Latest projects

Sep 06 :

Bosch

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Bosch : BOSCH has ordered a production snoxCustomDesign AGV installation from us plus six conveyors

Trade fairs

Nov 11 :

Europack/EuroManut 2011

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Europack/EuroManut 2011

May 11 :

CeMAT 2011

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CeMAT 2011

Mar 11 :

CFIA Rennes 2011

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CFIA Rennes 2011

References

Maserati

Vehicle used for coupling the chassis andframe

Robert Bosch

8 banks control injection pumps

FBFC - AREVA

Link between production lines for transport of boxes

Sagem

Evacuation of production lines by 1 snoxCart

Johnson Controls

Delivery of raw materials and finished products evacuation

KBA

The AGV used production lines

Michelin

AGV equipped to put coins on automated workstation

Nolte

Delivery trays martyrs by AGV equipped conveyor chains

Puratos

Association between two conveyors of production

Samsonite

Automation of a standard K LINDE, with 12m of lift height

Sarrel

Shipping line edges by 1 snoxCart

Stow

Transport very long items (max.: 1500 kg)

Stella

Delivery and disposal of plastic containers

Dekker

Supplying an input conveyor line in stacks of pallets

Diffusion +

Evacuation and food production lines.

Further references

snoxBox, the epitome of ‘smartness’

SnoxBoxWhat makes the snoxBox unique is that it can also be adapted to equipment other than Snox AGVs. It can therefore be used for upgrading existing AGVs which are using obsolete technology, for example.

The snoxBox can control laser guidance, optical guidance, magnetic guidance or wire guided AGV to deal with all eventualities.

 

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Applications

  •  Existing AGV upgrade,
  •  Automation of electric stacker equipment (depending on make),
  •  SnoxBox supplied according to specifications for AGV applications.

Flexibility

The snoxBox is designed to be able to increase the capacity of AGVs and integrate specific developments through additional input and output modules:

  •  Control via a control joystick,
  •  Link to production PLCs via an OPC server,
  •  Master/slave connection of more than one snoxBox via an analogue-to-digital converter bus, ensuring open control of the number of motors,
  •  Fast and simple interface with SIEMENS and SCHNEIDER PLCs.

SnoxBox

This board uses RFID technology, whereby passive antennae are inserted into the ground. These chips can divide the AGV circuit into various areas, manage the common branches and priorities or send additional information to the AGV (acceleration, deceleration or switching).

Finally, as the snoxBox is associated with the intuitive SNOX_TRAFFIC-LE programming software, flexibility and smoothness during use is of a level hitherto unknown in the AGV field.

 





General description


snoxBox Caracteristics
Dimensions L x W x H (mm) 185 x 165 x 67 
Weight (in kg) 2Kg
Inputs
  • 1 special Snox antenna
  • 2 RFID antennas
  • 3 analogue inputs
  • 20 digital inputs
  • 2 inputs for incremental encoders
Outputs
  • 3 outputs for total control of motorisation processes
  • 1 analogue output
  • 9 digital outputs
Communication
  • 2 RS232 ports
  • 1 analogue-to-digital converter bus
Supply voltage 24V / 48V
Accepted guidance methods
  • Wire
  • Optical
  • Laser
  • MagneticFiloguidage
Protection class IP40
Expansion
  • Expansion boards for additional I/Os
  • Extra communication ports
  • Radio or Wi-Fi communication module for use by a central computer in multiple-vehicle applications, etc.

 

Sample application

Project challenge Upgrading of 2 existing AGVs
Specific project features
  • Replacement of 9 old control boards by a single snoxBox
  • Operation of upgraded vehicles identical to the rest (flexibility of snoxBox programming)
  • Operates using old generation wire guidance system
  • Communication with the line PLCs by sending information to the wire guidance system (using a specially developed antenna for receiving and sending signals)