Discover your next big idea at PACK EXPO Las Vegas this September
Experience a breakthrough in packaging & processing and transform your business with solutions from 2,300 suppliers spanning all industries.
REGISTER NOW & SAVE

Laser-guided vehicles at Latrobe

REPORTING FROM PACK EXPO: Rolling Rock beer brewer Latrobe Brewery, Latrobe, PA, bought three Elettric 80 laser-guided vehicles in early 2000 to move pallets of finished product throughout its warehouse. The same model was running non-stop at the Sasib booth.

Pw 18213 11sasib

Elettric 80, a div. of Sasib Food & Beverage Machinery (Plano, TX) custom manufactures the "Freeway" laser-guided vehicles. For Latrobe, a fork-style vehicle was designed to pick and place pallets throughout the warehouse. The units also double-stack pallets on top of one another.

The automatic laser-guided system can locate itself and guide itself automatically through a factory. At Latrobe, the vehicles take pallet loads of knocked-down cases to a Pearson (Spokane, WA) Q-2060 automatic hopper feeder. The feeder cuts the plastic strapping and a second Pearson unit takes the case blanks and erects them.

Laser-guided vehicles can also carry full pallets from the packaging line to the stretch wrapper to the warehouse to the loading dock. Vehicle tasks can be changed remotely over the Internet or by downloading tasks via a warehouse management system.

The vehicle’s specifications vary, depending on the customer. Sasib says, for example, it can carry eight full pallets with a maximum height of 107" high, traveling approximately 3/4 of a mile in distance.

Researched List: Engineering Services Firms
Looking for engineering services? Our curated list features 100+ companies specializing in civil, process, structural, and electrical engineering. Many also offer construction, design, and architecture services. Download to access company names, markets served, key services, contact information, and more!
Download Now
Researched List: Engineering Services Firms
Conveying Innovations Report
Editors report on distinguishing characteristics that define each new product and collected video demonstrating the equipment or materials as displayed at the show. This topical report, winnowed from nearly 300 PACK EXPO collective booth visits, represents a categorized, organized account of individual items that were selected based on whether they were deemed to be both new, and truly innovative, based on decades of combined editorial experience in experiencing and evaluating PACK EXPO products.
Take me there
Conveying Innovations Report