Project Highlight: Industrial AGVs & AMRs for Assembly Lines & Fabrication

Invio has a unique offering in the form of heavyweight or high-capacity autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs). This equipment goes by other names including automated guided vehicles, conveyance automation, and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and fundamentally serve the purpose of transporting product through the factory without involvement from a human. Prior to the development of automated conveyance solutions, items under manufacture were typically transported manually using carts, trolleys or forklifts, both powered and unpowered. Over time, many of these manual conveyance platforms – inefficient and often dangerous – were automated.

For industries, such as the electric vehicle, aerospace, alternative energy, and defense sectors, manufacturing processes often involve the movement of heavy parts, objects in work, and eventually, finished products. As such, the capacity of conveyance automation systems for these manufacturers must often exceed 10,000 lbs. Many manufacturers need to convey and assemble products that weigh 10,000 lbs, 20,000 lbs, 30,000 lbs, and up to 50,000 lbs, but AGVs with capacity in this range are rare. The unique load requirements for these ‘heavy’ manufacturers, is very different for other classes of manufacturers, and is a key differentiator when evaluating conveyance automation solutions.

Our AGVs are used to transport pallets of solar panels, recreational vehicles, tractors, construction equipment, electric vehicles, electrical grid equipment, and even the sleeper bunks for large airplanes.