{"id":54297,"date":"2024-07-30T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/?p=54297"},"modified":"2024-09-30T11:25:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T09:25:38","slug":"movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Hydro Extrusions and Movexx have developed an ideal logistics solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The AGV shuttles back and forth 24\/7 between the press department and the saw department<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
\n
\"\"
Photo by movexx<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The transportation of meters-long profiles from one hall to another was initially carried out at Hydro Extrusions in Harderwijk using a small truck. However, this couldn\u2019t be continuously manned, sometimes leading to storage buffer overflows in the \u201cpacking department.\u201d In collaboration with logistics specialist Movexx, an unmanned transport solution was developed based on an electrically powered Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hydro is a global aluminum and energy company with 140 locations in 40 countries and a total of 32,000 employees. In Harderwijk, around 100 people work. The factory operates 24\/7 except for planned maintenance stops and produces customer-specific extruded aluminum profiles up to nearly 48 meters in length. The maximum delivery size is 22 meters because that length can be transported over the road without additional provisions. The profiles can be hollow or solid, thin- or thick-walled, and have complex cross-sections. A key advantage of Hydro is the speed at which profiles are produced and delivered \u201con demand\u201d to the customer. Thus, Hydro also provides perfect service in terms of logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainable solution<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the Hydro location in Hoogezand, they already had experience with a transport solution in the form of Movexx<\/a>\u2019s \u2018smart electric tugs,\u2019 which gave us an idea,\u201d says Arnold van Loenen, Maintenance Engineer at Hydro. \u201cThe truck made short trips, but that meant a \u2018cold diesel start\u2019 every time. The halls are large and high, so that wasn\u2019t a problem in itself, but it obviously wasn\u2019t very environmentally friendly. In winter, we also lost a lot of heat through the large overhead doors that remained open for some time to move the profiles safely. Another factor is that we\u2019re dealing with an aging workforce, so we have to pay more attention to workload and ergonomics. If you can safely and sustainably automate certain tasks, you relieve the staff and improve productivity and the working environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Structural waste<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
\n
\"\"
Photo by movexx<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cIf people are constantly moving materials back and forth, it often comes at the expense of productivity,\u201d says Marco Sales, Sales Engineer AMR\/AGV<\/a> at Movexx. This Veenendaal-based company, currently employing around 60 people, has been active for about 15 years in developing sustainable solutions for horizontal movements. Movexx\u2019s \u2018smart electric tugs\u2019 are used worldwide in airports, distribution centers, factories, warehouses, laundries, hospitals, retail, etc. \u201cWe started with the development of a \u2018follow-me tractor,\u2019 and from there, a whole program emerged, including unmanned solutions based on AGVs. If you can automate (internal) transport, you eliminate the \u2018structural waste of productivity.\u2019 This obviously also played a role at Hydro. Detouring the profiles to other halls took a lot of time, and there were also problems with intermediate stocks in the buffer zone due to limited availability of the truck driver.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safety first<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At Hydro, safety comes first, and that was also the challenge for Movexx to develop a safe unmanned logistics solution based on an AGV. \u201cWe determined the route over which a transport cart loaded with long profiles can safely travel from one hall to another,\u201d explains Sales. \u201cA white line with a black stripe is traced on the floor, which the AGV scans and precisely follows with a camera. RFID tags on the route activate specific functions. The tug moves to the correct side of the transport cart and automatically couples to it. Looping back at the ends of the route allows the AGV to be returned in the correct direction. Sensors and cameras ensure optimal security. If something is in the way, the AGV stops immediately. Operation is via remote control or via a touchscreen on the AGV.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Win-win<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis solution has brought benefits on several fronts,\u201d says van Loenen, who implemented this project together with colleagues Robert van Emmerik, Peter van Keulen, and Movexx experts. \u201cThe AGV is available 24\/7, meaning that extruded profiles are transported directly from the AGV to the saw\/packing department after stress-relief annealing and cooling, without the need for buffering, creating more space. We\u2019ve said goodbye to the diesel truck, and because the route is entirely internal, the overhead doors can remain closed. The mission is a success, and there are already plans for new applications of AGVs at this location.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information visit: movexx.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The AGV shuttles back and forth 24\/7 between the press department and the saw department The transportation of meters-long profiles from one hall to another was initially carried out at Hydro Extrusions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":54301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1630,91,1536,1977,21,1960],"class_list":["post-54297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intralogistics","tag-agvs","tag-automated-guided-vehicles","tag-electric-tugs","tag-hand-trucks","tag-material-handling","tag-trolleys"],"yoast_head":"\nHydro Extrusions and Movexx have developed an ideal logistics solution - EXPO21XX.com NEWS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fabian Becker\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/\",\"name\":\"Hydro Extrusions and Movexx have developed an ideal logistics solution - EXPO21XX.com NEWS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hydro-en-Movexx-2024.03.06-18-kl-600x400-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-30T09:14:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-30T09:25:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ca78ee84b18a19f8fe3509e73fa1f256\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hydro-en-Movexx-2024.03.06-18-kl-600x400-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hydro-en-Movexx-2024.03.06-18-kl-600x400-3.jpg\",\"width\":260,\"height\":159},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hydro Extrusions and Movexx have developed an ideal logistics solution\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"EXPO21XX.com NEWS\",\"description\":\"Robotics and industrial factory automation, sensors, material handling and renewable energy news magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ca78ee84b18a19f8fe3509e73fa1f256\",\"name\":\"Fabian Becker\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc48f9ac5f1d3f01e6a3215f0c87d280?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc48f9ac5f1d3f01e6a3215f0c87d280?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Fabian Becker\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/author\/fabian\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hydro Extrusions and Movexx have developed an ideal logistics solution - EXPO21XX.com NEWS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fabian Becker","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/","url":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/","name":"Hydro Extrusions and Movexx have developed an ideal logistics solution - EXPO21XX.com NEWS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hydro-en-Movexx-2024.03.06-18-kl-600x400-3.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-30T09:14:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-30T09:25:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ca78ee84b18a19f8fe3509e73fa1f256"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hydro-en-Movexx-2024.03.06-18-kl-600x400-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hydro-en-Movexx-2024.03.06-18-kl-600x400-3.jpg","width":260,"height":159},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/movexx-developed-logistics-agv-solution\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hydro Extrusions and Movexx have developed an ideal logistics solution"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/","name":"EXPO21XX.com NEWS","description":"Robotics and industrial factory automation, sensors, material handling and renewable energy news magazine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ca78ee84b18a19f8fe3509e73fa1f256","name":"Fabian Becker","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc48f9ac5f1d3f01e6a3215f0c87d280?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc48f9ac5f1d3f01e6a3215f0c87d280?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Fabian Becker"},"url":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/author\/fabian\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54302,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54297\/revisions\/54302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}