| Materials handling is one of the most important parts of | | | | used in order to position a material in one location for |
| a trade. It is actually described as the movement, | | | | proper machining, transport and handling later on. This is |
| transfer or storage of a certain facility within a large | | | | favored in industries where material handling is done |
| work area. Typically, the process involves very heavy | | | | within the workplace. Common examples are lift tables, |
| load that is why there is a need to rely upon new or | | | | dock levelers, ball transfer tables, part feeders, air film |
| used materials handling equipment. | | | | devices, manipulators, hoists and balancers. |
| When picking used material handling equipment for a | | | | Unit load formation equipment |
| company, one must be able to understand the | | | | When looking for used material handling equipment |
| category where the item falls. There are different | | | | falling under this category, one should be able to see if |
| categories depending on the material handling needs of | | | | the machine serves the purposes of unit load |
| a certain business establishment. Take a look at some | | | | formation. These types of equipment restrict the |
| of the most common ones. | | | | number of units carried in a single load. Some |
| Transport equipment | | | | examples include pallets, skids, tote pans, pallet boxes, |
| This is one category of material handling equipment | | | | bins, cartons, crates, intermodal containers and |
| that is popular in a lot of industries. Generally, it is | | | | palletizers. |
| responsible for the movement of one material from a | | | | Other material handling equipment categories |
| certain location to another. One typical example is the | | | | There are still two more major categories for used |
| transfer of materials between workplaces. | | | | material handling equipment namely storage and |
| There are major subcategories for transport material | | | | identification and control equipment. Storage equipment |
| handling equipment including conveyors, industrial trucks | | | | is used in order to store, hold or buff materials for a |
| and cranes. Samples of conveyors are chute, wheel, | | | | set period of time. The most common machines found |
| roller, chain, slat, flat belt, magnetic belt, bucket and | | | | in this category are selective pallet racks, flow-through |
| screw conveyors. Samples of industrial trucks are | | | | racks, pushback racks, sliding racks and stacking |
| hand, platform and counterbalanced lift trucks and | | | | frames. As for identification and control equipment, the |
| pallet jacks. As for cranes, jib, bridge, stacker and | | | | machines are used in order to collect information and |
| gantry cranes are popular choices. | | | | coordinate material flows inside a facility. Bar codes, |
| Positioning equipment | | | | radio frequency tags, magnetic stripes, machine vision |
| This is a type of materials handling equipment that is | | | | and portable data terminals are popular examples. |