LO: Equipment

Electric mechanical version: Easy to maintain and more environmentally friendly.

• Electric Pallet Jack
• Shuttle Car
• Overhead Traveling Crane and Hoist
• Dock Board / Plate
• Scissor Lift

Used for confined spaces for picking items that will be put on a conveyor and sent to a shipping area

• Platform Truck
• Shuttle Car
• Overhead Traveling Crane and Hoist
• Dock Board / Plate
• Scissor Lift

Portable or stationary device which lifts a platform to the height of the trailer or rail car deck.

• Scissor Lift
• Shuttle Car
• Overhead Traveling Crane and Hoist
• Dock Board / Plate
• Sit Down Counterbalance Fork Lift

Used in stores and back rooms for moving small items short distances

• Hand Truck
• Shuttle Car
• Overhead Traveling Crane and Hoist
• Dock Board / Plate
• Scissor Lift

Dagan has two pieces of very heavy furniture he needs to move from one end of his storage facility to the other. What piece of equipment should he use?

• Dolly
• Shuttle Car
• Dock Board / Plate
• Scissor Lift
• Sit Down Counterbalance Fork Lift

Your warehouse is fairly small and your employees really only move pallets short distances. What would it make sense for you to use?

• Electric Pallet Jack
• Shuttle Car
• Dock Board / Plate
• Scissor Lift
• Sit Down Counterbalance Fork Lift

CH:3 Two logistics students, Mark and Sarah, are discussing material handling equipment. Mark says that hand trucks are most useful when large quantities of products need to be moved in a short amount of time. Sarah says that pallet jacks are used to move pallets and can be manual or electric. Which student – Mark or Sarah – is correct?

• MARK IS CORRECT
• SARAH IS CORRECT
• BOTH ARE CORRECT
• BOTH ARE INCORRECT

CH3: Which of the following is an example of MANUAL material handling equipment?

• HAND TRUCK
• AGV
• NARROW AISLE
• FORK LIFT

CH3: Which of the following material handling equipment may rely on the operator to provide the force needed to lift the load or push the equipment short distances?

• PALLET JACK
• ORDER PICKER
• YARD LIFT
• GANTRY

CH3: Which of the following is an example of specialized material handling equipment?

• HAND TRUCK
• PALLET JACK
• CARTON CLAMP
• FORK LIFT