Material Handling & Safety

Material handling consists of movement of material from

• one machine to another

• one shop to another shop

• stores to shop

• all of the above

Economy in material handling can be achieved by

• employing gravity feed movements

• minimizing distance of travel

• by carrying material to destination without using manual labour

• all of the above

Fork lift truck is used for

• lifting and lowering none of the above

• vertical transportation

• both ‘a’ and ‘b’

• none of the above

Cranes are used for

• lifting and lowering

• vertical transportation

• both ‘a’ and ‘b’

• none of the above

Overbridge crane has

• transverse movement None of the above

• longitudinal movement

• both ‘a’ and ‘b’

• None of the above

The following is used to transport materials having flat bottoms

• Belt conveyor

• Roller conveyor

• Chain conveyor

• None of the above

Special purpose material handling equipments are used in

• Process layout None of the above

• Line layout

• both ‘a’ and ‘b’

• None of the above

Which of the following is a property of bulk load?

• Hardness

• Cake forming tendency

• Suspension part

• Weight

What are bulk loads?

• Lump of material

• Single rigid mass

• Homogeneous particles

• Heterogeneous particles

Which of the following belt conveyors have low volume carrying capacity?

• Flat belts

• Troughed belts

• Both a. and b.

• None of the above