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    The document discusses material handling systems used in construction. It defines material handling systems as controlling materials through various stages from manufacturing to disposal using equipment. The main objectives are ensuring safe handling, lifting and offloading of materials in accordance with guidelines. It then describes some common components of material handling systems like cranes, slings, belts, d-rings, and eyebolts. Finally, it provides a checklist for pre-operation safety including using competent operators, inspected tools, following color codes, having lifting plans, and using proper PPE.

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    Material Handling Systems in Construction

    Written by Anup Kumar Dey in Mechanical,Piping Interface,Piping Materials

    Table of Contents
    • Advantages of Material Handling Systems
    • Components of a Material Handling System
    • Types of Material Handling Systems
    • Pre-operation material handling system checklist
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    Material handling systems mean the control of materials and products for project
    use in various stages starting from manufacturing, storage, distribution,
    consumption, and finally disposal. The system must ensure the safe handling of
    all project materials. In this process, the material handling system uses various
    manual, automatic or semi-automatic equipment known as material handling
    equipment. So, the material handling system basically deals with the safety of
    material handling equipment & their operations.

    Material Handling Systems are very important mechanisms in supply chain management as
    it efficiently manages the material movement in a controlled way. The material handling
    operation varies between manufacturing, storage, construction, and transportation based on
    industry types.

    The main objective of the material handling system is to ensure proper handling, lifting
    & offloading equipment in order to ensure a safe workplace. It ensures the operations are in line
    with the required guidelines & project specifications. Debating with these standards and
    guidelines means tolerating the life of self and stakeholders. Basically, standard guidelines are
    followed in the construction of refineries, chemical & petrochemical, pharmaceutical companies,
    and power plants.

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    Fig. 1:
    Typical Material Handling Equipment

    Advantages of Material Handling Systems


    A properly designed material handling system helps a project in many ways like:

    • proper resource allocation


    • shorten delivery time
    • Forecasting
    • Proper Inventory control and management
    • improved Production planning
    • improved customer service and after-sales support and finally
    • reduce overall material handling costs
    That is the reason proper material handling systems are widely popular in all industries like
    chemical, aerospace, construction, automotive, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, oil&gas,
    petrochemical, paper, material processing, warehousing, and distribution, etc.

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    Fig. 2: Material
    Handling using an Overhead Crane

    Components of a Material Handling System


    There are various components that constitute a material handling system. It may vary
    significantly from project to project. A few of the widely used components are added below as
    reference.

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    Cranes-
    Cranes as material handling equipment are widely used for lifting and shifting of equipment and
    material. There are a variety of cranes (Fig. 2) available in the market. Some of those are from 5
    MT TO 8000 MT. In the construction industry, basically two types of cranes are being used
    nowadays.

    • tyre mounted cranes and


    • crawler mounted cranes.
    Both can be used for lifting and shifting. The crawler-mounted cranes are used for high-strength
    and it can move over Mud or difficult places. On the other hand, the tyre mounted cranes are
    used for clear surfaces, roads or proper compacted places.

    Slings & belt-


    Sling and belt both are used to tie a piece of equipment. The number of slings and belts for a
    particular operation is decided based on load calculation. The formulae for load calculation is
    mentioned below for reference.

    Fig. 3: Load
    Calculation formula for slings and belts

    Here, V1 is load at point 1, V2 is load at point 2 & W is overall load.

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    D rings–
    D rings are used to tie belt or sling with equipment or material to be lifted with cranes. Prior to
    place color code, specification & TPI (Third party inspection report need to be ensured).

    Eyebolts–
    These are the mechanical Bolts that are being used to fix and ensure that D rings and sling or
    belts have tied properly and they are ready to lift. Lifting operations could be performed only
    after conforming to the inspector. Inspector or safety in charge shall ensure SWL (safe working
    loads), TPI reports, visual checking of color and threads, and SOPs.

    Guiding rope–
    After assembly, this one is vital to guide the load/ equipment to place at the foundation or
    workplace. Because of the presence of air, the material can move here and there so guiding rope
    shall be used to guide it under formal instruction. Traditionally 2 guiding ropes shall be used for
    proper erection, loading, or offloading. The first rope will guide and the 2nd rope will resist the
    movement.

    The other components that can form the material handling system are

    • Hoisting equipment
    • Monorails and workstation cranes
    • Conveyors
    • Casters and wheels
    • Automatic guided vehicles
    • Lift trucks
    • Automated storage and retrieval systems
    • Industrial robots, etc
    In recent times, automation is used in material handling systems which makes the material
    handling systems more efficient to perform their job.

    Types of Material Handling Systems


    Normally four types of material handing systems are used widely.

    • Storage Systems
    • Engineered Systems
    • Industrial Material Handling Trucks and
    • Bulk Material Handling Equipment
    For maximum efficiency and safety, standardization material handling methods, equipment,
    controls, and software should be used.

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    Pre-operation material handling system checklist

    Fig. 4: Use material handling system checklist to avoid mishap

    As the operation is big and is being used by some of the biggest industries such as refinery,
    power plants, and aviation industries, a checklist should be followed to ensure safe operation.
    The following points must be ensured:

    • Crane operators, trailer operators, and rigging foremen should be competent with experience in
    using specified equipment.
    • All tools & tackles shall be TPI inspected.
    • The approved color code is getting followed.
    • Lifting plans & JSA (Job safety analysis) should be in place.
    • All inspectors and supervisors should operate using required PPES.
    • The workplace has to be inspected, compacted as per industry requirements.

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