Automatic and
Laser Guided Vehicle
How can you ensure the right products reach the right place at the right time?
Designed to automate, interconnect and optimize the flows in manufacturing plants or distribution centers, our solutions include advanced AGV/LGV systems with laser-guided navigation for pallet handling, Flash Battery technology with over 96% energy efficiency, and induction charging for continuous operation. Through consulting services, we deliver tailored layouts supported by SmartDesigner discrete event simulation and 3D mapping for precise implementation, ensuring optimal performance in both greenfield and brownfield projects. Dynamic simulations validate control logics with 95% reliability, while our Flash Data Center monitors every battery daily to maximize LGV uptime and efficiency.
AGVs and LGVs handle the following tasks automatically:
- Handling of finished goods and raw materials.
- Packaging and materials infeed to the production lines.
- Supply from the lines to the AS/RS warehouse.
- Management of warehouse systems.
- Block storage and racking management.
- Automatic picking.
- Unloading and loading finished goods on the trucks.
From the entry of raw materials to the warehouse and shipments' total management, they can move autonomously, streamlining, and improving the intralogistics operations.
Laser Guided Vehicles: A Competitive Asset For CPG
We design AGV and LGV systems that boost different businesses in the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) market: mainly tissue, beverage, and food, as well as other diversified areas, i.e., ceramic, plastic, wood, personal and home care, etc.
They enable a more integrated and space-optimized manufacturing or distribution facility, guaranteeing pallet-moving efficiency and safety.
Designed to handle various pallet types – such as CHEP, GMA, EURO, Blockpallet and Stringer, our LGVs can be equipped with extendable systems for double-deep storage and dual side-by-side pallet carrying capability.
The range of LGVs can meet various business needs: our portfolio includes models able to stock the pallets to a height of up to 41 feet (12 meters), handle a lift capacity of up to 6,000 pounds (3.000 kg), and a transport capacity of 11,000 pounds (5.000 kg). The vehicles operate at temperatures as low as -26°C and as high as 40°C.
Benefit 1:
Increased Operational Efficiency
AGVs can enhance productivity, reduce errors, and ultimately lead to cost savings and improved overall operational efficiency.
Benefit 2:
Enhanced Safety and Risk Mitigation
Safety is a top priority in any industrial setting, and AGV technology plays a crucial role in ensuring a safer working environment, reduced downtime and bottlenecks.
Benefit 3:
Flexibility and Scalability
This technology offers high levels of flexibility and scalability, allowing businesses to adapt to changing operational needs, such as different workflows or types of products to be handled, and to dynamic market demands
LGVs automate warehousing operations, within block storage, selective, double-deep, gravity rack, easy storage, twin-load and drive-in storage systems, and interfacing with AS/RS and AVS/RS. Each solution is designed to meet the customer's needs, optimizing the production flow according to the actual market demand, reducing shipping times, minimizing errors, and exploiting the available space.
On top of that, AGV/LGV systems can be developed to maneuver in tight spaces, and they can automatically handle the loading and unloading of trucks.
Truck Loading & Unloading
Automated truck loading and unloading is the final step toward complete intralogistics integration. Our LGVs transfer pallets directly from conveyors into trucks, ensuring continuous flow even during peak periods.
We have consolidated expertise through major projects worldwide. In the U.S., the first automated truck loading tests began in 2010, followed by the first full-scale application at Niagara Water in 2012. Today, over 1,400 LGVs operate in 43 fully automated factories. Similar success stories include Coca-Cola Andina in Brazil, where LGVs handle both finished goods and packaging materials. These experiences guide our developments at the Innovation Hub in Viano, where we validate every configuration before deployment.
As shown in our U.S. installations, this solution delivers tangible results by integrating advanced software and LGVs for precise, automated operations. Here in Viano, we continuously test and refine these systems with real customer products, ensuring maximum efficiency and reliability before go-live. Our commitment is to evolve this technology to meet the demands of an ever-changing market.
Solution Advantages
- Loading dock with vehicle restraint system by Rite Hite
- Modular and Flexible System
- Easy to upgrade and expand by adding new LGVs to boost performance
- Preventing bottlenecks thanks to LGVs interchangeable missions
- Adjustable backrest for different leading pallet size
- Optimization of the existing infrastructure
- Improved safety also ensured by SmartDect, a new patented technology
- Last mile toward total system integration within factories and DCs
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