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Material Handling System Components

Material handling system components can be divided into four categories as follows:

1. Containers and Unitizing Equipment

Pallets

Tote pans

Skids

Stretch wrap and shrink wrap

Palletizers and depalletizers

2. Material Transport Equipment

Conveyors

Chute conveyors

Belt conveyors

Roller conveyors

Chain conveyors

Wheel conveyors

Industrial Vehicles

Walking hand-trucks

Hand-carts

Pallet Jacks

Walkie Stackers

Riding pallet trucks

Platform trucks

Counterbalanced Lift trucks

Automated Guided vehicles (AGVs)

Monorails

Hoists

Cranes

Jib Cranes

Bridge Cranes

Tower Cranes

Stacker cranes

Gantry Cranes

3. Storage and Retrieval Equipment

Unit Load Storage Equipment

Block Stacking

Pallet Stacking frames

Single-deep Selective Racks

Double-deep racks

Drive-thru racks

Push-back racks

Cantilever racks

Unit load Retrieval Equipment

Small Load Storage and Retrieval Equipment

4. Automatic Identification and Communication Equipment

Bar Coding

Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

Radio Frequency Tag

Magnetic Stripe

Machine Vision

Voice Headset

Smart Card

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Last Update: November 11, 1999

Prepared by : Serdar Z. Elgun