Air film technology, requiring a good quality surface with no rails in the floor, was an alternative to a ”conventional” solution utilising cranes and rails. By using air bearings the weight of the load can be distributed over a very large floor area to ensure low surface pressure.

The new tambour AGV is manoeuvred along a groove in the floor and carries out its transport tasks automatically from orders given by the operators via push buttons.

Solving’s new generation tambour AGV installed at Stora Enso’s Summa mill is equipped with the latest technology to guarantee operator safety.

This technology has enabled Stora Enso not only to achieve low floor loadings, but also to make savings in both construction costs and time, because only a single groove had to be installed in the floor to guide the load. The automated air film based Solving Mover, whilst ensuring a safe and driverless transport link between various stages of production, has also improved the ambience of the factory environment.