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Material Handling Text Books:
Useful for conveyors, Chains, pulley, Crane
1. Bhandari, V.B., Design of Machine Elements, Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company Ltd., 1994.
2. P.C.Sharma & D.K. Agrawal Machine DesignS.K.Kataria &
Sons, 2010
3. Dr. Sadhu Singh, Machine Design, Khanna Pub.2009
4. M.P. Alexandrov, Material handling equipments, MIR
publishers.
5. N. Rudenko, Material handling equipments, MIR publishers.
Reference Books:
1. Maitra G.M., Prasad L.V., Hand book of Mechanical Design, II
Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill,1985
2. Spivakovskii, Conveyors and related equipments. MIR
publishers.
3. J.M. Apple, Plant Layout and Material Handling, john Wiley
& sons, 1997.
4. Shigley J.E and Mischke C. R., Mechanical Engineering Design,
McGraw-Hill InternationalEditions, 1989
5. Norton R.L, Design of Machinery, McGraw-Hill Book co,
2004.
6. Hamrock B.J., Jacobson B., Schmid S.R., Fundamentals of
Machine Elements, McGraw- Hill
Book Co.,
1. ASME, Materials Handling Handbook, Wiley -Interscience,
1985.
2. Material Handling Equipments by Rudenko, MIR Publishers.
3. Conveying Machines Spivakovsy A.O. and Dyachkov, V.K.,Volume
I and II, MIR Publishers, 1985.
4. Alexandrov M., Materials Handling Equipments, MIR Publishers,
1981.
5. Tech. P.S.G., Design Data Book, Kalaikathir Achchagam,
Coimbatore,2003
13ED53 / 13CC67 DESIGN OF MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT
Unit I
Materials Handling Equipment
IntroductionImportance of material handlingPrinciple of material
handlingFactors influences the
choice of material handling - Material handling EquipmentsTypes
- Selection and applicationsScope
of material handling.
Unit II
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Design of Hoists
Design of hoisting elements: Hemp and wire ropes - Design of
ropes Pulleys - Pulley systems -
Sprockets and drums - Load handling attachments - Design of
forged hooks and eye hooks - Brakes: shoe
- Band and cone types.
9 Hours
Unit III
Drives of Hoisting Gear
Hand and power drives - Traveling gear - Rail traveling
mechanism - Cantilever and monorail cranes
Slewing - Jib and luffing gear - Cogwheel drive - Selecting the
motor ratings.
9 HoursUnit IV
Conveyors
Types - Description - Design and applications of Belt conveyors
- Apron conveyors and escalators
Pneumatic conveyors - Screw conveyors.
9 Hours
Unit V
Elevators
Bucket elevators: Design - Loading and bucket arrangements -
Cage elevators - Shaft way Guides
Counter weights - Hoisting machine - Design of form lift
trucks.
9 Hours
Total: 45 Hours
References
1. Charles Reese, Material handling Systems, Taylor and Francis,
2005
2. Kari H.E.Kroemer, Ergonomic Design of Material Handling
Systems, CRC Press USA, 2004.
3. Myer Kutz, Environmental Conscious Materials Handling, Wiley
series In Environmentally Conscious
Engineering, 2010.
4. R. B.Chowdary and G. R. N.Tagore ,Material Handling
Equiplments, Khannn Publishers, 2003
5. M.Alexandrov, Materials Handling Equipments, MIR Publishers,
2002.
6. Kalaikathir Achchagam, Design Data Book, P.S.G. Tech,
Coimbatore, 2012.
