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Monorail factory transport systems use discrete vehicle technology.
Inherent in the technology is less than 100% utilization of the vehicles, which then result in transport capacity limits*.
Adding the occasional and targeted use of a different technology
(conveyors), within the Monorail transport system, turbo-charges the
monorail, raising its throughput capacity beyond the natural limits.
Also included in the product concept is the principle of
asynchronization via the use of dynamic conveyor buffers of the
delivery vehicles, with respect to each other and with respect to the
source and delivery destination they serve. The concept is analogous
with airline hubs, where equipment utilization is optimized.
Five different module types are presented:
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The Interbay Shunt (tm)
- The Dynamic Tool Buffer (tm)
- The Dynamic Stocker Port (tm)
- Monorail to RGV/AGV Bridge (tm)
- The Bay Assist (tm)
This datasheet provides examples of such use of the conveyor technology.
*These limits cannot completely be offset by
increasing the number of vehicles. There will always be vehicle moves
which carry no load. In addition, with that technology static storage
and buffer terminals are utilized due to restrictions in
number, availability and traffic congestion of vehicles. The ‘Monorail
Companion Products’ also minimize the need for such static storage.
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