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AGV Guidance & Battery Health

An AGV that loses its scanner does not stop being a vehicle in a manned aisle. Battery health and the safety-scanner test are the difference between a planned charge and a strike.

Interval Monthly
Est. Duration 1.5 hrs
Steps 5
Applies To High-Rate Vehicle Manufacturing

The Procedure

The steps ChatterFix schedules for this PM. Every step is a checkable item on the work order — a technician can speak their way through it without touching a keyboard.

  1. Read battery health and charge-cycle count from the vehicle
  2. Clean guidance sensors and confirm the safety scanner stops the vehicle
  3. Inspect drive wheels, lift mechanism and charge contacts
  4. Verify the vehicle reports a fault to the zone rather than continuing blind
  5. Remove it from the path if the scanner or brake test fails

Why This PM Exists

An AGV that loses its scanner does not stop being a vehicle in a manned aisle. Battery health and the safety-scanner test are the difference between a planned charge and a strike.

What Skipping It Looks Like

The vehicle keeps moving with a dirty sensor and a tired battery until it stops in the path and the zone stacks up behind it.

Setting the interval

Monthly, and on runtime hours. A failed scanner or brake test takes the vehicle out of the path immediately.

Equipment This Covers

Assembly AGV 16 PMs Battery Charging Station 4 PMs Battery Formation Channel 10 PMs Forklift 12 PMs Traffic Signal Controller 6 PMs

Common Questions

How often should this PM run?
Monthly. Monthly, and on runtime hours. A failed scanner or brake test takes the vehicle out of the path immediately.
How long does it take?
Budget about 1.5 hours for a technician working to the standard procedure. ChatterFix uses that estimate for capacity planning, then learns your plant's actual time from completed work orders.
What happens if we skip it?
The vehicle keeps moving with a dirty sensor and a tired battery until it stops in the path and the zone stacks up behind it.
Can I use this checklist in ChatterFix?
Yes — this exact procedure ships in the High-Rate Vehicle Manufacturing industry pack. Pick your industry at signup and it is scheduled on the right assets automatically, with no configuration.

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