Material handling equipment can be divided into 4 main categories: storage, handling, bulk, industrial trucks, engineered systems, and storage and handling. Let's take a closer look at each.
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Bulk material handling refers to the storing, transportation and control of materials in loose bulk form. These materials can include food, liquid, or minerals, among others. Generally, these pieces of equipment deal with the items in loose form, such as conveyor belts or elevators designed to move large quantities of material, or in packaged form, through the use of drums and hoppers.
2. Standardization: You can standardize your equipment and process to ensure predictable results, but still allow for flexibility. If you have boxes that are the same size as your equipment, you should plan for future changes in box sizes so you can select equipment that can transport smaller or bigger boxes.
To increase productivity, accuracy and efficiency, you can combine your automated storage system and our warehouse management solutions.
There are four main reasons material handling is important in your warehouse.
There are four major categories of material handling equipment: storage, engineered system, bulk material handling, and industrial trucks.
Our Vertical Lift Modules as well horizontal carousels and order picking solutions are designed for optimizing space, reducing errors, and speeding up operations to create a seamless process of material handling.
3. Work: Reducing the amount of work you do by using equipment to automate repetitive tasks.
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8. Environment: Make sure you use equipment that is more efficient and less likely to cause greenhouse gas emissions. A liquid-propane powered truck is less sustainable than an electric forklift.
Engineered systems cover a variety of units that work cohesively to enable storage and transportation. They are often automated. A good example of an engineered system is an Automated Storage and Retrieval System, often abbreviated AS/RS, which is a large automated organizational structure involving racks, aisles and shelves accessible by a “shuttle” system of retrieval. The shuttle system is a mechanized cherry picker that can be used by a worker or can perform fully automated functions to quickly locate a storage item’s location and quickly retrieve it for other uses.
Your goods are safe in storage and handling equipment while they're not being used, or waiting for the next stage of the supply chain.
Heavy loads should be placed on the lower or middle shelves. Long, tall, or top-heavy items should be stored on their sides or secured to prevent tipping. To access materials in higher locations, place ladders on stable, level surfaces and use stair platforms. Properly lift materials.
Storage equipment is any piece of equipment that is used to hold or buffer materials over time (and may include transport); typically, it helps preserve valuable work floor space. Having enough working space is critical for product protection, worker safety, and lean manufacturing.