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Since its first electronic forklifts

were built back in 1969 – 50 years

ago – Italcarrelli has continued to

grow and develop – not only as a ance systems, yet another

step forward from all Laser
company, but also in terms of the Guided Vehicles (LGV).
Italcarrelli’s laser guidance
technological solutions it provides system is an innovative and
smart system that can be
to a number of industries. The installed on any inloader or
side-loader to turn it into a
company’s most recent development self-driving machine. on the facilities. by
Thanks to laser guide,
machines
AGV
– laser guided inloader transporters very high accuracy can be Italcarrelli provide opti-
mizing logistics operations
achieved – even more than
5 millimetres in terms of among the production
– is set to create a ‘revolution’ in positioning. lines, warehouses, the glass
Moreover, thanks to be- processing lines and ship-
the glass sector. ing extremely flexible, the ping areas, thus increas-
routes can be easily gener- ing productivity and safety
ated, modified or extended, and consequently reducing
without particular impact production costs.
were introduced. The high innovative solutions for flat
level of reliability of these glass producers and proces-
prototypes marked the be- sors, thanks to the use of the
ginning of a period of con- most recent technologies
stant growth in demand in such as optical and ultra-
the field of special forklifts. sound sensors, touchscreen
In the same period, the and dedicated software de-
company started expand- veloped by Italcarrelli.
ing its market also beyond Thanks once again to in-
the national boundaries vestments, Italcarrelli has
and began exporting front- now developed machines
loading forklifts in Europe without operators on board
and overseas. – AGV machines, ever
From that important more requested by today’s
period up to the present, market and – of course –
Italcarrelli has continued to Industry 4.0.
grow, developing more and
more technological ma- PTN 330 LGV LASER
chines, with an important GUIDED INLOADER
focus on the glass sector, TRANSPORTERS
leading, in fact, to the crea- Italcarrelli is now revolu-
tion of the Italcarrelli Glass tionizing logistics in float
Division. Today, this impor- glass factories by introduc-
tant division is totally com- ing Automated Guided Ve-
mitted to the research, de- hicles (AGV).
velopment and production The company has, in fact,
of special machinery for the developed a series of so-
handling of flat glass. lutions to transform its
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now a global leader, with inductive and optical guid- d- E-mail: info@italcarrelli.eu - www.italcarrelli.eu

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