April 10, 2009, Newsletter Issue #161: Five Categories of Material Handling Equipment Part Two

Tip of the Week

Material handling equipment has five basic categories. One of those categories is equipment used to bind a group of materials so they may be transported or delivered as one unit.

If you have a pile of timber or rebar, it must be bound up as a unit. The equipment responsible for handing this binding is called Unit Load Formation Equipment, and can include palletizes and shrink wrappers. It can also include the shrink-wrap itself, crates and pallets.

If you are training interns, new hires or even conducting a familiarization tour of your facility these will be good concepts to pass on to your newcomers.

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