Open AccessDevelopment of Self-Propelled Material Handling System
Author(s) -
G A Walke,
S N Rivankar,
S P Verlekar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/624/1/012002
Subject(s) - material handling , raw material , pillar , textile , process engineering , productivity , production line , production (economics) , manufacturing engineering , computer science , automotive engineering , mechanical engineering , engineering , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , economics , composite material , macroeconomics
Material handling system is the vital pillar of manufacturing industries like food, textile, automobile, wood, and other batch type manufacturing system. Research carried out in past shows that material handling accounts for 36% of production cost. A novel material handling system is developed to cut the cost of material transfer and risk of injury. The proposed system consists a mechanism which can self-propel itself and effect the transfer of raw material from one place to another on a shop floor. Since the system is self-propelled, it eliminates external power source in contrast to other material handling systems. The newly developed material handling system utilizes gravitational potential energy of the material loaded on the system to get self-propelled along a straight line. The system returns to original position by retracing the path after unloading the material at the destination. The system not only reduces the energy consumption for material handling but also reduces risk of injury by reducing human interference. It can be used in small and medium size enterprise (SME) to cause improvement in productivity of plant which has limitation on utilization of resources like labour, energy, land and capital.