Material handling—the movement, protection, storage, and control of materials and products—is the unseen engine that powers ...

Manual material handling include activities like pushing, pulling, carrying, lifting, and lowering. At Purdue University, manual material handling is a leading cause of occupational injuries. The ...

Material-handling costs can be reduced by deploying the right equipment in the right places. Take advantage of gravity-fed movement before adding power-driven equipment, by installing gravity ...

Engineered with advanced features and a durable design, the PosiPro is designed to enhance wastewater treatment operations by ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala --- Is material handling a safety concern to you while here on the depot? It should be! Surprisingly, it’s a source of many safety issues within most field operations ...

The calculation in Fig. 2 shows the return on a modest 2% investment in material price, resulting in a willing vendor partner helping the contractor to reduce material handling labor costs by 25%.

The expansion will create 85 jobs at an average wage of $28.88 and retain the current 1,883 workers. The new employees are expected to be hired by 2026, with the hope being that production at the ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Material processing and material handling solutions companies, Advanced Material Processing (AMP) and Automated Handling Solutions (AHS), have ...

• Injuries to the back, neck and shoulders account for about 2/3 of manual material handling claims. • The most commonly cited cause of injury was handling a container (25 percent). • Among WMSD ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Material handling equipment is a safety focus for the month of August. At Anniston Army Depot, MHE operators are required to obtain a valid Operator's License. ANAD ...

A Columbus-based company that has helped fuel the local economy for three decades celebrated its move into a more electric-centric future on Wednesday. Officials from Toyota Material Handling, the ...