Compact Telehandlers (Lifting and Material Handling Equipment)

 Compact Telehandlers are the perfect choice for tasks both large and small. Easy to maneuver and convenient to service, with a variety of rugged attachments, Compact telehandlers meet the needs of most construction, masonry, landscape and farming applications. They have established a niche market for themselves among skid steer loaders, compact wheel loaders, and larger telehandlers. They have also been undergoing a phase of substantial development in the market and the demand for them is continuously increasing.

Noted for their extreme versatility because of compact footprint and ability to maneuver in tight spaces due to low stowed height, compact telehandlers are being used by contractors as tool carriers and for pick-and-place applications.

These small machines are particularly adept for use in agriculture business, landscaping, construction projects, and for material moving and loading. The versatility of these machines is further enhanced with the capacity to be fitted with many different attachments including those designed for use on skid steer loaders.

City Crane (Lifting and Material Handling Equipment)

A City crane is a small two-axle mobile crane designed for use in compact spaces where normal cranes can't venture, such as through gates or within buildings. City cranes were developed in the 1990's as a response to the increasing urban density in Japan. With more and more buildings cramming Japanese cities, it became necessary to have a crane able to navigate the nooks and crannies of Japanese streets.

Conveyor System (Lifting and Material Handling Equipment)

A conveyor system is a common piece of mechanical handling equipment that moves materials from one location to another. Conveyors are especially useful in applications involving the transportation of heavy or bulky materials. Conveyor systems allow quick and efficient transportation for a wide variety of materials, which make them very popular in the material handling and packaging industries.

The most common conveyor is the belt conveyor, but there are also screw conveyors, and conveyors that operate on a series of individual rollers.
A belt conveyor consists of two pulleys located at either end of the machine, and a continuous belt that rotates on them. The powered pulleys move the belt, and any material on it, forward.
Individual rolling conveyors include accumulation conveyors, line shaft conveyors and chain driven conveyors.

Screw conveyors operate in a much different fashion than either belts or individual rolling conveyors. Screw conveyors process fluids and fine granular materials using an auger rotating snuggly within a cylinder.

Vertical conveyors come as spiral conveyors and are used to move products in a confined space to lift products from one level to another. The difference between spiral conveyors and normal vertical conveyors, besides the space is that most lift on package at a time, while a spiral conveyor keeps a constant flow of packages.

There are also models that utilize multiple types of technology, such as belt driven live roller conveyors and belt over roller conveyors.

Conveyors are used in a wide variety of industries including industrial, mining, and automotive. They are also used on a smaller scale in factories, grocery stores, and pizza shops. The technology has even been adapted into moving sidewalks and escalators.

Crane (Lifting and Material Handling Equipment)

Crane

A Typical structure of Crane

A crane is a mechanical lifting device equipped with a winder, wire ropes, and sheaves that can be used to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally or vertically. It uses one or more simple machines to create mechanical advantage and thus move loads beyond the normal capability of a human.They are commonly employed in the transport industry for the loading and unloading of consignment; in the construction industry for the movement of materials; and in the manufacturing industry for the assembly of heavy equipment.

Construction Tower Crane

Construction cranes are usually temporary structures, either fixed to the ground or mounted on a purpose-built vehicle.

A Tower Crane with Operator Cabin

Cranes may either be controlled from an operator in a cab that travels with the crane, by a pushbutton pendant control station, or by infrared or radio control. Where a cab operator is employed, workers on the ground will communicate with the operator through a system of standardized hand-signals or, in larger installations radio system come into existence in which an experienced crew can position loads with great precision using only these signals.

Bucket Truck (Lifting & Material Handling Equipment)

Bucket Truck

A bucket truck is an elevated work platform having telescopic boom over his frame and is used to lift men or materials in the utilities, maintenance and sign fields..,viz. building, posts, electric cables, etc.

The bucket truck is often used for Municipal duties. It's standard features include two stabilizers and a power take-off  powered by the truck engine to operate the lift hydraulics , which raises the boom and bucket. Typical lift heights range from 15 to 160 feet. The Main function of a Bucket Truck is to move where his lifting unit (Man or Material) will be used.

Bucket Elevator (Lifting and Material Handling Equipment)

A bucket elevator is a conveyor mechanism for carrying flowable bulk materials in a vertical or inclined path. Bucket elevators have proven themselves for vertical transport of many and diverse bulk materials and have become a crucial link in the production process in many industrial sectors.

Bucket Elevator Conveyor Transport Machine

Typical elevator consists of:

1. An endless belt,

2. A chain or chains, to which buckets are attached,

3. Necessary loading and discharging terminal machinery,

4. A drive arrangement,

5. Supporting frame or casing.

Layout of a Bucket Elevator

Material is fed into an inlet hopper. Buckets dig into the material, and convey it up to and over the head sprocket/pulley, then throwing the material out the discharge throat. The emptied buckets then continue back down to the boot to continue the cycle.

Industrial Bucket Elevators are made in a variety of shapes, weights and sizes, utilizing centrifugal buckets or continuous buckets. The belt can be made of natural fibres, rubber, plastic or metal.

Centrifugal Bucket Elevators are most commonly used to convey free flowing materials. They operate at high speeds, which throw the materials out the buckets into discharge throat by centrifugal force.

Continuous Bucket Elevators have buckets spaced continuously and operate at slower speeds. The continuous bucket placement allows the force of gravity to discharge their load onto the inverted front of the preceding bucket. The bucket then guides that material into the discharge throat on the descending side of the elevator. They minimize product damage or are used to handle light, fluffy materials where aeration of the product must be avoided.

Chain Bucket Elevator System

The motion of belt or chain is un-directional. Bucket elevator is a very simple yet reliable device for lifting of bulk materials. Bucket elevators enjoy a few advantages, which include simplicity of design and fabrication, requires minimum floor space, low initial investment.

Types of bucket elevators:

Often bucket elevators are classified according to the bucket spacing and mode of discharge. They are:

1. Centrifugal discharge elevators

2. Gravity or Continuous discharge elevators

3. Positive discharge elevators

Components of bucket elevators:

The essential components of a bucket elevator are:

1. Buckets

2. Carrying medium

3. Boot arrangement

4. Head arrangement

5. Casings

Bucket Elevator Component

Application:

Typical average materials which can be conveyed by bucket elevators are:

· Lime stone crushed to 25 to 30 mm size,

· Foundry sand,

· Coal,

· Coke,

· Sugar

· Animal feed

· Chemicals

· Phosphate rock,

· Cement mill clinker

· Friable

· Fragile materials

· Candy

· Snacks

· Coffee

· Rice

· Seed

· Soaps

· Detergents

· Plastic Granules

Limitations:

Limitations of the system include the following points:

· The material should not be very sticky

· The temperature of the materials should be ambient or slightly above

· The materials should not be excessively corrosive or abrasive

Advantages of belt system over chain system:

The traction element may be either endless belt or endless chain, but belt system is preferred under certain conditions for the following reasons:

· Higher speeds possible

· Quieter operation

· Possess better abrasive resistance to materials like sand, coke etc.

Boom Truck (Lifting and Material Handling Equipment)

Boom Truck

Boom Truck

A boom truck is a flatbed truck or a truck tractor with a multiple-section boom crane used for the loading and transporting of different materials.

All Terrain Crane (Lifting and Material Handling Equipment)

All Terrain Crane

In the crane industry, the all terrain crane is considered the luxury version of a mobile hydraulic crane. All terrain cranes can be considered a hybrid between a mobile truck crane and a rough terrain crane.

All-Terrain-Crane

It is a mobile crane with the necessary equipment to travel at speed on public roads, and on rough terrain at the job site using all-wheel and crab steering. Its multi-functional capability to travel on all kinds of off-road terrain and as well as down on highways at top speed is the biggest selling point of this type of crane. This type of cranes  have 2-9 axles and are designed for lifting loads up to 1,200 tonnes (approx).

Aerial work platform (Lifting and Material Handling Equipment)

An aerial work platform (AWP), also known as an elevating work platform (EWP),  is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height. They are generally used for temporary, flexible access purposes such as maintenance and construction work or by firefighters for emergency access, which distinguishes them from permanent access equipment such as elevators.

Aerial Work Platform

There are three main types of aerial work platforms: boom lifts, scissorlifts, and mechanical lifts. They can be operated with hydraulics, pneumatics, or mechanically via screws or a rack-and-pinion system.

List of Commonly Used Lifting & Material Handling Equipment

Pallet Stacker

Screw Conveyor

Pallet Truck

Material handler

Drilling Rig

Belt Conveyor

Telehandler

List of the Equipment of Lifting & Material Handling

Aerial Work Platform
All Terrain Crane
Boom Truck
Bucket Elevator
Bucket Truck
City Crane
Compact Telehandler
Conveyor
Crane
Crawler Crane
Creeper Crane
Derrick
Feeder
Forklift
Hoist
Hydraulic Truck Crane
Kangaroo Crane
Lift Truck
Material Handler
Mobile Crane
Order Selector
Pallet Jack
Pallet Rack
Pallet Stacker
Pallet Truck
Reach Truck
Rough Terrain Crane
Rough Terrain Forklift
Screw Conveyor
Sideloader
Swing Mast Truck
Telescopic Forklift
Tower Crane
Tow Tractor
Turret Truck

And many more...

Lifting & Material Handling Equipment

Lifting & Material Handling Equipment is any work equipment used for lifting and lowering loads, and includes any attachments used in doing so to support, fix or anchor the equipment. Lifting equipment is a general term for any equipment and attachments that can be used to lift loads. This includes cranes, jacks, fork lifts, hydraulic lifting pads, air lift bags and other lifting accessories

Lifting accessories are the material handling pieces of equipment that are used to attach the load to lifting equipment, providing a link between the two.

Examples of lifting accessories include:

Fibre or rope slings, chains, hooks, spreader beams, vacuum devices, etc..

Traction Engine (Forestry Equipment)

Traction Engine

The Traction Engine were the predecessor to today’s modern farm tractor, once used during the late 18th century. It is a self-propelled steam engine used to move heavy loads in forests, roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. They were also used as a transportable power source. 

Stump Grinder (Forestry Equipment)

Stump Grinder

A stump grinder or stump cutter is a power tool or equipment attachment that removes tree stumps by means of a rotating cutting disk that chips away the wood.

Slasher (Forestry Equipment)

Slasher

A Slasher is an implement with a long sharp blade used to clear scrub. Its long handle, and the open face of its blade, lends it to use for clearing thin and dense low-lying bush where an axe would be too clumsy.

Tub Grinder (Forestry Equipment)

Tub Grinder

A tub grinder is a machine used in forestry to commute wood and waste. It is often used to clean up debris and waste wood at a landing site. If the wood is clean, however, then a chipper is often more efficient in accomplishing the same job.

Yarder (Forestry Equipment)

Yarder

A Yarder is piece of logging equipment which uses a system of cables to pull or fly logs from the stump to the landing. It generally consists of an engine, drums, and spar, but has a range of configurations and variations such as the Swing Yarder.

Shear (Forestry Equipment)

Shear

A shear or stump shear is a device used to cut up stumps at logging sites. The shear is usually mounted on an excavator base and, using grinding apparatus, reduces stumpage by cutting it down into more manageable sizes.

Mulcher (forestry Equipment)

Mulcher

A Mulcher is a piece of equipment used to break down organic matter into a fine composition. Mulchers can be used for dense brush, stumps, yard waste piles, logging scraps, and even whole trees. Mulchers are regularly used for landscaping, right-of-way maintenance, fighting forest fires, cutting recreational trails, golf course maintenance, and other vegetation management services.

Menzi Muck (Forestry Equipment)

Menzi Muck

Menzi Muck or Spider Excavator is a special type of all-terrain excavator. It was invented by Ernst Menzi and was first manufactured in 1966. None of the conventional construction machines available on the market at this time were suitable for difficult work on slopes.
The machine has the ability to work on very steep slopes (up to 70%) and in deep mud or water. The Menzi Muck is commonly used as forestry vehicle and in construction of canals or various multipurpose all-terrain works.

Mattock (Forestry Equipment)

Mattock

A mattock is a versatile hand tool, used for digging and chopping, similar to the pickaxe. It has a long handle, and a stout head, which combines an axe blade and an adze or a pick and an adze.

Log Truck (Forestry Equipment)

Log Truck

A log truck or timber lorry  is a large truck used to carry logs. They are used to carry logs long distances. Their length and power facilitate the quick and efficient transport of heavy logs of a variety of sizes. Their invention has transformed the logging industry and different features have assured that loggers are no longer restricted to bore logs near water sources for easy transportation, nor are they restricted to working in just the summer months.

Log Loader (Forestry Equipment)

Log Loader

A log loader is a machine used to load and unload timber from log transportation vehicles and storage piles. While some log loaders are made specifically for loading tasks, others are derived from hydraulic excavators. The purpose-built types are advantageous as they include cabs that can tilt and adjust upright while the loader is traveling on a slope.

Knuckleboom Loader (Forestry Equipment)

Knuckleboom Loader

A Knuckleboom loader is a type of loader that features a hydraulically-operated loading boom. The mechanical action of the boom imitates the movement of a human arm as it is pin-jointed in the the middle or at the elbow of the boom. Knuckleboom loaders are commonly used for logging applications.

Forwarder (Forestry Equipment)

Forwarder

A forwarder is a forestry vehicle used to gather, load, and carry pre-cut logs to a loading area for larger trucks to haul. It is a six- to eight-wheel articulated all-wheel drive machine equipped with a hydraulic loader and timber grapple to load the logs onto its trailer, or bunk.

It carries big felled logs from the stump to a roadside landing. Unlike a skidder, a forwarder carries logs clear of the ground, which can reduce soil impacts but tends to limit the size of the logs it can move. Forwarders are typically employed together with harvesters in cut-to-length logging operations

Feller Buncher (Forestry Equipment)

Feller Buncher

A feller buncher is a type of harvester used in logging. It is a motorized vehicle with an attachment that can rapidly cut and gather several trees before felling them. It is a dual-function machine that has come to replace the work done by lumberjacks or fallers, namely falling and piling trees into bunches. In terms of production, feller bunchers can fall and bunch as much as 200 trees per hour, a rate that could never be matched manually.

Debarker (Forestry Equipment)

Debarker

A debarker is a machine used to strip or remove bark from logs before processing. Debarking refers to the process of using machines to strip or remove bark. Debarking is considered a part of normal sawmill operations. A more recent trend however is the debarking of logs at an actual logging site before they even reach a saw or pulp mill. This has led to the development of portable debarking units such as flail ring debarkers. One of the primary reasons for debarking is to minimize the amount of fibre loss from logs.

Chipper (Forestry Equipment)

A tree Chipper or Woodchipper is a machine used to chip whole trees, branches, debris, mulch, and other types of foliage. Chippers range in size from smaller hand-fed units used in domestic and agricultural applications to mobile, whole-tree chippers used to chip slash and residue in commercial, logging, and forestry operations.

Chainsaw (Forestry Equipment)

Chainsaw

A chainsaw is a type of saw used mostly in the logging industry to fell trees. The cutting apparatus, or teeth, on a chainsaw are positioned on an endless chain that is pulled around a bar at a high speed. Chainsaws are powered by gasoline or a hydraulic or electric motor.

Skidder (Forestry Equipment)

A Skidder is a type of heavy vehicle used in a logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest in a process called "skidding", in which the logs are transported from the cutting site to a landing.

Cable Skidder

A cable skidder is a type of log skidder used in forestry that employs a main winch cable and choker set to assemble and hold a load of logs. A cable skidder is more versatile than a grapple skidder because the operator can pull the cable up to reach the logs the machine can't otherwise directly access or drive up to.

Grapple skidders

Grapple skidders  use grapples, a hydraulic claw-like attachment, to grasp logs. They are usually good for covering longer distances. Grapple skidders can have a hydraulic claw instead of a winch, or they can have a secondary hydraulic system that allows it to lift the claw to the rear of the machine as well as the lowering motion. Some skidders can even swing the trees from side to side.

Brush Cutter (Forestry Equipment)

A Brush Cutter is a hydraulically-powered attachment used in forestry or municipal applications that features a multi-toothed cutting wheel. The cutting wheel turns at a high rate of speed and, in the process, grinds down through trees and brush. It can be used to reduce branches, foliage and other unmarketable forest byproducts into mulch and chips or as a vegetation management tool for clearing away trees and other types of foliage from the sides of highways.

Harvester (Forestry Equipment)

A harvester is a type of self-propelled heavy forestry vehicle machine with a cutting head attachment that is capable of felling and processing stems employed in cut-to-length logging operations for felling, delimbing, and bucking a tree to desired lengths.

It is typically employed together with a forwarder that hauls the logs to a roadside landing.

The machine, powered by
a diesel engine, is all wheeldrive and fitted with a
hydraulic loader onto which is mounted a harvester
head. This is equipped with a chain saw to fell the
tree and cut the log into lengths, feed rollers to move
the tree through the head, knives to remove branches
and a device to measure the length of the logs.

KOMATSU Harvester 901TX

The Mechanician

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