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A Single, Specially Designed AGV Delivers Large Steel Plates for the Construction of Aircraft Carriers

A Single, Specially Designed AGV Delivers Large Steel Plates for the Construction of Aircraft Carriers

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At its fabrication plant in Newport News, Virginia, Northrop Grumman designs and builds nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines, in addition to providing aftermarket services to a wide array of naval and commercial vessels. Northrop Grumman’s unique plate transport system requires the move- ment of large steel plates from a single plate conveyor to one of seven individual delivery stations where the plates are trimmed to net sh

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