Publications

61) Operational Guide for Lifting Devices

The Operational Guide for Lifting Devices are guidelines intended to provide you with general procedures for installation, inspection, maintenance and repairs, and operation and operator ...

62) Practices for Hand Chain Manually Operated Chain Hoists (Spanish)

(SPANISH) - The Hoist Manufacturers Institute (HMI), and association affiliated with Material Handling Industry, has produced guidelines for the operation of various types of hoists. Many ...

63) Precautionary Label Brochure for Dock Levelers

This precautionary label brochure has been prepared by the Loading Dock Equipment Manufacturers Product Section (hereafter referred to as “LODEM”) of the Material Handling Industry ...

64) Push Force Graphic

This handy illustrated graphic shows how mobile devices should be designed.

65) Reduction of Spinal Loads Through Adjustable Interventions at the Origin and Destination of Palletizing Tasks

From Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. This article evaluates the effectiveness of two interventions: a self-leveling pallet carousel designed ...

66) Selecting The Right Overhead Crane

This publication concentrates on the owners responsibility to select a qualified crane supplier by highlighting a number of factors as they pertain to application and facility. Although ...

67) Shelving User's Guide

This eight page booklet was prepared by the Shelving Manufacturers Association Product Section of Material Handling Industry. This reference guide covers some of the commonly overlooked ...

68) Single Girder Buyer's Guide

CMAA has organized this Buyer’s Guide to promote standardization and to assist prospective buyers of electric overhead traveling cranes in selection of equipment most suitable for their ...

69) The Benefits of the Automated Guided Vehicles in the Smart Manufacturing Industry of Tomorrow

The objective of the white paper is to develop a marketing plan targeting soft/hard benefits of AGVs that will greatly expand recognition, awareness and knowledge of AGVs in markets. ...

70) The effects of operator position, pallet orientation, and palletizing condition on low back loads in manual bag palletizing operations

customers informed, and to provide feedback from AGVs’ stakeholders related to benefits and market of AGVs.

71) The Effects on MH Equipment Design with an Aging & Obese Workforce

The changes on the working population has an effect on how material handling equipment is designed. This presentation discussed what these changes should consider.

72) The Ergonomic Toolbox

The Ergonomics Toolbox is a new interactive, multi-media CD-ROM designed to aid companies in assessing task evaluation and equipment recommendations for manual material handling. Produced ...

73) The Ergonomics of Manual Material Handling

This White Paper provides an overview of the issues involved in manual pushing and pulling, including ergonomics; cart, wheel, and caster design; and important operating environment ...

74) The Fundamentals of AGV Acceptance Testing

Before an AGV system can be handed off, suppliers and customers alike need a defined process to verify that the system is operating as designed. That’s where acceptance testing comes ...

75) The Ideal Equipment Selection Process

Manual materials handling (MMH) related injuries (especially musculoskeletal disorders and strains / sprains) continue to plague the Retail, Wholesale, and Warehousing (RWW) industries ...