Plant Layout And Materials Handling

Plant layout of an industry is most important task for obtaining least total cost of materials handling, and is one of the most important field which affects the efficiency and productivity. Once the building is made and plant is commissioned, it is difficult to change it. Further, the orderly flow, minimising expenditure on materials handling and productivity, largely depends on the plant layout. For a good layout it is most essential to have minimum bottleneck, congestion, back-tracking and maximum cubic space utilisation.

Part I — Plant Layout

1. Plant Location

2. Introduction to Plant Layout

3. Factors Influencing Layout

4. Procedure for Plant Layout

5. Industrial Buildings

6. Plant Services

7. Product Design and Development

8. Material Flow

9. Space Planning and Area Allocation

10. Line Balancing

11. Constructing the Layout

Part II—Materials Handling

12. Introduction to Materials Handling

13. Designing the Materials Handling System

14. Work-study

15. Handling Equipment Concept

16. Plant and Equipment Maintenance

17. Material Handling Cost and Economical Aspects

18. Safety Aspects

19. Materials Handling Equipment

20. Components of Hoisting Equipment

Index