Material Handling is the movement, storage, control and protection of materials, goods and products throughout the process of manufacturing, distribution, consumption and disposal. The focus is on the methods, mechanical equipment, systems and related controls used to achieve these functions.
The material handling industry manufactures and distributes the equipment and services required to implement material handling systems. Material handling systems range from simple pallet rack and shelving projects, to complex conveyor belt and Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS). Material handling can also consist of sorting and picking as well as automatic guided vehicles.
Storage requirement
Nature of goods stored Stored goods can include any raw materials, packing materials, spare parts, components, or finished goods associated with agriculture, manufacturing, or commerce.
Some of the most common warehouse storage systems are: Pallet rack including selective, drive-in, drive-thru, double-deep, pushback, and gravity flow Mezzanine including structural, roll formed, rack s ,Vertical Lift Modules ,Horizontal Carousels ,Vertical Carousels
Types of material handling equipment:
}Basic handling consideration
}Mechanised system
}Semiautomated handling
}Automated handling
}Information directed system
}Special handling considerations
Types of material handling equipment:
}Basic handling consideration
}Mechanised system
}Semiautomated handling
}Automated handling
}Information directed system
}Special handling considerations
Products such as Pallet rack, shelving, carts, etc. belong to storage and handling. Many of these products are often referred to as "catalog" items because they generally have globally accepted standards and are often sold as stock materials out of Material handling catalogs.
Engineered systems are typically custom engineered material handling systems. Conveyors, Handling Robots, AS/RS, AGV and most other automated material handling systems fall into this category.
Industrial trucks usually refer to operator driven motorized warehouse vehicles, powered manually, by gasoline, propane or electrically. Industrial trucks assist the material handling system with versatility; they can go where engineered systems cannot. Forklift trucks are the most common example of industrial trucks but certainly aren't the extent of the category. Tow tractors and stock chasers are additional examples of industrial trucks.
Bulk material handling equipment is used to move and store bulk materials such as ore, liquids, and cereals. This equipment is often seen on farms, mines, shipyards and refineries. This category is also explained in Bulk material handling.
On-rails transfer cart is a kind of material handling equipment.It moves on the rails and can transfer heavy cargoes or equipment with the weight 1-300t between the workshops or warehouses in the factory.It widely use in the line of metallurgy,coal,heavy manufacturing,automative assembly and so on.It`s power can be DC power and AC power.DC Power has rail transmit the power,battery power;AC power includes cable power and slippery touch line power.There is aslo manual rail transfer cart or towed rail transfer cart.We also named it motorized transfer trolley.
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