Tag: material-handling

09 Nov 2017

The 10 Principles of Material Handling

Chelsea Health & Safety

If you work in a material handling occupation, it is important that you know the principles of material handling. Material handling comes with a set rule of principles to ensure all material handling is executed deliberately and efficiently.

All material handling workers abide by the following principles, so ensure you revise and understand the importance of these ten points.

The 10 Principles of Material Handling

Planning Principle

The planning principle states that all material handling operations should be the results of a deliberate plan. The performance objectives, the need of the operation and the functional specification should be defined from the very beginning.

Standardisation Principle

The standardisation principle of material handling believes that all methods, equipment, controls, and software should be standardised within the limits of achieving the performance objectives. This should not sacrifice the needed flexibility, modularity or throughput.

Work Principle

The work principle of material handling believes that material handling work should be minimised without hindering productivity or the service level requires for the operation.

Ergonomic Principle

The capability of humans and limitations should be recognised and respected. This should be considered when designing the material handling tasks and equipment in order to ensure a safe and effective operation.

Unit Load Principle

This principle of material handling requires all unit loads to be appropriately sized. They should also be configured to achieve the material for and the objectives at each stage in the supply chain.

Space Utilisation Principle

Space Utilisation requires all available space is used effectively and efficiently.

System Principle

The system principle states that all material movement and storage activities should be integrated to form a coordinated operational system. This should include the following things.

Receiving
Inspection
Storage
Production
Assembly
Packaging
Unitising
Order Selection
Shipping
Transportation
Handling of returns

Automation Principle

Wherever possible, all material handling operations should be mechanised or automated. This improves operational efficiency, increased responsiveness, improved consistency, predictability and decreases operational costs and/or potentially unsafe manual labor.

Environmental Principle

The environmental principle of material handling believes that all environmental impact and energy consumption should be considered when designing or selecting alternative equipment and material handling systems.

Life Cycle Cost Principle

Finally, a thorough economic analysis should account for the entire lifecycle of all material handling equipment and resulting systems.

We specialise in material handling here at SafetyLiftinGear, so if you're in need of any material handling equipment, click the button below to browse our extensive product range. We understand the principles of material handling so if you have any questions about your project or any of our products do not hesitate to ask.

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03 Aug 2017

What is a Pallet Truck?

mike Products

A pallet truck (also known as a pump truck or pallet jack) is a wheeled trolley designed to lift and transport pallets. The truck's tapered forks slot underneath the pallet and the pump handle can then be used to raise and lower the load.

27 Jan 2017

Heavy Duty Sack Trucks from SafetyLiftinGear.com

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Heavy Duty Sack Trucks

Sack trucks are ideal for manoeuvring goods around warehouses, construction sites, and other environments. Not only are they convenient - making heavy moving jobs as easy as a stroll around the supermarket - they're also great for preserving health and safety in the workplace. As described here, lifting and carrying heavy goods manually can be very dangerous, commonly resulting in injuries and long-term musculoskeletal disorders.

This is why it's good to keep a few heavy duty sack trucks handy for those times when carrying something by your own strength alone would put your body at risk. Here at SafetyLiftinGear.com, we have a wide range of heavy duty sack trucks available to buy and to hire - these trucks can be used to shift heavy loads in a wide range of different situations, so regardless of your requirements, we're confident that we've got you covered.

Listed below are a few of the Heavy Duty Sack Trucks that we stock here:

300kg Heavy Duty Sack Truck with Pneumatic Tyres

£37.80 (inc. VAT)

This heavy duty sack truck has sturdy pneumatic wheels, a curved push handle, and rubber strips that help to protect your goods while in motion.

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150kg Sack Truck with Solid Tyres

£25.19 (inc. VAT)

If you're looking for a cost-effective sack truck solution - a simple, no-frills truck that will get your goods from A to B without putting much of a dent in your budget - then this 150kg product is a good choice. The solid tyres and the strong tubular steel body are very sturdy indeed!

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100kg Stair Climber Sack Truck

£61.71 (inc. VAT)

This rather unusual sack truck has an ingenious design that allows it to smoothly travel up and down staircases. Very handy if your work site is spread over two or more storeys!

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Heavy-Duty Sack Truck Hire:

Many of our Sack Trucks are available to hire, so if you only need to use one for a short amount of time, we can help! Keep your eyes peeled for the 'Hire Me' button next to your chosen heavy-duty sack truck, and follow our simple on-screen instructions to get your quote!

This is just a selection of the Heavy Duty Sack Trucks that we have available here at SLG to make your heavy lifting and loving tasks as easy and safe as possible!

To view our full range of Heavy Duty Sack Trucks, simply click the button below. For more products, please visit our Material Handling Equipment department. Contact us today if you have questions.

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27 Jan 2017

Heavy Duty Sack Trucks from SafetyLiftinGear.com

mike Products

Sack trucks are ideal for manoeuvring goods around warehouses, construction sites, and other environments. Not only are they convenient - making heavy moving jobs as easy as a stroll around the supermarket - they're also great for preserving health and safety in the workplace. As described here, lifting and carrying heavy goods manually can be very dangerous, commonly resulting in injuries and long-term musculoskeletal disorders.

This is why it's good to keep a few sack trucks handy for those times when carrying something by your own strength alone would put your body at risk. Here at SafetyLiftinGear.com, we have a wide range of heavy duty sack trucks available to buy and to hire - these trucks can be used to shift heavy loads in a wide range of different situations, so regardless of your requirements, we're confident that we've got you covered.

Listed below are a few of the heavy duty sack trucks we stock - click here to browse our full range.

300kg Sack Truck with Pneumatic Tyres

£37.80 (inc. VAT)

This heavy duty sack truck has sturdy pneumatic wheels, a curved push handle, and rubber strips that help to protect your goods while in motion.

Buy or Hire Now >

150kg Sack Truck with Solid Tyres

£25.19 (inc. VAT)

If you're looking for a cost-effective sack truck solution - a simple, no-frills truck that will get your goods from A to B without putting much of a dent in your budget - then this 150kg product is a good choice. The solid tyres and the strong tubular steel body are very sturdy indeed!

Buy or Hire Now >

100kg Stair Climber Sack Truck

£61.71 (inc. VAT)

This rather unusual sack truck has an ingenious design that allows it to smoothly travel up and down staircases. Very handy if your work site is spread over two or more storeys!

Buy or Hire Now >

For more products like this, please visit our Material Handling Equipment department.

21 Dec 2016

Roller Crowbars, Pry Bars, Wrecking Bars & Pinch Bars

mike Products

Quite often, the most difficult of transporting a heavy object isn't lifting and moving it - which is easy enough if you've got the right material handling equipment - but getting underneath the object in the first place. It's all well and good having a forklift or a pallet truck, put if the load you're moving don't have much in the way of ground clearance, you'll have to manually load the goods onto the forks yourself. And that can be a pain in more ways than one.

Fortunately, our material handling range contains a straightforward solution to this common problem: roller crowbars!

These wheeled crowbars are easy to manoeuvre around the warehouse, and they can get in underneath loads with even the most minimal ground clearance. Once that's done, you can simply wheel your low-to-the-ground goods to wherever they need to be.

But the roller crowbar isn't the only handy item in this section of our website! We also stock the Roller Pinch Bar (compact and lightweight - also available to hire).

21 Dec 2016

Roller Crowbars, Pry Bars, Wrecking Bars & Pinch Bars

mike Products

Quite often, the most difficult of transporting a heavy object isn't lifting and moving it - which is easy enough if you've got the right material handling equipment - but getting underneath the object in the first place. It's all well and good having a forklift or a pallet truck, put if the load you're moving don't have much in the way of ground clearance, you'll have to manually load the goods onto the forks yourself. And that can be a pain in more ways than one.

Fortunately, our material handling range contains a straightforward solution to this common problem: roller crowbars!

These wheeled crowbars are easy to manoeuvre around the warehouse, and they can get in underneath loads with even the most minimal ground clearance. Once that's done, you can simply wheel your low-to-the-ground goods to wherever they need to be.

But the roller crowbar isn't the only handy item in this section of our website! We also stock the following products:

Wrecking Bar Set (5 steel bars, ideal for opening crates, removing nails, etc.)
Angled Pry Bar Set (4 pry bars, various lengths, all with comfort-grip handles)
Extendable Pry Bar (can be adjusted to any of 28 different lengths)
Roller Pinch Bar (compact and lightweight - also available to hire)

07 Oct 2016

Forklift Attachments & Extensions: Buy or Hire Today

jodie Products

Forklifts have numerous uses in all kinds of different working environments. They're great for lifting, lowering, and transporting large goods; if you've got a forklift access platform, they can even help you and your workers to access high-up, hard-to-reach places and safely complete a variety of different tasks.

Sometimes, though, forklifts need a little extra help to get the job done properly. Here at SafetyLiftinGear, we stock an extensive range of forklift attachments and extensions to buy or hire - these assorted items are great for carrying out specialised tasks with your forklift, or simply enabling your truck to handle larger/longer loads.

Fork Extensions

Our high-quality fork extensions for forklift trucks come in a range of different lengths to give you that bit of extra reach you need to keep longer pallets and other large loads under control. Browse forklift extensions >

Other Forklift Attachments

Our other forklift attachments include swivel hooks (which turn your forklift into something like a miniature crane) and mounted jibs (which help your forklift truck to cope with heavier loads). Browse forklift attachments >

Visit our Site Lifting & Handling page for more lifting/handling solutions - practically all of our products are now available both to buy and to hire.