A wide range of tools and machines are used in the workshop to lift and move industrial objects. Such equipment and machines are known as material handling equipment. Some of the main material handling tools is forklifts, trolleys online, hoists and loaders.

Significance and their demands:

The demand for material handling equipment is waking up in the industrial sector. They are always required to move, store and secure goods during the entire process of production, distribution, supply and disposal. The manufacturing segment itself has several sub-stages that require handling of items of different sizes. Relevant type of material handling equipment is required to store the raw material, transport it to the workshop and then to the finished goods to the warehouse.

A wide range of Material Handling Equipment offers a wide range of storage units, vehicles, tools, equipment and accessories. These devices are driven by mechanical, electrical, hydraulic as well as pneumatic forces. These devices can be classified on the basis of power and processing functions.

Transportation equipment, as the name suggests, is used to carry industrial goods and raw materials from one place to another. Main subcategories include: -

·         Conveyors like Long Belt, Snake Sandwich Belt and Single Belt

·         Cranes like Bridge, Stacker, Gantry and Jib Cranes

·         Trucks like Platform Trucks, trolleys Lift Trucks, Hand Trucks and Pellet Jacks

Not only is the object's size a cause for concern, but its weight, temperature conditions as well as its chemical properties invite the use of handling equipment. Employing them will not only improve efficiency, but also maximize safety standards.