Material Handling Glossary | C
A rack system with arms cantilevered off a
vertical column and loads placed either directly
on the arms or on shelves supported by them.
Used extensively in steel, lumber and furniture
warehousing, having the advantage of long
unobstructed shelves with no uprights to restrict
storage.
Horizontal or vertical rotating bin unit to deliver
parts to an operator in a fixed position or work
station.
Hydraulically operated blade attachment which
can be fitted to forklift trucks to enable unit
loads of cartons to be handled without the use
of pallets. Special thin-bladed types also allow
order picking by “skimming” layers of cartons off
stacked pallets.
Storage of a complete stored unit and picked
from inventory as a separate individual unit.
A preparatory process that allows the truck or
Carousel to operate at levels of temperature that
may cause condensation and/or freezing.
A truck equipped to lift and transport the load in
front of the load wheels.
The time required to complete a unit of work,
generally the total of travel time, plus load
storage or retrieval time.