AMR, AGV & Intralogistics Automation worked example

Load Transfer Time Calculator at 25% alignment, scan, and staging allowance: a worked example

This scenario runs the load transfer time calculator calculation on the strong side: 25% alignment, scan, and staging allowance, with every other input held at its documented default. an automation integrator needs to estimate transfer time at docks, racks, conveyors, or line-side interfaces

The inputs for this scenario

  • Load transfers to complete: 980 transfers (unchanged)
  • Pick-and-place transfer rate: 5.5 transfers/min (unchanged)
  • Alignment, scan, and staging allowance: 25 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 22)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base transfer processing time = load transfers รท transfer processing rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 223 hr for adjusted load transfer time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 178 hr for base transfer processing time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 25 % for alignment, scan, and staging allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 5.5 transfers/min for transfer processing rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where alignment, scan, and staging allowance sits at 22% and the headline result is 217 hr, this scenario comes in 2.46% above the baseline at 223 hr.
  • Use it when sizing AMR/AGV throughput for a shift, validating a transfer station against demand, or quoting how long a migration or batch handoff will take. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Adjusted load transfer time: 223 hr (headline result)
  • Base transfer processing time: 178 hr
  • Alignment, scan, and staging allowance: 25 %
  • Transfer processing rate: 5.5 transfers/min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Load Transfer Time Calculator calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.