LG's Clarksville plant runs over 200 AGVs and AMRs combined.
The plant also makes wide use of vision systems and automated logistics.
Knowing what not to automate is one key to automation success.
If you ever visit LG's washer and dryer plant in Clarksville, Tennessee, look out for the robots. Thanks to their sensing technologies the automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) won't run you over, but you'll hold the place up until you get out of the way.
AGVs and AMRs aren't the only Industry 4.0 technologies at the plant. You'll find plenty of six-axis robot arms on the lines at Clarksville, vision systems for quality assurance and conveyors and cargo elevators to eliminate some of the dull and dirty manual operations at the plant.
But it's the AGVs and AMRs that steal the show. For our fourth episode of Smart Manufacturers I visited the Clarksville plant and spoke with Charles Lonergan, manufacturing manager, to talk about the plant's robot fleet and other automation technologies. I hope you enjoy the episode!
Dennis Scimeca is a veteran technology journalist with particular experience in vision system technology, machine learning/artificial intelligence, and augmented/mixed/virtual reality (XR), with bylines in consumer, developer, and B2B outlets.
At IndustryWeek, he covers the competitive advantages gained by manufacturers that deploy proven technologies. If you would like to share your story with IndustryWeek, please contact Dennis at [email protected].
