AGV EXERCISE 1

1. An automated guided vehicle system has an average travel distance per delivery: 220
m and an average empty travel distance : 160 m. Load and unload times are each24 sec
and the speed of the AGV : 1 m/sec. Traffic factor : 0.9 and availability : 0.94. How
many vehicles are needed to satisfy a delivery requirement of 35 deliveries/hr?

Ld : average travel distance per delivery: 220 m

Le : distance the vehicle travels empty: 160 m
Tl = Tu = 24 sec.
Vc : AGV velocity: 1m/sec
Traffic factor : 0.9
availability : 0.94
Rf : total delivery requirements: 35 deliveries/hr
• How many AGV?

• AT = 60 A Ft Ew, WL = Rf Tc

2. In Example.2, suppose that the vehicles operate according to the following scheduling
rules: (1) vehicles delivering raw work parts from station 1 to stations 2,3, and 4 must
return empty to station 5; and (2) vehicles picking up finished parts at stations 2,3, and
4 for delivery to station 5 must travel empty from station 1.
(a) Determine the empty travel distances associated with each delivery and develop
a from-to chart in the format of Table.
(b) The AGVs travel at a speed of 50 m/min and the traffic factor: 0.90. Assume
reliability:100%. From Example .2, the delivery distance Ld: 103.8m. Determine
the value of Le.
(c) How many automated guided vehicles will be required to operate the system?
To determine the value of Ld, a weighted average must be calculated based on the
number of trips and corresponding distances shown in the from-to chart for the Problem

(a) Determine the empty travel distances associated with each delivery and develop
a from-to chart in the format of Table.

Delivery route (from Operations of vehicle Distance (m)

station i to station j)
1→2 delivery 50
2→1 Empty 110
1→2 Empty 50
2→5 delivery 80
5→1 Empty 30
1→3 delivery 120
3→1 Empty 200
1→3 Empty 120
3→1 delivery 200
1→4 delivery 205
4→1 Empty 115
1→4 Empty 205
4→1 delivery 115
 a) The from-to chart for the empty travel
To
From 1 2 3 4 5
1 0/0 9/50 5/120 8/205 _
2 9/110 0/0 _ _ _
3 5/200 _ 0/0 _ _
4 8/115 _ _ 0/0 _
5 20/30 _ _ _ 0/0

Deliveries Associated empty trips Frequency Empty

distance
1 to 2 2 to 1 9 110
2 to 5 1 to 2 and 5 to 1 9 50 + 30
1 to 3 3 to 1 5 200
3 to 5 1 to 3 and 5 to 1 3 120 + 30
1 to 4 4 to 1 6 115
3 to 4 1 to 3 and 4 to 1 2 120 + 115
4 to 5 1 to 4 and 5 to 1 8 205 + 30

(b) The AGVs travel at a speed of 50 m/min and the traffic factor: 0.90. Assume
reliability:100%. From Example .2, the delivery distance Ld: 103.8m. Determine the
value of Le.
9(50) + 5(120) + 8(205) + 9(110) + 5(200) + 8(115) + 20(30)
𝐿𝑒 = = 147.6 𝑚
42

(c) How many automated guided vehicles will be required to operate the system?

Cycle time:
𝐿𝑑 𝐿𝑒
𝑇𝑐 = 𝑇𝐿 + + 𝑇𝑈 +
𝑣 𝑣
103.8 147.66
𝑇𝑐 = 0.5 + + 0.5 + = 6.028
50 50

- Available time (AT):

𝐴 𝑇 = 60𝐴𝐹𝑇 = 60. (0.9)(1.0) = 54 𝑚𝑖𝑛/ℎ𝑟

- Delivery rate per hour per vehicle:

 𝐴𝑇 54
𝑅𝑑𝑣 = = = 8.958 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠/ℎ𝑟
𝑇𝑐 6.028

- Total delivery rate:

𝑅𝑓 = 9 + 9 + 5 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 8 = 42 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠/ℎ

𝑅𝑓 42
- We have: 𝑛𝑐 = = = 4.688
𝑅𝑑𝑣 8.958

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