Construction is basically a material handling process in that it requires the movement of materials — rock, dirt, debris, trees, shrubs, etc. — from one place to another so that materials can be moved ...

A compendium of articles from Machine Design sponsored by Altech. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. In a manufacturing plant, there are very few straight lines, so you need ...

In just 70 years, material handling in the automotive industry has gone through numerous transformations, going from assembly lines manned by individual workers, to assembly lines of modern material ...

Manual material handling is critical to warehouse operations, but it can be extremely challenging and dangerous for employees. Warehouse managers can implement best practices to improve safety and ...

The key to reducing material-handling costs in any business is to put the right material where it's needed, when it's needed and how it's needed. Such costs can be cut by decreasing the number of ...

Interroll, a supplier of material handling products, has developed a new light conveyor platform (LCP) that integrates with Mobile Industrial Robots' (MiR) autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). This new ...

NEW YORK, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The global automated material handling equipment market is projected to be worth USD 56,731 million by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 8.9%, according to P&S ...