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 Design S.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 International
Editions, 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
Introduction Importance of material handling Principle of material handling Factors influences the
choice of material handling - Material handling Equipments Types - Selection and applications Scope
of material handling.

Unit II
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 Hours
Unit 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.