Vinpac Invests in Warehouse Automation with Dematic Automated Guided Vehicles
Australia’s largest contract bottler, Vinpac International, has selected Dematic Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) to help boost productivity and efficiency at its South Australian facility.
Founded in 1975 to provide contract bottling services to customers in the Australian wine industry and beyond, Vinpac bottles over 10 million 9LE cases annually and distributes them to over 500 customers. It operates out of the Barossa and McLaren Vale wine regions in South Australia.
“We are absolutely thrilled to be making an investment in three AGVs for the future growth of our Angaston facility,” said Andrew Holdback, Group Operations Manager at Vinpac International. “The safety of our team is paramount, so the deployment of these AGVs will help enhance the working environment for our valued team members and deliver the best level of service possible to our customers.”
The advanced, self-charging Dematic AGVs are designed to increase efficiency, productivity, accuracy and safety in manufacturing and distribution centres (DCs), achieving this with high-precision laser guidance and the latest safety scanner technology.
AGVs increase productivity and reliability because they can work 24/7, every day of the year. They also improve the efficiency and accuracy of operations, thereby minimising mistakes and workplace accidents and significantly improving occupational health and safety standards.
“We are very excited to be working with Vinpac on this project. The Vinpac AGV system will transfer finished goods from production lines to conveyors and manage the empty pallet stacks to/from the palletisers and de-stackers,” explained Tony Raggio, General Manager for AGVs at Dematic.
The AGVs can lift loads of up to 1,500 kg to a height of four metres. They are powered by high amp hour, maintenance-free batteries and can drive themselves onto charging floor plates when inactive for battery top-ups.
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