to transition to unmanned and intelligent operations. The unmanned forklift is widely used in repetitive handling, intensive handling, harsh working environments, and high environmental standards as the main realization method for industrial automation logistics.

What are unmanned forklifts?

"Unmanned forklift", also called "forklift AGV", is a kind of intelligent industrial vehicle robot with advanced guidance technologies that can load various items.

By applying logistics optimization systems based on multiple unmanned forklifts, we can solve the problems of high material flow and high labor intensity of manual handling in industrial production.

There are several advantages to using unmanned forklifts

With the continuous breakthrough of navigation technology, the unmanned forklifts can walk freely; through two-way information integration with MES and WMS of enterprises, the operation instruction and operation feedback information can be closed-loop, and the information flow and actual logistics can be synchronized; through the WMS, the operation task can be issued remotely, and the intelligent dispatching system can issue the operation instruction to each unmanned forklift for the task, and coordinate the unmanned forklifts in their own way; the unmanned forklifts by equipping RFID system scanning can dock with elevator to realize cross-floor material delivery; through precise route planning and safety control methods, it can ensure that no collision occurs between vehicles before, during, or after the delivery.

At present, the advanced intelligent dispatching system in China can dispatch several hundred unmanned forklifts through the independent learning environment. Through the map is quickly established and the path is flexibly compiled to cope with a variety of special environments; it is fully digital driven, and through the management and dispatching system, hundreds of production elements are collaborated and coordinated, tens of thousands of production instructions and operation sequences are optimally arranged, and process management and operation dispatching are seamlessly connected to achieve balanced management of efficiency processes. For the factory, it directly reduces the laying of hardware equipment at the factory line, reduces cost investment, subverts the traditional logistics transportation operation and management mode, realizes unmanned workshop operation site, and realizes low-cost, short-cycle, fully intelligent and high-efficiency intelligent logistics.

Scenarios for unmanned forklifts

The comparison of unmanned forklifts and manual forklifts

The biggest difference between unmanned forklifts and traditional forklifts is that they dostacker forklift not require manual driving and adopt navigation technology, which enables them to carry out various handling and transportation tasks automatically 24 hours a day. As compared to traditional forklifts, unmanned forklifts have:

Unmanned forklifts are more accurate, efficient, and safe than forklift drivers. The machines are equipped with several safety devices, including emergency contact safety devices, automatic alarms, emergency stop buttons, and object detectors, which can prevent workers from getting injured or damaging inventory, equipment, and buildings, and reduce work risks. Unmanned forklifts can reduce the accident rate by a significant amount.

This greatly improves work efficiency and reduces personnel input by using unmanned forklifts which can work continuously without human involvement, and can carry out handling according to routes and tasks set in advance. This data shows that the application of unmanned forklift can reduce warehouse cost by 30% and increase gross profit by 7%. Additionally, through the monitoring system, the position and operation of each forklift can be seen, while instructions can be issued to command the operation of multiple forklifts, saving manpower.

The unmanned forklift has a strong anti-interference ability, stable and reliable beat. It can make full use of the existing space and site, the line channel is set up flexibly, and the anti-interference ability is strong, dust, noise and small objects on the floor can't interfere with the handling work. If it encounters larger objects, it will open the safety safety device and brake the handling vehicle or avoid obstacles automatically. This makes the unmanned forklift operate continuously and reliably without causing extensive downtime. It is suitable for large-scale operation, multiple vehicles driving at the same time, automatic avoidance, precise and standardized goods placement, and adapts to the demand of automation, continuity and flexibility of production.

Suitable for special environments. Its characteristics include intelligence, low cost, high obedience, and safe operation. It can also be used in areas with little or no light.