Material handling involves short-distance movement within the confines of a building i.e. factory, industry. It utilizes a wide range of manual, semi-automated and automated materials handling equipment and includes consideration of the protection, storage and control of materials throughout their manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, consumption and disposal.
There are several types of material handling equipment which includes conveyors, cranes and industrial trucks for transport of goods and items from one place to another. Whereas, positioning equipment is used to handle material at a single location. It can be used at a workplace to orient, load/unload or to manipulate materials so that they are in the right position for subsequent handling, machining, transport or storage. Likewise, storage equipment is used for holding or buffering materials over a period of time. Drive in racking pallet is one of them used for storing homogeneous products.
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