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• Transport
  • Conveyors
    • Chute
    • Wheel
    • Roller
      • Gravity Roller
      • Live (powered) Roller
    • Chain
    • Slat
    • Flat Belt
    • Magnetic Belt
    • Troughed Belt
    • Bucket
    • Vibrating
    • Screw
    • Pneumatic
      • Dilute-Phase Pneumatic
      • Carrier-System Pneumatic
    • Vertical
      • Vertical Lift
      • Reciprocating Vertical
    • Cart-on-Track
    • Tow
    • Trolley
    • Power-and-Free
    • Monorail
    • Sortation
      • Diverter
      • Pop-up Device
      • Sliding Shoe Device
      • Tilting Device
      • Cross-Belt Transfer Device
  • Cranes
    • Jib
    • Bridge
    • Gantry
    • Stacker
  • Industrial Trucks
    • Hand Truck
      • Two-Wheeled
      • Dolly
      • Floor Hand
    • Pallet Jack
      • Manual
      • Powered
    • Walkie Stacker
      • Manual
      • Powered
    • Pallet Truck
    • Platform Truck
      • Walkie
      • Rider
    • Counterbalanced Lift
      • Sit-down
      • Stand-up
    • Narrow-Aisle Straddle
    • Narrow-Aisle Reach
    • Turret
      • Operator-down
      • Operator-up
    • Order Picker
    • Sideloader
    • Tractor-Trailer
    • Personnel & Burden Carrier
    • Automatic Guided Vehicle
      • Tow
      • Unit Load
      • Assembly
      • Light Load
      • Fork
  • No Equipment
• Positioning
  • Manual (no equipment)
  • Lift/Tilt/Turn Table
  • Dock Leveler
  • Ball Transfer Table
  • Rotary Index Table
  • Parts Feeder
  • Air Film Device
  • Hoist
  • Balancer
  • Manipulator
    • Rigid-Link
    • Articulated Jib Crane
    • Vacuum
  • Industrial Robot
• Unit Load Formation
  • Self-Restraining (no equipment)
  • Pallets
  • Skids
  • Slipsheets
  • Tote Pans
  • Pallet Boxes/Skid Boxes
  • Bins/Baskets/Racks
  • Cartons
  • Bags
  • Bulk Load Containers
  • Crates
  • Intermodal Containers
  • Strapping/Tape/Glue
  • Shrink-Wrap/Stretch-Wrap
  • Palletizers
    • Manual
    • Robotic Pick & Place
    • Conventional Stripper Plate
• Storage
  • Block Stacking (no equipment)
  • Selective Pallet Rack
  • Drive-Through Rack
  • Drive-In Rack
  • Flow-Through Rack
  • Push-Back Rack
  • Sliding Rack
  • Cantilever Rack
  • Stacking Frame
  • Shelves/Bins/Drawers
  • Storage Carousel
  • Automatic Storage/Retrieval Systems (AS/RS)
    • Unit Load AS/RS
    • Miniload AS/RS
    • Man-On-Board AS/RS
    • Deep-Lane AS/RS
  • Split Case Order Picking System
  • Mezzanine
• Identification & Control
  • Manual (no equipment)
  • Bar codes
  • Radio frequency (RF) tag
  • Magnetic stripe
  • Machine vision
  • Portable data terminal
  • Electronic data interchange (EDI)

Material can be transported manually using no equipment.

Under ideal circumstances, maximum recommended weight for manual lifting to avoid back injuries is 51 lbs.

Recommendation based on NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), which uses six multipliers to reduce maximum recommended weight for less than ideal lifting tasks.

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