| A material handling system is the equipment which is | | | | one can provide with the goods at the most |
| used to move the material in storage and freight | | | | convenient time and at reasonable rates. |
| handling areas or around factory floor. | | | | To meet the increasing demand, the material handling |
| Previously in the material handling systems trolleys, | | | | systems breed has been recently developed which |
| conveyors, overhead traveling cranes and forklifts | | | | includes retrieval systems and automated storage, |
| were used. This required large amount of manual | | | | carousels, automated guided vehicles and rail guided, |
| intervention and at the same time they used to also | | | | pick and place units, intelligent flexible modular |
| consume lot of time. There were also handling | | | | conveyors, vertical lifts and high density storage |
| problems like scratching, breaking, chipping, and | | | | systems. They have also been upgraded with gripper |
| difficulty in monitoring material flow. However, these | | | | or holding devices so that the fragile, delicate and |
| kinds of material handling systems were convenient | | | | super finished components can be carried easily. |
| when there was a bulk production to be done for a | | | | Usually material handling is the process which is |
| low volume production or limited variety products. | | | | carried in any kind of processes like production, |
| With the increasing competition and variety of goods, | | | | distribution, retail functions and storage. Reducing the |
| one need to have the modern mechanism or else | | | | number of handling operations and complexity can |
| one would not be able to meet the market demands. | | | | increase productivity and to achieve this it is |
| With the demand in more production, it is important | | | | important that the material movements are made |
| that the industries have modern machinery so that | | | | automated and simple. |