Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
TABLE 10.9 A List of Manual Materials
Handling Devices and Their Possible Uses in
Manufacturing
Horizontal (H)
or Vertical (V)
Transportation
Receiving
At
Work-
station
Between
Work-
station
Testing Packing
Ware
housing
Conveyor
H
x
x
x
x
x
x
Snake conveyors
(easily movable)
H
x
x
Ball transfer
table
H
x
x
Carts
H
x
x
x
Carousels
H
x
x
x
Turntables
H
x
x
Cranes
V
x
x
x
x
x
x
Hand trucks
H
x
x
x
Forklift trucks
H, V
x
x
x
x
Gravity feed
conveyors/slides
H, V
x
x
Automatic
storage and
retrieval
V, H
x
x
Stackers
V, H
x
x
Lift/tilt table
V
x
x
x
Levelators
V
x
x
x
Scissor table
V
x
x
x
Vacuum lifting
devices
V
x
x
x
x
Self-leveling
table
V
x
x
Adjustable table
V
x
x
Overhead
balancer
V
x
x
