Abstract
Currently, companies have increasingly needed to improve and develop their processes to flexible the production in order to reduce waiting times and increase productivity through smaller time intervals. To achieve these objectives, efficient and automated transport and handling material systems are required. Therefore, the AGV systems (Automated Guided Vehicle) are often used to optimize the flow of materials within the production systems. In this paper, the author evaluates the usage of an AGV system in an industrial environment and analyzes the advantages, disadvantages of the project. Furthermore, the author uses the systems simulation software Promodel ® 7.0 to develop a model, based on data collected from real production system, in order to analyze and optimize the use of AGVs. Throughout this paper, problems are identified as well as solution adopted by the author and the results obtained from the simulations.
Highlights
From the 90s, opening the domestic market to imported products and the movement of privatization promoted by the government, spurred investments in industrial automation in Brazil to compete in international industries
Mathematical programming approaches are very difficult to solve for very complex system so the simulation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) is widely used to analyze its performance measures (EL-TAMIMI et al 2011)
Process automation is becoming a decisive factor for the success of businesses
Summary
From the 90s, opening the domestic market to imported products and the movement of privatization promoted by the government, spurred investments in industrial automation in Brazil to compete in international industries. That article gathered information from 1997 to 2006 in order to map the coverage as well as the trends in the area of the simulation of the manufacturing systems Another concept extend this definition to production computer controlled system consisting of several individual machines and workstations, material handling system, system settings and control system, which can process multiple items simultaneously in continuous operation mode for new equipment. The design and operation of AGV systems are highly complex due to high levels of randomness and large number of variables involved This complexity makes simulation an extremely useful technique in modeling these systems (NEGAHBAN;SMITH, 2014). The design and operation of AGV systems are highly complex due to high levels of randomness and large number of variable involved For these reasons, the advantages of the computational simulation of the AGV are presented again. First results of this work were presented in high level conference and this paper represents an extended and revised version after the conference discussions
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