Subject 'Material Handling Technologies and Handling Equipment'

Year:   2016/2017    2017/2018    2018/2019    2019/2020    2020/2021    

Types of material handling technologies. Wide aisle technology. Very narrow aisle technology. Low small item shelf technologies. Mezzanines. Special purpose shelves and racks. Stacking. Drive-in racks. Flow through racks. Puch-back racks. Mobile racks. Horizontal carrousel. Vertical carrousel. Lean-lift. Crane systems. Miniload system. Unit load system. Order storage and retrieval system.

Types of trucks. Technical figures of trucks.Counterbalanced trucks. Pallet movers. Stackers. Reach trucks. Low order pickers. Medium high order pickers. High order pickers. Turret trucks. Combitrucks. Four-way reach trucks. Flexi trucks. Semiautomatic trucks. Laser quided trucks. Clamps. Packing machines. Loading ramps.

Automatic identification. Barcode technologie. Barcode system types. Barcode scanners. Barcode label printers. Barcode technologies in logistics. Radio freguency identification (RFID). Tags. Active and passive tags. Electronical product code. Smart labels. RFID readers and antennas. RFID gates. Using RFID technologie in logistics and SCM.

• To give students knowledge about warehouse equipment, warehouse and terminal technologies.
• To give students knowledge about barcode and radio freguency identification.

The student knows
• types of racks on possibilities to use racks
• possibilities to storage goods and storage technologies
• types of trucks and possibilities to use different trucks
• warehouse technologies and possibilities to use technologies
• packing machines and equipment
• material handling methods by using lifting machines
• barcode technology, barcode printers, scanners and possibilities to use barcode technology in logistics, wholesale and retail
• radio freguency identification technology, equipment and possibilities to use RFID technology in logistics, wholesale and retail

The student must be able to
• compose the initial task for planning warehouse or road transport terminal
• identify suitable warehouse technology and arque the selection

Lectures, seminars, tour in the warehouse.

Portfolio of lecturer materials.

Assessment is based on the following partial results:
• test in interactive e-learning environment – 60%
• solving of tasks individually – 20%
• initial task of warehouse or terminal planning – 30%

Minimum positive grade - "satisfying" (2)

2014: TL  

2013: TL