MATERIA

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HANDLING BY
SHUBHAM
BISHT
MBA 1ST YEAR
DMS ,BHIMTAL
“Material Handling is the art and science of
moving,packing,and storing of substance in any
form”.
 Objectives

1) Reduced Costs

2) Increased Capacity

3) Improved Working Condition

4) Reduction in manufacturing cycle time

5) Prevention of damage to materials

6) Higher productivity at lower manufacturing cost

GOALS OF MATERIAL HANDLING
 The primary goal is to reduce unit costs
ofproduction
 Maintain or improve product
quality, reduce damage of materials
 Promote safety and improve
working conditions
 Reduce tare weight (dead weight)
Scope o f M a t e r i a l handling

o Manufacturing
o Processing
o Construction
o Mining
o Power
o Machine Tools
o Truck building
o Barge and Ship building
o Aircraft
CONSIDERATIONS IN MATERIAL
HANDLING SYSTEM DESIGN
1. Material
Category
Characteristics Measures
Physical state Solid, liquid, or gas
Size Volume; length, width, height
Weight Weight per piece, weight per
unit volume
Shape Long and flat, round, square,
etc.

Condition Hot, cold, wet, etc.

Safety risk and risk of Explosive, flammable, toxic;
damage fragile, etc.
 2. Flow
rate
Quantity
of
material
moved

Conveyors Conveyors
AGV train
High
Manual handling Powered
Low Hand trucks trucks Unit
load AGV
Shor Long Move Distance
t
3. Plant
Layout
Layout Type Characteristics Typical MH

Equipment
Fixed – position Large product size, Cranes, hoists,
low production rate industrial trucks

Processing Variation in product

and processing, Hand trucks,
low and medium forklift trucks,
production rates AGVs

Limited product Conveyors for

Product variety, high product flow, trucks
production rate to deliver
components to
stations.
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MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT
 Industrial trucks include hand trucks such
as two-wheeled, four-wheeled, hand lift,
and forklift and powered trucks such as
forklift, tractor-trailer trains, industrial crane
trucks, and side loaders.
 Conveyors such as
belt, chute, roller, wheel, slat, chain, bucket,
trolley, tow, screw, vibrating, and pneumatic.
 Monorails, hoists, and cranes such as
bridge, gantry, tower, and stacker.
MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT
Automated guided vehicle systems
such as unit load carriers, towing,
pallet trucks, fork trucks, and
assembly line.
Automated storage and retrieval
systems (AS/RS) such as unit load,
mini-load, person-on-board, deep
lane, and storage carousel systems.
1.

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 Flat Conveyors
 Roller Conveyors
 Wheel Conveyors
 Trolley Conveyors
 Bridge Crane
 Electricity Hoist
 Jib Crain
 Chain Hoist
 Gantry Crane
3. Vehicles

 Pallets Trucks
 Fork lift trucks
 Industrial Vehicles
Pros and Cons of Using Material Handling Equipment

Pros:
 Lessen manual labor.
 Less shipping errors.
 Minimal damage on goods
and materials.
 Less shipping and
production
costs.
 Lessen employees
compensation claims therefore
allows you to save more in the
long run.
Cons:
 Require more free floor spaces so
that equipment can move
properly.
 Buying your own material
handling equipment may require
you to raise bigger funds or
initial capital.
 Require you to set aside funds for
maintenance and repair.