Are you familiar with AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles)?

The Arches factory has equipped its handling department with automated guided vehicles. As we’ve seen in the special feature in this newsletter, robotisation aims to relieve operators of certain arduous tasks. In line with its commitment to continually improve its employees’ working conditions Ahlstrom’s Arches site has taken the plunge and transferred part of goods moving operations traditionally carried out by forklifts drivers to autonomous robots. Ultra-safe thanks to their peripheral sensors, the robots eliminate the risks and constraints linked to driving forklift trucks (manoeuvring, vibration, noise, cohabitation with pedestrians, etc.) as well as protecting the reels. To see the impressive spectacle of the AGVs at work, watch this video!