What are the types of Material Handling Equipment?

TYPES of MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT

A wide variety of materials handling equipment are available in the market, suitable to almost every industrial requirement. This material handling equipment differs from each other in following aspects:

(i)                 Suitability for the type of material

Some material handling equipment are suitable for bulk load while Other are suitable for packaged load or individual pieces.

(ii)               Direction of movement.

Some material handling equipment can move materials only in horizontal direction, other can move only in vertical direction, while there are some which can move material in horizontal as well as vertical direction’

(iii)             Speed of movement’

Some material handling equipment have fixed speed while in others speed can be varied’

(iv)             Path followed’

Some material handling equipment follow a fixed path while in others path tan be varied’

(v)               Power required for the operation of the equipment

Material handling equipment can be power driven (Battery or IC engine) or manual-driven (hand driven) or gravity feed driven’

(vi)             Supervision required