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Materials-Handling Equipments
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Definitions:
Material handling is the art and science of moving, storing, protecting, and controlling material
Moving: Required to create time and place utility. The value of having the material at the right time and the right place.
Storing: Provides a buffer between operations, facilitates the efficient use of people and machines.
Protecting: Includes the packaging, packing against damage and theft. Controlling: Physical: Orientation, sequence and space between material.
Status: Real-time awareness of the location, amount, destination, origin, ownership, and schedule of material.
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Material HandlingMaterial Handling-Principles-Principles
MH
1. Orientation
2. Planning
3. Systems
4. Unit load principle
5. Space utilization
6. Standardization
7. Ergonomic
8. Energy9. Ecology
10. Mechanization
11. Flexibility
12. Simplification
13. Gravity
14. Safety
15. Computerization
16. System Flow
17. Layout
18. Cost 19. Maintenance
20. Obsolescence
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MH Equipments can be broadly grouped as under:
Wheel barrows, hand trucks & trolleys, pulley blocks, etc ( Manual Handling Equipments)
Conveyors Industrial trucks Cranes & Hoists Monorails Slides & chutes Lifts Tractors & Trailers
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Material Handling Equipments
Single wheel hand barrow Two-wheeled hand barrow
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Material Handling Equipments
Gas cylinder carrying two-wheel truck Three wheeled platform trolley
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Material Handling Equipments
Four wheeled platform trolley
Box Trolley
Four wheeled service trolley
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Pallets and Pallet Movers
Heavy duty lift truck
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Pallet Types
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Industrial Vehicles
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Forklift Truck
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Other Materials Handling Equipment: Conveyors
Types Roller or gravity
style Belt style
Advantages Assist in keeping
inventory records an location
Ability to move goods quickly and efficiently
Disadvantages Very expensive Relatively
inflexible
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Different Types of Conveyors
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Storage and Retrieval
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Monorails, Hoists and Cranes
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Cranes
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Materials-Handling Equipment Top-running