Automatic Material Handling System (AMHS) for Leading Pharmaceutical Company, UK
Business Case
The project was to develop an application to monitor automated material handling system (AMHS) within its plant
System would track movement, record dispensed and processed products from one tablet manufacturing operation stage to next
Systems and Tools
ASP.NET MVC 3, AngularJS, Jquery, Node.js
C#, .NET4.0, Entity Framework 4.0
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
SQL Server 2012
Project Scope
Implement an interface AHMS with various material handling equipment via dedicated supervisor PLC that will be used to control the routing of the trolleys
The system must be robust to control all equipment and their data transfer within the factory premises
Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV’s) or ‘trolleys’ suspended from an overhead monorail, acting as fork-lifts, transfer the bins or pallets between storage locations