Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems in Flexible Manufacturing System –A review

Authors

  • V. K. Chawla Pursuing Ph D National Institute Of Technology M.Tech Engineering B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
  • Dr A.K. Chanda PhD ,M.Tech Engineering,B.Tech Engineering Associate Professor in Mechanical and Automation Engineering Department at G. B. Pant Engineering College ,Okhla,Delhi
  • Dr A.K. Chanda PhD ,M.Tech Engineering,B.Tech Engineering Associate Professor in Mechanical and Automation Engineering Department at G. B. Pant Engineering College ,Okhla,Delhi
  • Dr Surjit Angra PhD,M.Tech Design Engineering,BSc Mechanical Engineering Professor and HoD Mechanical Engineering Department,National Institute Of Technology ,Kurukshetra ,Haryana,India.
  • Dr Surjit Angra PhD,M.Tech Design Engineering,BSc Mechanical Engineering Professor and HoD Mechanical Engineering Department,National Institute Of Technology ,Kurukshetra ,Haryana,India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23055/ijietap.2019.26.5.3746

Keywords:

manufacturing engineering, FMS, AGV

Abstract

Material handling operations in flexible manufacturing systems has become efficient and easy with the improvement in automated machine technology. Material handling has been improved immensely since it started as fully manual operations, where men were employed to lift, stack and count the jobs in any manufacturing facility. Today’s rapid development in technology presents manufacturing firms a range of alternatives for in-plant transportation. Automated Guided Vehicle system (AGVs) are applied for advance material handling practices in a Flexible manufacturing facility consisting of a number of autonomous vehicles (AGVs) for movement of work part from one work center to another by following a particular guide path and their operations are controlled by a computer program. Now a day’s agent based AGV are also used in Material handling operations which operates and perform their assigned task autonomously.  In this paper AGV system design and control in manufacturing facilities along with state of art review of the literature available on AGV guide path configurations, comparison of guide path configurations, estimation of the number of AGVs in a facility, scheduling and dispatching policies, routing, conflict resolution and positioning of AGVs has been reviewed and at the end of the paper, literature on Integrated policies for optimum utilization of AGVs is reported.

Author Biographies

V. K. Chawla, Pursuing Ph D National Institute Of Technology M.Tech Engineering B.Tech Mechanical Engineering

[1]            Mr Viveak Kumar Chawla (Corresponding Author) presently working as Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Automation Engineering Department at Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women,Kashmiri Gate ,Delhi. He earned his B.Tech degree in Mechanical  Engineering from AKGEC ,Ghaziabad U.P, M.Tech degree in Production Engineering from Delhi Institute of Tool Engineering ,Delhi and pursuing Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana. He has more than 8 years of experience in the Teaching, Industry, Research and Academic Administration. His research interests include Production and Industrial Engineering with focus on Material Handling Systems in Flexible Manufacturing System. He has several research publications in reputed National/International Journals and Conference proceedings. He is member of many professional bodies including Institution of Engineers and Society of Automotive Engineers.

Email ID: kumar_6150046@nitkkr.ac.in

Mob: +919312660065

Dr A.K. Chanda, PhD ,M.Tech Engineering,B.Tech Engineering Associate Professor in Mechanical and Automation Engineering Department at G. B. Pant Engineering College ,Okhla,Delhi

[1]        Dr. Arindam Kumar Chanda presently working as Associate Professor in Mechanical and Automation Engineering Department at G. B. Pant Engineering College with specialization in Production and Industrial Engineering. He earned his B.Tech degree in Production Engineering from B.I.T. Sindri, M.Tech Degree in Production Engineering and Ph.D. from Jadavpur University. He has more than 16 years of experience in the Teaching, Industry, Research and Academic Administration. He had also worked as Assistant Director at All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for about 4 years. His research interests include Production and Industrial Engineering with focus on Advance Ma+nufacturing, Robotics and Flexible Manufacturing System. He has several research publications in reputed National/International Journals and Conference proceedings. He is member of many professional bodies including Institution of Engineers, Indian Society for Technical Education, Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, and Society of Automotive Engineers.

Email ID: akcped@yahoo.com

Mob: +919650033754; +91918076039617

Dr A.K. Chanda, PhD ,M.Tech Engineering,B.Tech Engineering Associate Professor in Mechanical and Automation Engineering Department at G. B. Pant Engineering College ,Okhla,Delhi

[1]        Dr. Arindam Kumar Chanda presently working as Associate Professor in Mechanical and Automation Engineering Department at G. B. Pant Engineering College with specialization in Production and Industrial Engineering. He earned his B.Tech degree in Production Engineering from B.I.T. Sindri, M.Tech Degree in Production Engineering and Ph.D. from Jadavpur University. He has more than 16 years of experience in the Teaching, Industry, Research and Academic Administration. He had also worked as Assistant Director at All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for about 4 years. His research interests include Production and Industrial Engineering with focus on Advance Ma+nufacturing, Robotics and Flexible Manufacturing System. He has several research publications in reputed National/International Journals and Conference proceedings. He is member of many professional bodies including Institution of Engineers, Indian Society for Technical Education, Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, and Society of Automotive Engineers.

Email ID: akcped@yahoo.com

Mob: +919650033754; +91918076039617

Dr Surjit Angra, PhD,M.Tech Design Engineering,BSc Mechanical Engineering Professor and HoD Mechanical Engineering Department,National Institute Of Technology ,Kurukshetra ,Haryana,India.

[1]            Dr. Surjit Angra is presently working as Professor & Head in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra. He has been Director of All India Council for Technical Education, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India from 2005 to 2008. National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand at Srinagar was also started in 2010 under his guidance & he acted as founder Dean (Acad.) of NIT Uttarakhand. He has 33 years of experience in teaching, industry & administration. He did his B.Sc. Engg. (Mechanical) from REC, Kurukshetra in 1981. He did his M.Tech (Mechanical) in 1986 and Ph.D in 1995 from REC, Kurukshetra, presently known as NIT Kurukshetra. His area of interest is Industrial Tribology and Machine Design. He has published more than 55 research papers in the area of his research work in the International Journals like Tribology letters, Journals of ASME, Tribology International, Journals of Reliability and system safety, journal of Engg. & Material Science, Journal of IEI and proceedings of ISME and ISTAM etc. He participated in the First World Tribology Congress in London (UK) in 1997. He has also visited France, Spain, Austria & USA.

Email ID: angrasurjit@yahoo.com

Mob: +919416993047, +918570865708

Dr Surjit Angra, PhD,M.Tech Design Engineering,BSc Mechanical Engineering Professor and HoD Mechanical Engineering Department,National Institute Of Technology ,Kurukshetra ,Haryana,India.

[1]            Dr. Surjit Angra is presently working as Professor & Head in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra. He has been Director of All India Council for Technical Education, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India from 2005 to 2008. National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand at Srinagar was also started in 2010 under his guidance & he acted as founder Dean (Acad.) of NIT Uttarakhand. He has 33 years of experience in teaching, industry & administration. He did his B.Sc. Engg. (Mechanical) from REC, Kurukshetra in 1981. He did his M.Tech (Mechanical) in 1986 and Ph.D in 1995 from REC, Kurukshetra, presently known as NIT Kurukshetra. His area of interest is Industrial Tribology and Machine Design. He has published more than 55 research papers in the area of his research work in the International Journals like Tribology letters, Journals of ASME, Tribology International, Journals of Reliability and system safety, journal of Engg. & Material Science, Journal of IEI and proceedings of ISME and ISTAM etc. He participated in the First World Tribology Congress in London (UK) in 1997. He has also visited France, Spain, Austria & USA.

Email ID: angrasurjit@yahoo.com

Mob: +919416993047, +918570865708

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Published

2019-10-21

How to Cite

Chawla, V. K., Chanda, D. A., Chanda, D. A., Angra, D. S., & Angra, D. S. (2019). Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems in Flexible Manufacturing System –A review. International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Applications and Practice, 26(5). https://doi.org/10.23055/ijietap.2019.26.5.3746

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 5 (2019)

Section

Logistics and Material Handling

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