Automated guided vehicles
Open Shuttles network processes and reduce costs
Viastore has installed an automated small parts warehouse with three storage and retrieval machines and three automated guided vehicles in the distribution warehouse of fastening specialist Tucker. The solution relieves employees and saves time for 400 to 500 transportation tasks per day.
Tucker is an international manufacturer of fastening technology and part of Stanley Engineered Fastening. The approximately 1,200 employees develop, produce and sell fastening and joining technology at 15 European locations, including metal elements such as weld studs, self-pierce rivets and blind rivets, as well as plastic clips. Customers mainly include automotive and commercial vehicle manufacturers, but also the electronics and sheet metal processing industries. Tucker's distribution and shipping warehouse is located in Linden, Hesse, near the company headquarters in Giessen. From there, the company, which was founded in 1959, ships its finished goods on pallets or in boxes to customers worldwide.
Viastore supplied and installed an automated small parts warehouse (AKL) with three Viaspeed storage and retrieval machines and three driverless transport vehicles - so-called open shuttles. They automatically supply the picking stations, also supplied by Viastore, with replenishment and transport the products independently to the mini-load warehouse for storage. In this way, they offer a flexible and space-saving way of networking the various areas and processes. In the past, employees used to transport the goods manually from the high-bay warehouse to the workstations and back using a trolley, which is cumbersome and error-prone. Today, thanks to the Open Shuttles, complicated transfer processes are no longer necessary - everything runs automatically and clearly.
"With the Viastore solution, we can work more efficiently and save time for 400 to 500 transport tasks a day, which can then be used for other activities as part of our growth," explains Dieter Keiner, Plant Manager at Tucker. The driving behavior of the transport systems is intelligent and reliable. "They react dynamically to obstacles and plan alternative routes independently. This enables safe and flexible interaction between people and other vehicles," explains Viastore Project Manager Peter Polywka. "The user interface for monitoring the driverless transport systems is also very user-friendly. The Open Shuttles can be activated or deactivated very easily. The customer can make layout changes independently, for example by blocking paths," adds the expert. Unlike with static conveyor technology, the areas in the warehouse also remain freely usable for employees and other vehicles. as
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