Material handling equipment includes heavy machines and tools that are a vital part of the logistics and supply chain process. They are used to lift, move, hold and deliver the goods developed. Common material handling equipment is heavy lifting pallet trucks, conveyors, cranes, etc.
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Application of Material Handling:
Material Handling solutions and equipment are deployed all around the globe and are used by various different forms of businesses dealing with supply chain management processes. Logistics support is the backbone of various businesses that involve some sort of product development and goods delivery.
Some of the prominent industries that use material handling systems and techniques are listed down below.
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Steel Industry
Steel Industry is one of the pioneer industries that uses material handling equipment along with its system processes. Material handling equipment is used for cutting, rolling, moving, lifting, packing, etc. all the steel products for example steel sheets and steel bars.
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Automobile Industry
The automobile industry is one of the industries with the maximum usage of material handling equipment and its systems. The automobile industry cannot work without the application of material handling systems and equipment. The primer used starts from the very beginning phase of the product life cycle that is the assembly lines for the manufacturing of automobile parts, moving the developed goods in and out of the warehouse, and shipping them to the showrooms or markets. Heavy conveyors and cranes are the sorts of material handling equipment involved in it.
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Mining Industry
The mining industry is another large-scale industry that cannot work without material handling systems. As the large rocks of mountains and bulk of grains are used to lift and move to reach in the depth of certain areas where mining is required to obtain specified minerals, metals, etc. The heavy-duty pallet trucks, cranes, and multiple conveyor systems are used at the sight of mining and apart from it, they are also being deployed in warehouses where the materials are moved and stored.
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Cement Industry
Cement blocks cannot be dealt with and handled without the material handling equipment. It is very much dangerous to involve the human resource labor to manually lift and move gigantic cement blocks after they are manufactured. Cement industries globally have adopted various material handling techniques and use equipment for maximizing their productivity and enhance the efficacy of the whole supply chain process.
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Electronics Industry
The electronics industry is booming in leaps and bounds and has become the giant of product development businesses in the whole world. With technology being part of our lives the electronic gadgets and products are produced in a gigantic amount nowadays. The products and the process of development, manufacturing, storing, and shipment need to be assisted with material handling techniques to make sure the quality standards are met.
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Marine and Shipping Industry
The Marine and shipping industry is another domain in which material handling equipment is deployed and it globally used material handling systems to maintain efficacy and enhancing productivity. The main use of equipment and tools is to move the heavy containers on the docks to the warehouse and then to the markets.
