Publications

1) A Guide to Industrial Scissor Lifts and Tilters

This document is designed to help individuals, end users, and specifiers in identifying a proper industrial scissor lift for their application.

2) A Lesson in Standards and Physics Applied to Pallet Lifting

Small pallets create an opportunity for retailers, but they are not without their challenges, including safe load handling, for those in material handling. Half and quarter pallets ...

3) ANSI ICWM-2018, Vocabulary, Performance, and Testing Requirements for Casters and Wheels

This standard is a free download This standard provides manufacturers, specifiers and users with a common basis for evaluating the safety, durability, structural adequacy, and ...

4) ANSI MH10.8.17-2017, IUID Data Matrix Encoding Guideline

Free download. This standard provides a conceptual understanding of the various standards and how they interrelate to form requirements of Item Unique Identification, and how to ...

5) ANSI MH10.8.2-2021, Data Identifiers

This standard is a free download. Approved: February 11, 2021, Updated August 16, 2023 This document provides a comprehensive dictionary of data identifiers (DIs), and provides ...

6) ANSI MH1-2021, Pallets, Slip Sheets, and Other Bases for Unit Loads

Free download. The purpose of this standard is to serve as the guide for designers, manufacturers, sellers, installers, owners, users, and governing bodies in the design, manufacturing, ...

7) ANSI MH28.1-2024, Design, Testing, and Utilization of Industrial Steel Bin Shelving

Price: $0.00. This standard applies to industrial steel bin shelving; bin shelving placed on mobile carriages; multi-level bin shelving systems such as pick modules, catwalks, ...

8) ANSI MH28.2-2022, Design, Testing, and Utilization of Industrial Boltless Steel Shelving

Free download This standard applies to industrial steel boltless shelving; boltless shelving placed on mobile carriages; multi-level boltless shelving systems such as pick modules, ...

9) ANSI MH28.3-2022, Design, Testing, and Utilization of Industrial Steel Work Platforms

Free download This standard applies to industrial steel work platforms. An industrial steel work platform is typically a prefabricated free-standing non-building structure similar ...

10) ANSI MH28.4-2024, Testing and Evaluation of Retail/Consumer Boltless Steel Shelving

Price: $0.00 This standard applies to retail/consumer boltless steel shelving. The framing components for these systems are made of steel members. This standard does not apply ...

11) ANSI MH32.1-2018, Stairs, Ladders, and Open-Edge Guards for Use with Material Handling Structures

Free download. This standard applies to fixed stairways and ladders along with guarding for elevated platforms used in material handling structures. The stairways and ladders are ...

12) Application Guidelines for Ergonomic Assist and Safety Equipment

An extremely useful and informative guide to ergonomic assist and safety equipment, this publication provides a detailed overview of the major classifications of equipment. These classifications ...

13) AS/RS - Value Proposition in Supply Chain

Strategic Solutions for Supply Chain: Applying and Justifying Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems in Logistics and Distribution Applications to Gain Competitive Advantage - This ...

14) AS/RS in the Automated Factory

The place of AS/RS in the automated factory has been assured because AS/RS systems have revolutionized the material handling and material control functions in manufacturing and distribution ...

15) AS/RS Industry Practice and Standard

A Recommended Industry Practice and Standard Specification to Accompany an AS/RS Request for Quotation. This document guides a prospective end user project team in the creation of an ...