Material Handling Scope of Material Handling Importance of Material Handling Objectives of Materials Handling Types of Material Handling Systems Types of Material Handling EQUIPMENT Human Factors Equipments Factors

1. Prepared by:
Mr. Nishant Agrawal
Material Handling

2. Materials Handling
Materials handling is
the art and science of moving,
packing and storing of
substances in any form.

3. Material Handling
 It is defined as art and science of moving, packaging,
and storing of substances of firms.
A. Creation of time and place utility.
B. Movement and storage of material at lowest possible
cost through use of proper methods and equipments.
C. Lifting, shifting and placing of materials which effect
saving in money, time and place

4. Scope of Material Handling
 This activity within an organization depends on the type of the product
manufactured, the size of organization , the value to product and value of the
activity being performed and relative importance of materials handling to the
enterprise.
 There are 3 perspectives about material handling
1. The traditional point of view
2. Plant wide concern for overall flow of materials
3. The system point of view

5. 1. Tradition point view of material handling from one location
to another within individual plant. The concern is to find
best way to move materials from one place to
another within plant
2. It concern focuses the attention on overall flow of material
in the plant. It is inter-relationship between all
handling problems and possibility of establishing an
overall material handling plan.
3. It visualization of material handling problems,
physical distribution activities. This point of view involves

6. Importance of Material Handling
A. Efficient material handling is important to manufacturing
operations. Material send by vendors must be loaded,
move through inspections and products operations to
stores and finally shipment department. These movement
do not add value to product but they do add to cost.
B. Material handling analysis is subset of plant layout. Plant
layout and material handling are all part of design of
production facility. A good plant layout enables an
operation to use most efficient handling method. Efficient
Operation of appropriate material handling methods

7. Importance of Material Handling
 Function of production control
 Concerned with scheduling of production control
 Material Handling adds value to product cost
 Material Handling increases effectiveness of in plant
layout by reducing the cost

8. Objectives of Materials Handling
 To Lowers unit materials handling cost
 To reduce manufacturing cycle time
 To provide better control of the flow of materials
 To provide better working conditions
 To provide Contribution for better quality by avoiding damages
to products
 To Increase storage capacity through better utilization of
storage areas.
 To provide higher productivity at lower manufacturing costs

9. Material Handling Principles
 Material should be moved as little as possible
 Reduction in time by using shortest routers and mechanical
material handling equipment
 The material movement should be in lots rather than in individual
units
 Design of material handling equipment should be such that it can
increase the effectiveness
 Rehandling of materials should be avoided
 Periodically Repairing , Maintaince & Checkup of existing material
handling equipments

10. Production
problem
Human element
involved
Capabilities of
the handling
equipment
available

11. Production
Problem
Volume of
Production to
be maintained
Layout of plant
& building
facilities
Class of
materials to be
handled

12. Equipments
Factors
Adaptability
Speed
Space
requirements
Supervision
required
EnvironmentCost
Ease of
Maintaince
Power
Load
capacity
Flexibility

13. Types of Material Handling Systems
1. Equipments oriented systems :-
a) Convey or Systems
b) Tractor transfer system
c) Fork lift truck
d) Industrial truck system
e) Underground system
2. Material Oriented Systems
a) Unit handling system
b) Bulk handling system
c) Liquid handling system

14. 3. Methods oriented system
a) Manual systems
b) Automated systems
c) Job shop handling system
d) Mass production system
4. Function oriented system
a) Transportation systems
b) Conveying systems
c) Transferring systems
d) Elevating systems

15. Types of Materials Handling Equipment
1. Conveyers
2. Cranes, Elevators and Hoists
3. Industrial Trucks
4. Auxiliary Equipments
5. Miscellaneous Equipments

16. 1. Conveyors-
 Powered devices
 Used for moving loads from one point to point
over fixed paths.

17. Belt Conveyor-Motor driven belt usually made of
metal fabric

18. Chain Conveyor-Motor driven chain that
drags material along a metal side base.

19. Roller Conveyor- Boxes , large parts or units loads
roll on top of a series of rollers mounted on a rigid frame.

20. Pneumatic Conveyor-
High volume of air flows through a tube
carrying materials along with air flow.

21. 2. Cranes, Elevators and Hoists
These are overhead devices used for moving varying
loads intermittently between points within an area.

22. Cranes – Devices mounted on overheard rail or
ground wheels or rails .They lift, swing and transport
large and heavy materials

23. Elevators –Types of cranes that lift materials –
usually between floors or buildings

24. Hoists- Move vertically or horizontally in limited area

25. 3. Industrial Trucks- May be electric, diesel,
gasoline or gas powered

26. Fort lift Truck

27. Pallet truck-

28. Auxiliary Equipments - Devices or attachments
used with handling equipments to make their use
more effective and versatile

29. Miscellaneous Equipments
 Pipe lines which are closed tubes that transport liquids
by mean of pump
 Automatic transfer device which automatically grasp
material , hold them firmly while operations are being
performed and move them to other location
 Automated guided vehicle system
 Industrial Robot

30. Skid boxes

31. Assignments
1. Discuss material handling principles.
2. Discuss various material handlings Equipments.
3. Discuss material handling principles and classify
material handling equipments.
4. Explain Principles of material handling and list down
material handling equipments

32. "You may have to fight a
battle more than once to
win it."
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