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