By Roger Snyder


Material handling is a type of transportation that is often utilized in most buildings for transportation or movement of materials. It uses different equipment that may either be semi automated, automated or manual and this includes the consideration for storage, control, and protection of the facilities. These processes are being done in the warehousing, consumption, disposal, manufacturing, and distribution.

Material handling is also very important for logistics and for manufacturing. The items will be transported over time by the use of a conveyor, lift truck, or any other equipment for material handling transportation in the retail stores, manufacturing plants, and warehouses. This process also is required in most production jobs because the operators are using this for transporting the various goods to industrial settings.

Manual handling is the type of this transportation where in containers are being moved by workers with the use of their hands in emptying, lifting, filling, lowering, and carrying the containers. But this kind of transportation often exposes the workers to physical conditions that result to having serious injuries such as musculoskeletal disorders. It involves sprains and also strains to upper limbs, lower back, and shoulders.

The semi automated handling is the commonly utilized type as the alternative for the manual handling. This semi automated type still involves the work of operators because at times, it is difficult for the machines for driving, unloading, and for loading tasks. The tasks may still be difficult to be performed by machines in spite of the sensing, robotics, and the machine intelligence advancements.

The transport facilities will be used for the movement of materials from a particular location to another while the purpose of positioning materials is manipulating the materials only in one location. These materials have their sub categories including industrial trucks, conveyors, and cranes. Manual materials can be used as well without any equipment.

The conveyors will be used if a material is frequently moved between some specific points in fixed path, and also if there is a sufficient volume flow for justifying a fixed investment for conveyor. Conveyors have different types which include bulk load and unity load and the location may either be on floor, overhead, in floor. Examples of bulk conveyors are troughed belt, screw conveyors, magnetic belt, and bucket.

Cranes will be used for transporting goods loads in a vertical or horizontal variable path in restricted areas. And also, these are used if there is an insufficient volume flow or intermittent flow. Cranes are considered to be more flexible compared to conveyors since the loads are handled with respect based on their weight and shape.

But if compared to the industrial trucks, these have lesser flexibility because of the operations in the restricted areas. Cranes are mostly used with trolley and with tracks in a horizontal movement while used with hoists in a vertical movement. Crane types include stacker, gantry, bridge, and jib cranes.

The industrial trucks do not have licenses to be driven in the public roads. The purpose of these is for the movement of materials in some variable paths, also, when there is insufficiency in its volume flow. The trucks have more flexibility than cranes and conveyors because areas of movement are not restricted.




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