American Packaging Automates with Unmanned Seegrid Robotic Industrial Trucks

Seegrid Robots Prove Best Option vs. AGVs or Forklifts.

When American Packaging finished their 100,000 square foot operating and storage space expansion, it led them to investigate ergonomic alternatives to transportation with manned forklifts. With a growing footprint, the need to move printed materials further distances with speed and safety was essential. American Packaging had to add labor or automate—APC chose to automate their plant with Robotic Industrial Trucks.

By Seegrid

· March 22, 2013

Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are costly, rigid, and lack the flexibility needed by companies like American Packaging Company (APC).

Part of the growth experienced by APC is the capability to combine several substrates in-line, enabling American Packaging to develop laminations with customized physical, optical and sealing properties that meet specific product and packaging format requirements.

The wide variety of structures currently manufactured, along with the goal of continuous improvement, led APC to choose robots over AGVs.

The flexibility robots provide meets the wide variety and responsiveness required throughout the operation. APC trains a new route with Seegrid robots and it’s operational within minutes; that is impossible with AGVs.

The labor costs associated with traditional forklift usage was not an effective option for APC versus the Seegrid robotic industrial truck. The facility layout requires transportation of material over a long distance; there is no need for an operator to navigate this activity. The traditional labor necessary to move material from points A to B is better utilized elsewhere in the plant.

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