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Material Handling Equipment - Coggle Diagram
Material Handling Equipment
Types of Equipment
Manually Operated Equipment
Platform trucks ： confined spaces for picking items that will be
put on a conveyor and sent to the shipping area.
Pallet jacks：single pallets of products short distances or in areas
where space is a constraint
Hand trucks：move small items short distances
in places like storage and parts rooms.
Industrial Fork Trucks / Lift Trucks
Propane trucks： travel faster and handle
heavier loads than electric trucks
gasoline trucks：docks or open
areas+ outside
Electric trucks： easy to maintain, more
environmentally friendly and much quieter
all stand-up
equipment in use today is electric powered
Types of Lift Trucks
Electric Pallet Trucks
a single pallet truck
Rider trucks
Double pallet rider trucks
Narrow Aisle：more expensive/standing operator platform
Counterbalance
Very Narrow Aisle: require very flat floors/very expensive/rarely used.
Stand-up counterbalanced lift truck
Sit down counter balanced truck: most common piece of equipment
Sideloader: usually used to handle
greater-than-pallet-sized loads
Carton Clamp Trucks
Order picker
Specialized equipment
Yard lift
Loading Dock Equipment
Scissor lift or portable platform.
Dock board/plate
Conveyors
Gravity conveyors.
Roller conveyors
Accordion wheel conveyors
Gravity wheel conveyors
Powered conveyor: powered using belts, chains and motors to
drive the rollers
Automated Conveyor Systems
Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors (VRCs):move materials vertically
Conveyor sorting systems
Overhead Handling Equipment
Overhead crane and hoist
Overhead traveling cranes
Overhead traveling conveyor
Gantry
Automated Systems
Automated storage/retrieval systems (AS/RS).
Shuttle Cars
Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV)