What is Material Handling:

Automated guided vehicles

Sometimes called self-guided vehicles or automated guided vehicles are material handling systems or load carriers that travel autonomously throughout a warehouse, distribution center, or manufacturing facility, without an onboard operator or driver

Robotic delivery systems

Robotic material handling and tending systems are commonplace in the industrial sector. Material handling refers to robotic arms moving production parts, typically on or off a conveyor belt or to hold a part in place for production. Machine tending is similar, but more specifically, referring to a robotic arm to load and unload a stationary production machine.

Conveyor systems

A conveyor system is used in many industries as a standard piece of mechanical handling equipment to move goods, products, raw goods, and other materials from one location to another, usually in the same area or building. They are extremely handy for businesses that deal with heavy goods, sharp items, raw materials, and mass-produced products.

Order pickers

An order picker forklift is a piece of equipment used to help operators pick and deliver materials needed for filling out orders. They are designed take the forklift operator up to the rack with or without a load. Commonly, the forks hold a load that is being added to, not being put away. Designed for applications that require an operator to be at the same level as the inventory to pick a specific order, order pickers can help increase efficiency of the users when used in the correct setting

Side-loaders

A sideloader does exactly what its title suggests. It loads and unloads from the side of the machine. Instead of the forks being located in front of the equipment like on a standard forklift, a sideloader’s forks are located on its side.

Hand, platform and pallet trucks

Hand Pallet Trucks, otherwise known as Pallet Jacks and Pallet Forks provide a versatile and efficient non-powered solution for lifting and transporting palletized cargo around warehouses and factories. Pallet Trucks are often found on the back of lorries and vans to assist with managing and offloading palletized goods. As one of the most common tools used in logistics

Pallet jacks

Manual pallet jacks are the most basic type of forklift and are made specifically for horizontal transportation.

They are used to carry wooden pallets of material across warehouses without putting any strain on the person lifting them up or down.

A common use is for moving loads from the loading dock station to the pallet racks or shelving areas to be stored away.

Drive-through or drive-in racks

Drive-in and drive-through pallet racking systems are comprised of uprights and rail beams. The uprights provide vertical support, and the rail beams are used for pallet storage that is extremely dense. In this system, product is stored both back-to-back and floor-to-ceiling. This means that on average, you can store seven times more product when compared to another pallet rack system. Drive-in and drive-through pallet racks can also be connected to a standard pallet rack or customized design.

Push-back racks

Push-Back Racking is a live storage system for the accumulation of pallets, just like the Live Pallet Racking FIFO system but designed for LIFO type load management (the last pallet in, the first pallet out).

Push-back racking for pallets has a single loading and unloading area, at the front of the structure, and the unit loads are stored by pushing the previous ones towards the back of the rack.

Pallet racks

Pallet racking is a single or multi-level storage system that is utilized to support the high stacking of single items or palletized loads. Pallet rack systems are a fundamental component of any distribution, storage, or material handling operation. Pallet racks allow rapid access to stored materials. Pallet rack systems maximize facility space while simplifying inventory requirements