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Heavy-Duty AGVs for Energy Storage: Container and Battery Cabinet Handling
November 9, 2026
Battery energy storage is one of the fastest-scaling manufacturing sectors in the world, and its factories have a material handling problem that almost no other industry shares: the finished product is a fully built container or cabinet packed with battery modules — enormous, heavy, expensive, and sensitive to shock. It has to move from assembly
Precast Concrete AGVs: Automating PC Component Logistics in Prefab Plants
October 30, 2026
Walk through most precast concrete plants and you will find the same bottleneck: the overhead crane. It strips molds, it turns panels, it stacks finished units — and in between, it is asked to carry every wall panel, floor slab and stair flight from the curing area to the storage yard. Production waits while the
How Can RGVs Change Direction? 3 Rail Switching Solutions for Automated Factories
October 23, 2026
An RGV (rail-guided vehicle) follows fixed tracks—but that does not mean it can only travel back and forth along one straight line. When production areas meet at perpendicular intersections or when several parallel workstations need to be connected, engineers can design different ways for an RGV to change its route. At HENSEN, three commonly used
Steel Coil Transfer Cart: V-Deck Design, Capacities and Automation Options
September 23, 2026
A steel coil is a wheel waiting for permission to roll. Set one on a flat deck and everything depends on chocks, straps and hope; the coil’s own geometry works against you for the entire journey. A steel coil transfer cart solves the problem at the source: a V-shaped deck cradles the coil so that
AGV + RGV Hybrid Systems: Combining Trackless Flexibility with Rail Precision
September 14, 2026
Most material flow questions get framed as a choice: AGV or RGV, trackless or rail. But walk through a real heavy-industry plant and the honest answer is often both. The main production line runs the same heavy route ten thousand times a year — a job rails were born for. Around it sit warehouses, outdoor
Under-Ride Lifting AGVs: How 40-60 Ton Loads Are Picked Up Automatically
August 20, 2026
Moving a 50-ton fabrication normally means booking the overhead crane, waiting for it, rigging the load, and clearing everyone out from underneath. The crane is the busiest machine in the building, and every transport request joins its queue. An under-ride lifting AGV breaks that dependency: it drives beneath the load, jacks it straight up off
