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Unit load carriers are the very efficient means for horizontal transportation between hardware intensive material handling subsystems. Load transfer to conveyors or load stands is easily accomplished with unit load carriers either using roller decks or lift/lower decks. The unit load device allow good system versatility for product movement because they usually operate independent of one another and can pass each other to get to specific destinations. Usually these automated material handling system involve an automatic pickup and delivery of product with remote management of the vehicles in the system and are normally used in warehousing and distribution systems, where the guide path lengths are relatively short, but the volumes are high. These carriers are quite popular in applications integrating conveyors with manufacturing/assembly operations or storage retrieval systems. This unit load device, over moderate distances, can move high volumes of material linking other automated subsystems in a totally integrated facility. This industrial material handling equipment has the ability to maneuver in tight areas where agvs trains would be too awkward to use. This type is used to move unit loads from one station to another station and are often equipped for automatic loading and unloading by means of powered rollers, moving belts, mechanized lift platforms, or other devices. Variations of unit load carriers include light-load agvs and assembly line agvs.
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