Survey of materials handling and use of industrial electric trucks in automobile plants; use of power vehicles in 50 per cent of factories to reduce reloading, hauling, and moving large unit loads in production; nearly 70 per cent of plants have eliminated rehandling in and out of finished stores and moved material from last operation to carrier; 20 per cent of plants have been able to move incoming materials direct to first operation; shipping on skid platform; processes in Marmon, Studebaker, and E. G. Budd plants.


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    Title :

    Electric industrial trucks save time in materials handling


    Additional title:

    Automotive Industries


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    5 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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