![]() ![]() The safety of our people is key and our long-term target is zero accidents at all our sites. ![]() When an AGV detects a battery at 30%, it completes the current task and takes itself to the Automated Battery Exchange Station where it chooses the optimum charged battery, ready for another 10-hour shift. Our AGVs operate with zero local emissions within the warehouse and will enable us to operate efficiently with overall energy savings for decades. So we can get paper to our customers sooner. Our AGVs can transport our paper reels safely around our warehouse at up to 8 mph, with more precise stock handling, less damage to reels and improved loading times. The recent boom in E-commerce has increased the demand for our papers and packaging. So our customers’ orders can always be met reliably. AGVs operate 24/7 within strict rules that ensure constant performance time after time without incident. Robots don’t make mistakesĪccording to a GE digital survey 1, human error is the biggest cause of unplanned downtime in manufacturing. Five benefits to using new robotic technology 1. ![]() The team at Kemsley have been upskilled to programme and maintain our new robot workforce and when the AGVs aren’t tasked with work, they automatically switch to housekeeping mode, rotating stocks in order of age and consolidating stocks to maximise our warehouse capacity. This includes collecting reels from the production conveyor, storing the reels, and picking them for orders. Supplied by AGV pioneer Rocla, these intelligent, all-electric vehicles perform a variety of tasks around our now fully automated warehouse. So with the mill operating around the clock, 363 days a year, how do we manage this constant volume of paper reels moving from our machines to our warehouse ready for despatch?Įnter a team of our skilled people, assisted by our new AGVs. ![]() That’s the equivalent weight of 457 fully grown male elephants. How do you move thousands of tonnes of paper quickly, safely and sustainably?Įvery day around 2,400 tonnes of paper leaves Kemsley mill for our customers. When it was originally built in 1924 its four paper machines were the largest in the world. Today the mill is the UK’s biggest recovered fibre-based paper operation and the 2 nd largest in Europe with an annual production capacity of over 840,000 tonnes. Kemsley has a long history of adopting the latest technology. Kemsley mill is no stranger to innovation ![]()
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