


Materials handling - Materials Handling
Secondary functions include storage and blending. In a typical bulk material handling system, raw materials (such as bulk solids and powders) are received from trucks, ships or trains. Then they are unloaded to a yard or …(a) For intermittent industries with process layouts, prime requirement of material handling is volume of load. The equipment can be mobile trucks, tractors, trains, cranes etc. (b) For continuous industries using line or product layout some direct means of transportation between various operations are required.
