WORKPIECE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM COMPRISING AUTOMATED TRANSPORT VEHICLES AND WORKPIECE CARRIERS

摘要

A conveyance facility system for transporting an appropriate amount of wo rk at a time at an appropriate time to the consumption side area by automati cally controlling through a computer control system an automated guided vehi cle for allowing a truck that has mounted the work in the supply side area t o travel accompanying the vehicle from the supply side area to the consumpti on side area along the guidance course of the automated guided vehicle, and allowing the empty truck that has unloaded the work in the consumption side area to return to the supply side area. The work conveyance facility system comprises a plurality of work mounting trucks (2) for loading and conveying work, an automated guided vehicle (3) for allowing the work mounting truck ( 2) to travel accompanying the vehicle to a set position and releasing the tr uck thereat, and a guidance course of the automated guided vehicle (3). The guidance course is constituted of a supply side line (4) for loading the wor k onto the work mounting truck (2) in the supply area (1) and driving the tr uck, a consumption side line (6) for leading in the work mounting truck (2) and driving the empty work mounting truck (2') that has unloaded the work in the consumption area (5), and a buffer line (7) for coupling the supply sid e line (4) with the consumption side line (6).