Akagi Nyugyo Co., Ltd.: Honjo Senbon-zakura 5S* Plant

Goals

• Respond to the needs of an aging society with a falling birthrate
• Save energy and space
• Create a line layout with greater flexibility
• Shorten construction schedules

Benefits

• Ensured worker-friendliness
• Ensured greater flexibility of space

Customer feedback

First time AGVs were used as a production system

This was the first time that an AGV system was used as a part of production system. Therefore, the first priority of the design was securing AGV benefits like boosting worker-friendliness and ensuring production yield, while maintaining the advantages of previous conveyors.

Realizing flexible production lines

To respond to the expected declining birthrate and aging society Japan, work that is now done manually must be automated or handled by robots. This requires additional line construction and demands the shortest possible construction schedule. Under the previous system, conveyors often required an inflexible production line and longer construction schedule.
Our AGV system achieved greater flexibility and consequently achieved a more flexible production line.

System overview

Number of carriages:

51

Load:

200 kg

Lifter height:

600-900 mm (16 steps)

Lifting time:

24-150 sec

Palletizing robots, stretch packager, table lifter