. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . eature is very-convenientv/here there is occasion to transport empty boxes for theycan be folded and a large number piled on a platform. Insome industries like soap manufacturing a circulation ofair is desirable through the material. In such cases the boxsections are usually made of slats or crating. The pipeframe sectional platform is often used with a bin or boxshaped container held between the four uprights. Theends of the
. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . eature is very-convenientv/here there is occasion to transport empty boxes for theycan be folded and a large number piled on a platform. Insome industries like soap manufacturing a circulation ofair is desirable through the material. In such cases the boxsections are usually made of slats or crating. The pipeframe sectional platform is often used with a bin or boxshaped container held between the four uprights. Theends of the pipe uprights have a ball and socket type con-struction so that one platform can be assembled on another, 540 INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS. TRACTORS AND TRAILERS the ball in the bottom of the uprights of one platform rest-ing in the socket in the top of the uprights of the other. Live Platforms If wheels are put under any of the numerous forms ofskid platfonns they then become live platforms in the sensethat they can be moved, pushed or pulled, either empty orloaded, without being lifted, by a hand or a power added flexibility obtained by the addition of wheels is. Live Platform often of material value. Live platforms can be pushed byhand from one machine to another and can be turned so asto be in just the right position for a hand lift or elevatingplatform power truck to pick them up and transfer them toanother department or some distant point. For greater ease in turning live platforms should beequipped with caster wheels in front and with larger rigidwheels in the rear. Live platforms are not suitable fortrailers and should not be hauled by tractors. Shop Boxes Shop boxes, commonly called tote-boxes, are extensivelyused in machine shops, forge shops, foundries, press roomsand many other metal working and industrial plants forhandling small parts in the course of manufacture from oneoperation to another. These containers were formerly madeof wood, usually reinforced by steel
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