Operations involving manually driven fork trucks are among the main causes of incidents in manufacturing/warehouse facilities. E80 Group’s aim is to improve the safety of factories and warehouses through automation.

To achieve this objective we dedicate significant resources to maximizing safety through the use of the latest proven designs, operating practices, training and technology.

Laser Guided Vehicles (LGVs) differ radically from processing and packaging machinery in a production line:

  • Processing and packaging machines are stationary and operate in the same place all the time. When they stop, the whole line stops too.
  • Automatic guided vehicles often operate over a large area, including areas in and around the production lines, around the warehouse and at the truck loading bays. Stopping the line does not necessarily stop the LGVs.

 

Since safety is a top priority, E80 Group performs various activities before, during and after system installation.

Examples are:

  • R&D activities to ensure that machines and designs are state of the art and incorporate the latest technology.
  • Presales system engineering activities, during which an initial risk assessment is completed based on the customer’s specific project requirements (space available, material flows and inventory/SKU requirements for warehouses).
  • Factory visits to inform the customer of the best practices needed to reduce residual risks.
  • Safety training programs to inform customers of best operating practices.
  • Pre/delivery safety inspections to review actual site conditions and to improve all areas of operation.

 

With safety as a priority – E80 Group Customer Service and Support programs are offered to customers after the systems are in operation. Some examples of Customer Service and Support program goals:

  • Keep each LGV in the system well maintained and fully operational.
  • Prevent any total system shutdown caused by hardware/software/procedural issues between E80 Group SDM (Smart Decision Maker), customer ERP and customer communications network.
  • 24/7 technical hotline support.
  • Monitoring of system performance support the customer with necessary upgrades/modifications/consultancy to adapt to new operational requirements (new production lines, pallet types, increased production capacity etc.).
  • Provide recurring training on how to safely and efficiently operate the system.
  • Provide Consultancy for operational and technological safety improvements.
  • For larger system provide embedded engineering services and consignment parts.

 

All above with the aim of having a system that continues to be reliable, that performs tasks that are consistent with the current operational requirements, that are operated safely by trained operators and that mixed traffic (with manual forklifts doing work that LGVs are supposed to do) is avoided.