Material transport system Material handling equipment can be classified into four 1) Material transport equipment: five main

types; i) industrial trucks, ii) automated guided vehicles, iii) rail-guided vehicles, iv) conveyors, v) hoists and cranes 2) Storage system: i) Containers used to hold individual items during handling. -pallets, boxes, baskets and etc -moving material efficiently as a unit load -forklift to move unit load ii) Equipment used to load and package the containers. -palletizers, design to auto load cartons onto pallets and shrink wrap plastic f ilm for shipping -depalletizers,