In modern industrial production, "efficiency" and "safety" are two core keywords. With the continuous advancement of smart manufacturing and unmanned factories, the seemingly ordinary truck is becoming an indispensable and crucial component of factory production lines. So, what role does the truck play in factory production?
1. The truck serves as a "bridge" between production lines.
In the factory production process, raw materials flow from storage to production, and semi-finished products flow to assembly and finished goods areas. Each link requires the transfer of materials. Trucks are key equipment for completing these material transfers.
Whether operating on fixed tracks (such as the RGV, KPJ, and KPX series) or freely roaming trackless trucks (such as AGVs and BWPs), they can efficiently achieve point-to-point transportation, ensuring the continuity of material flow and avoiding the inefficiencies and risks associated with manual handling.
2. Improving Efficiency and Reducing Costs
Compared to traditional manual or forklift handling methods, the use of trucks can significantly improve production efficiency.
For example, an automated truck can operate continuously for approximately eight hours. Furthermore, it can be used in conjunction with production lines, turntables, roller conveyors, and chain conveyors to achieve fully automated transportation. Furthermore, transport trucks reduce labor costs and minimize safety incidents caused by human error.
3. Adaptability to Various Complex Working Conditions
The production environment in modern factories is complex and diverse, some of which may involve special conditions such as high temperatures, dust, explosion-proof conditions, and heavy loads. To address these diverse environments, transport trucks can be customized with various operating modes, including vehicle structure and power supply methods:
Bus-bar power supply: suitable for continuously operating production lines;
Cable reel power supply: simple structure, suitable for long-distance rail operation;
Battery power supply: flexible and maneuverable, suitable for trackless or multi-area transportation;
Low-voltage rail power supply: safe and reliable, widely used in the chemical and metallurgical industries.
In addition, transport trucks can be equipped with coiling devices, guardrails, hydraulic lifts, and other features to meet diverse customization needs.
In the trend toward modern intelligent manufacturing, transport trucks are not only transportation tools but also a vital component of factory automation systems. Intelligent AGV and RGV transport vehicles can be connected to MES systems, warehouse management systems (WMS), etc. to achieve automatic scheduling and route planning, allowing seamless connection between transportation links and production, and promoting the transformation of factories from "mechanized" to "intelligent."