AUTOMATION
Stokesley firm ’ s Spanish link will help heavy payload moves
WORDS : DAVE ROBSON
SMART MOVE
Partnership – Applied Integration is delighted with the firm ’ s new arrangement with Spain-based DTA .
Experienced - Applied Integration ’ s robotics and automation business and strategy manager Peter Moore .
Manually transporting large and heavy payloads can be difficult , risky and time-consuming .
But a new Anglo-Spanish alliance aims to lessen the load for firms needing solutions to on-site transporter problems .
Stokesley-based Applied Integration specialises in delivering industry-leading automation solutions .
And now , thanks to a partnership with Spanish company DTA , it has a heavyweight addition to its autonomous vehicle portfolio .
Founded in 1972 , DTA designs and manufactures automated tailor-made solutions for on-site transportation , both indoors and outdoors .
Its self-propelled transporters have been used in many sectors , including wind , rail , nuclear , shipbuilding , automotive , aerospace , steel , mines , ports and even bakeries , transporting loads from oneto-1,200 tonnes .
With more than 50 years ’ experience , the Madrid-based firm ’ s products enhance customer safety , productivity and return on investment , and provide effective , repeatable transport .
Its adaptable and reliable AGVs ( automated guided vehicles ) can negotiate difficult paths and accurately position payloads for transfer / test rig placement much more efficiently than traditional means .
And rarely has that flexibility been more crucial in terms of solutions for on-site transportation .
Current transport systems like forklifts , trucks and tractors can cause issues with regards to safety , maintenance costs , accident risk , pollution , high fuel consumption and human error .
But DTA ’ s range of vehicles – including its new 30-tonne capacity AGV for outdoor navigation – wipes out those disadvantages at a stroke .
The partnership with DTA is part of Applied Integration ’ s strategy of combining proven , rigorous systems and engineering expertise with carefully selected , best-inclass automation technologies .
And it ’ s this approach , Applied believes , that will enable customers to manage the
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