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Analysis of the Travel Distance in the Multiple-load Carrying Automated Guided Vehicle Systems  

Chang Suk-Hwa (Dept. of Industrial Engineering, University of Incheon)
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Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering / v.28, no.1, 2005 , pp. 55-63 More about this Journal
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This paper is to analyze the travel distance and the transport size of the vehicle when the AGV carries multiple-load in the tandem automated guided vehicle systems. The size of multiple-load represents the number of load that the AGV can carry simultaneously. The AGV can carry simultaneously multiple-load that load types are different. The transport system of the manufacturing system is a tandem configuration automated guided vehicle system, which is based on the partitioning of all the stations into several non-overlapping single closed loops. Each loop divided has only one vehicle traveling unidirectionally around it. The AGV of each loop has to have sufficient transport capacity that can carry all loads for given unit time. In this paper, the average loaded travel distance and the size of feasible multiple-load of the vehicle are analyzed. A numerical example is shown.
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