SAM System Automation Manager
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Product Profile System Automation Manager Automatic Guided Vehicle Management and Control System System Automation Manager SAM is a robust, easily-configured control system for Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and SmartCart® Automatic Guided Carts (AGCs). Daifuku Webb, with its subsidiary Jervis B. Webb Company, is one of the largest AGV manufacturers in the world. SAM is the result of more than 60 years of experience engineering, manufacturing and installing more than 20,000 vehicles. We developed SAM’s framework so it can be easily customized to meet our customers’ individual needs and improve the efficiency of our AGV and AGC systems. Benefits Include: Centralized Vehicle Management A single controller manages movement of all vehicles providing traffic management, dynamic routing, transport, and assembly management. Graphical User Interface (GUI) All vehicles displayed on one screen allowing users to visually see when vehicles need attention. Easy Integration Interfaces with major PLCs, Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), and HMI displays. Comprehensive Reports Reports include historical data, vehicle status, alarms, activity logging, faults and customized production.

Centralized Vehicle Management SAM talks to each vehicle every second via wireless Ethernet (Wi-Fi). Communication to the host (PLC or WMS) system is constantly maintained via a hardwire connection. Traffic Management SAM monitors the locations and destinations of all vehicles. It makes decisions at intersections to prevent collisions and improve system efficiency. Other plant automation can interface with SAM to affect vehicle movement. Also, SAM monitors a vehicle’s battery level and directs it to battery charging or exchange station when needed. Dynamic Routing SAM determines a...

Comprehensive Reports SAM maintains production information • Vehicle status information • Vehicle events • Transport information • Transport events • Operator activity • Customized production reports SAM features a Microsoft® SQL server database for historical logs of production information. This provides SAM with a data repository to log all system and vehicle events. SAM also keeps an active and historical alarm data table. Multiple Vehicle History Report LOIW inrw Current Active Alarm Listing DAIFUKU UIEBB t\',llr-ii-i "-mil . hull Rfignina FRDN- BUMPER "RIPPED AUTCLOSS-PLC UNSAFE FRDN-...

Technical Considerations SAM runs on Windows 2008 Server R2. SAM is available in two hardware platforms, Enterprise and Lite, which are explained in the chart below. Features SAM Enterprise SAM Lite Operating System SQL Server 2008 Standard OPC Interface to PLC Interface to WMS or Other Automation Data Logging System Reports Standard Set Standard Set Custom Reports Communicates with AGV & AGC on Single System SmartView License Industrial Hardware Redundant Hard Drives AGV/AGC Licenses Included in Base System Hot Swappable Hard Drives Dual Power Supply 34375 W. Twelve Mile Road • Farmington...