material handling equipment

What is Material Handling?

M A T E R I A L H A N D L I N G E Q U P M E N T .

What is Material Handling?Efficient short-distance movement of goods that usually takes place within the confines of a building such as a plant or a warehouse or between a building and a transportation agency.Material Handling Equipment

Material Handling DimensionsMovementTimeQuantitySpace

Why Material Handling?improves efficiency Improves productivityMaximize profitsCompetitive edge

The most successful brands in the world uses material handling and logistic solutions to gain competitive edgeToyotaWal-MartDisneyCoca ColaNASAJohn DeereMitsubishiPepsi-Cola

Where MHE is utilizedWarehouses Manufacturing PlantsPortsAirports

Baggage Handling in an Air Port

Material Handling EquipmentMaterial handling equipment (MHE) is used for the movement , storage ,protection, consumption and disposal of materials within a facility or at a site.

Types of material handling equipmentTransport EquipmentPositioning EquipmentUnit Load Formation EquipmentStorage EquipmentIdentification and Control Equipment

Ref: http://www.ise.ncsu.edu/kay/mhetax/index.htm

Transport EquipmentThese equipment are used to move materials from one location to other

ConveyersEquipment used to move materials over a fixed path between specific points

Types of ConveyersMainly there are about 20 types of conveyersBelt conveyersChute conveyersWheel conveyersRoller conveyersChain conveyersSlat conveyersFlat belt conveyersMagnetic belt conveyersVertical conveyers

conveyers are usedWhen material is to be moved frequently between specific pointsTo move materials over a fixed pathWhen there is a sufficient flow volume to justify the fixed conveyor investment

CranesEquipment used to move materials over variable paths within a restricted area.

Types of cranesJib cranesBridge cranesGantry cranesStacker cranes

Industrial TrucksEquipment used to move materials over variable paths, with no restrictions on the area covered by the movement

Types of industrial trucksHand TruckPallet JackWalkie Stacker

Counterbalanced lift truckNarrow-Aisle reach truck

Fork Liftsmost common equipment in material handling

Unit Load Formation Equipment

Unit load formation equipment used to restrict materials so that they maintain their integrity when handled a single load during transport and for storage

Pallets

48x40 in. pallet is most popular in US1200x800 mm "Euro-Pallet" is the standard pallet in Europehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palletis a flat transport structure that supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by aforklift,

Pallet Boxes

Reusable container used to unitize and protect loose items for fork/platform truck handling

Storage Equipment

Drive Through Rack

Drive-In Rack

Flow-Through Rack

Push-Back Rack

Identification and Control Equipment

Identification and control equipment is used to collect and communicate the information that is used to coordinate the flow of materials within a facility and between a facility and its suppliers and customers.http://logistic-mhe.blogspot.com/2008/01/identification-and-control-equipment.htmlRef:Bar Codes

Unique bar/space patterns represent various alphanumeric characters.Bar code system consists of bar code label, bar code scanner, and bar code printer.Contact bar code scanners use pen or wand to read labels.Non-contact bar code scanners include fixed beam, moving beam, and omni-directional beam.1-D codes are most common; 2-D codes enable much greater data storage capability.Bar codes and scanners

Contact ScannerNon contact scannerRadio Frequency (RF) Tag

Magnetic StripeMachine Vision

Safety in Material HandlingWe need to consider two main aspectsMaterial SafetyHuman Safety