Material Handling Equipment - Industrial and Systems Engineering

MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT4. Stacker craneSimilar to a bridge crane except that, instead of a hoist,it uses a mast with forks or a platform to handle unitloadsConsidered “fork trucks on a rail”Used for storing and retrieving unit loads in storageracks, especially in high-rise applications in whichthe racks are more than 50 feet highCan be controlled remotely or by an operator in a cabon the mastCan be rack supported38