• The Challenge A manufacturer of “Green” agricultural, commercial, consumer, construction and forestry equipment used Automated Guide Vehicles (AGVs) to move backhoe units from station to station along an assembly line. The system used wired, serial communications to guide the mobile AGVs along a magnetic path in the floor. But there was no direct communication between the AGVs and the PLC that controlled the manufacturing processes. As a result, an AGV that was approaching a station could run into another AGV if that AGV had not yet moved on. Quality control was limited to station-to-station. Employees had to physically walk around and observe processes directly. Quality control processes and build times were suffering. • The Solution Installing B&B Electronics Zlinx® I/O pr

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