TECNALIMENTARIA magazine: Customized technology for unique AGVs

Proxaut specializes in the design and development of automatically guided vehicles for a wide range of sectors. Proxaut AGVs are created with the pioneering spirit that has guided the company’s actions since 1996.

Headquartered in North of Italy, in Castelfranco Emilia (Modena), Proxaut provides sales and service globally. Further production support is available through the Middleby worldwide network of brands and representatives. The Middleby Corporation, headquartered in the United States withover 10,000 employees worldwide in 100 countries, acquired Proxaut in June 2022. A publicly traded corporation operating in the foodservice industry, developing and manufacturing a broad line of solutions used in commercial foodservice, food processing, and residential kitchens. Powerful brands under the same roof of Middleby will be reunited at IBA 2023 to offer equipment and innovative solutions for bakery and confectionery industry.Proxaut responds to the specific needs of customers: in order to offer targeted expertise which leads to tailor-made solutions. With more than 600 AGVs designed, manufactured and delivered for indoor and outdoor use (no ATEX), Proxaut can handle in temperatures even below 0°C. Workplace and employee safety is a priority. Proxaut cares about the aesthetics of the machine: Italian design is always recognized as an added value.

Proxaut meets the requirements of different markets and sectors with its laser-guided or combined driving AGV vehicles, the LIFTER series. Typically used to lift pallets, Proxaut AGVs are the ideal solution to meet customers’ handling and storage needs. Proxaut makes standard models with front, bilateral and trilateral forks, which can be used in even the tightest spaces. It also makes special models, including side-up models, with bucket or forks, AGVs with single rod, double rod, clamp, or a variety of custom designed features.Proxaut increases productivity by automating its customers’ plants with indoor and outdoor AGV SHUTTLES. These vehicles are the ideal solution to replace traditional fixed transport systems, gaining in flexibility and configuration of the entire production cycle. Equipped with an adaptable and customizable loading platform and different types of covers, they connect seamlessly to production lines, robotic islands or packaging lines, allowing different types of products to be handled.

For more information:

The Middleby Corporation - www.middleby.com

Proxaut Srl - www.proxaut.com