Conveyors and Cross Transfers Business

Material handling is much more than the handling of inventory. It’s the movement, protection, storage and control of materials and products throughout their lifespan of manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, consumption, and disposal. Material handling encompasses a range of components to keep the supply chain running. This includes a variety of equipment types (manual, semi-automated, and automated) and systems (single-level storage, multi-level storage, conveyors, etc.).

Engineered systems cover a variety of units that work cohesively to enable storage and transportation. They are often automated. A good example of an engineered system is an Automated Storage and Retrieval System, often abbreviated AS/RS, which is a large automated organizational structure involving racks, aisles and shelves accessible by a “shuttle” system of retrieval. The shuttle system is a mechanized cherry picker that can be used by a worker or can perform fully automated functions to quickly locate a storage item’s location and quickly retrieve it for other uses.

Our clients have the option to replace the pop-up belt with a chain if they need to move heavier or bulkier loads. You can also make a gap between conveying lines, without interfering in the flow or rates.

Material handling equipment can be divided into four categories: bulk material storage and handling, bulk material storage and handling, industrial trucks, and engineered systems. Let's have a look at each.

In Birmingham, AL, GSS Machinery, Inc. offers containers and bins, pallet positioners, racks, trucks, lockers, shelving, carts, ramps, wrapping systems, doors, fans, impact barriers, dock products, casters, and shelf decking.

A variety of automated, semi-automated, and manual material handling technologies are available for the movement, protection and storage of materials and products during manufacturing, distribution, consumption, and disposal. These include: