Material Handling Equipment

Introduction In private warehouses, Material Handling Equipment (MHE) purchases takes up a significantly large portion of the total investme...

Goals of Material Handling 1. Maintain product quality, reduce damage and provide protection of materials. 2. Promote safety and improve wor...

20 Principles of Material Handling These principles are guidelines for the application of sound judgment. Some principles are in conflict wi...

Transport Equipment The 4 major types of transport equipment are: 1. Cranes Move material over variable path within a limited area and are a...

JIB Crane Use for positioning materials Generally it can handle up to 7.5 tons of materials Hoist is use for lifting Hoist can be move alo...

Bridge Crane highly suitable for handling heavy materials use for material that are over 10 tons enable 3 dimension handling under hung cran...

Stacker Crane Use to store and retrieve unit loads in storage racks Able to reach up to racks that are more than 50 feet tall Able to travel...

Gantry Crane Equipped with 4 roller bearing steel wheels for easy maneuverability Required assembly before use Use to move heavy weighted or...

Introduction to Conveyors Conveyors are use when: - materials are move frequently between specific points - move over fixed path - there are...

Light, Heavy Duty Slider Belt Light Duty Slider Heavy Duty Slider Least expensive way of transporting goods Material Handling Equipment T...

Gravity Conveyor Uses a series of roller wheels and bearings to move boxes and other products from one location to another quickly Can be a...

Slat Conveyor Mainly use for heavy load that might damage belt conveyor Often use in high wear area which handles filing or bottling operati...

Pallet and Drums Conveyors Uses a variety of conveyors types Use for handling large, bulky items Suitable for transporting pallets and drums...

Chain Conveyor Essential for storage system Use chains on which loads are carried directly Often use in conjunction with roller conveyors wh...

Introduction To Industrial Truck Industrial Truck: Used to move materials over variable (horizontal) paths Provide vertical movement if the ...

Forklift Truck: a powered industrial truck used to lift and transport materials, normally by means of steel forks inserted under the load mo...

Order Picker Use for pallet stacking Use for supporting pallet during less than pallet load picking Usually powered by battery in distributi...

Walkie Stacker Able to unload trailers, fast picking and are dockside maneuvering Versatile, suitable for all kinds of applications (heavy p...

Pallet Jack Powered Pallet Jack - powered for lifting and travel Manual Pallet Jack - requires manual lifting and travel Material Handling E...

Hand Truck Two Wheel Hand Truck -Product is titled during travel Dolly -Equipped with wheels on flat platform, no handles so manual pushing ...

Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) Automatically routed and positioned at the destination without requiring an operator. Appropriate for frequen...

Tow AGV Automated edition of a tractor trailer Used to pull a train of trailers Unit Load AGV Comprises of decks for large volumes of pickup...

Assembly AGV Used as platform for assembling purposes For example, engines and appliances Light Load AGV For small loads of less than 500 ...

Fork AGV Generally with sensors on forks for pallet interfacing Material Handling Equipment Transport Equipment Automated Guided Vehicle

Storage Equipment Storage equipments are equipments used for holding materials over a period of time. Some storage equipments may include th...

Block Stacking (No equipment) Bulk storage using block stacking leads to minimum cost of storage. Since it is high cubic utilization and no ...

Selective Pallet Rack Most commonly used type of storage rack Pallets are supported between load-supporting beams Special attachments and de...

Drive-Through Rack Rails attached to the upright beams are to support the loads Lift trucks are driven between the uprights beams to extra...

Drive-In Rack Same as drive-through rack, except it is closed at one end, allowing entry from only one end, hence last in first out (LIFO) S...

Flow-Through Rack Loads are supported on an incline to enable gravity-based movement of the loads within the rack (via, e.g., a gravity roll...

Push-Back Rack Offers the same storage density as drive-in & drive-thru racks but greater selectivity All loads are stored and retrieved...

Sliding Rack Only one mobile aisle is used to access several rows of racks Location of the aisle is changed by sliding the rows of racks alo...

Cantilever Rack Loads are supported by cantilever "arms" and “columns” Used to store long objects (e.g., bar stock, pipes, lumber)...

Stacking Frame Interlocking units that enable stacking of a load so that crushing does not occur Can be disassembled and stored compactly wh...