Energy Efficiency of AGV-Drone Joint In-Plant Supply of Production Lines

Tamás Bányai ()
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Tamás Bányai: Institute of Logistics, University of Miskolc, 3515 Miskolc, Hungary

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 10, 1-28

Abstract: Energy efficiency plays an increasingly important role not only in supply chains, but also in in-plant supply systems. Manufacturing companies are increasingly using energy-efficient material handling equipment to solve their in-plant material handling tasks. A new example of this effort is the use of drones for in-plant transportation of small components. Within the frame of this article, a new AGV-drone joint in-plant supply model is described. The joint service of AGV-based milkrun trolleys and drones makes it possible to optimize the in-plant supply in production lines. This article discusses the mathematical description of AGV-drone joint in-plant supply solutions. The numerical analysis of the different AGV-drone joint in-plant supply solutions shows that this new approach can lead to an energy consumption reduction of about 30%, which also has a significant impact on GHG emission.

Keywords: emission reduction; energy efficiency; logistics; optimization; scheduling; service level; vehicle routing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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