Modeling Automated Guided Vehicle Systems in Material Handling

Modeling Automated Guided Vehicle Systems in Material Handling Otomati̇kleşti̇ri̇lmi̇ş Rehberli̇ Araç Si̇stemleri̇ni̇n Transport Tekni̇ği̇nde Modellemesi̇

The study objectives are to 1) provide information regarding the use and benefits of Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) systems in manufacturing environments, and 2) review the literature related to design, modeling and simulation of AGV systems. We classify the tools utilized in design problems of AGV systems as analytical and simulation-based tools. Then, give examples of both categories from rel...

Active Rescheduling for Automated Guided Vehicle Systems

Synopsis This paper examines the use of knowledge-based techniques to generate a framework for the active rescheduling of an automated guided vehicle system in a manufacturing environment. Our approach to active resecheduling uses “cues” drawn from events on the shop floor to trigger rescheduling. Simulation experiments are used to capture knowledge about the shop floor and various scheduling s...

Track layout accommodating dynamic routing in automated material handling systems

Buffer Management for Automated Material Handling Systems in Semiconductor Industries

The automated material handling system (AMHS) is a highly automated transport solution of actual 300mm semiconductor waferfabs. The big logistic challenge in such a running system is the just-in-time delivery of lots (carriers). Therefore, beside tracks and vehicles, there are different storages (stocker) and buffers (under track storages and load ports) integrated in such a transport system. T...

Congestion-aware dynamic routing in automated material handling systems