Material Handling Equipment
Material handling and lifting equipment and solutions designed to streamline your operations
Material Handling Solutions and Equipment
Met-Track® material handling and lifting equipment built to your specific needs and requirements
Material handling is a huge part of any operation which is why we have been manufacturing and supplying safe and efficient handling equipment to some of the largest companies across the globe. From jib cranes to track systems, our expert teams are ready to help you improve your workflow, streamline your processes and protect your employees when it comes to health and safety.
The comp onents of our specified system can be integrated to create monorails, cranes, floor and wall mounted jibs plus a range of other track based solutions.
Workstation Jib Cranes
Workstation Cranes
Track Systems
Monorails
Gantries
Hoists & Balancers
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Material Design Service
Metreel provide a turnkey design service for our range of handling systems; Working with our clients to help transform their requirements into a efficient and cost-effective solution. Using the latest CAD software and design methods to streamline the design process from beginning to completion, we are able to present our ideas and solutions to our clients at every stage of the design process allowing them to view and interact throughout the process.
If you’re looking for new material or mechanical handling solutions for your factory workshop, warehouse or facility, get in touch on 0115 932 7010 to start the design and installation process.
Installation & Service
Our site team offer a wide range of services, from the initial concept and surveys, through to the installation and follow-up maintenance and testing programs, with the goal that your equipment operates efficiently and without faults.
Knowledge and experience
Our site team has a wealth of knowledge and experience. All of our teams are fully trained and consistently updated concerning any changes or modifications to products or technical specifications. More importantly, we maintain a high level of interest in current practices within industry and ensure that our team are suitably informed about what is expected of us.
Qualified engineers
Metreel’s site team consist of qualified electromechanical engineers that have been apprentice trained and have relevant experience to deliver their jobs correctly and accuretly.
What does MHE mean?
MHE can refer to two main topics, either material handling equipment or mechanical handling equipment. These are are similar terms but material handling acts as an umbrella terms in which mechanical handling sits.
Material handling equipment (MHE) refers to the machinery and other equipment used to move, protect, store and generally control materials, normally in an industrial setting. This term can refer to handling materials throughout the manufacturing, distribution and even disposal processes.
If you’d like to find out more about the MHE meaning or have MHE can help your business, give us call on 0115 932 7010 to talk to on of our experts.
System Configurator
Using our CraneBUILDER® feature, we can create a met-track® Workstation Crane specific to your requirements. Providing diagrams and quotations within minutes gives you all the essential information required to plan your solution.
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Our crane builder lets you configure your own crane based on the dimensions of the area you have to work with and then get a price for the supply and installation of it.
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From Concept To Commissioning
We believe that providing the customer with all the services required to secure the final installation is fit for purpose, is of paramount significance and therefore, we have expanded our service to include survey, installation, test and commission, service and maintenance. The critical part of most projects is at the beginning whilst considering how best to deliver a solution for your requirement. Getting this right enables us to move swiftly on to the following stages and processes.
Product Support
Despite every effort to determine possible problems during equipment maintenance, breakdowns can occasionally occur. In the event of this, you can be sure that our engineers will be on-site as soon as possible to help reduce expensive and unwelcome downtime as well as possible hazards.
FAQs
What is material handling?
Material handling refers to how we move, protect, store and control products or materials within a setting. This term can be applied to the manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, consumption and even the disposal process.
The material handling process can contain a number of manual, semi-automated and fully automated systems and equipment to support the supply chain logistics.
How is material handling equipment used?
With the variety of manual, semi-automated and fully automated systems available, there are several ways that different styles of equipment can be used.
For example, you may be required to use a workstation crane, a jib crane or reeling drums to protect and move materials to aid the overall process.
What are the principles of material handling?
It’s widely recognised that there are ten principles of material handling and it is important to adhere to best practices for the safety of everyone involved and the protection of the company too. The principles include:
- Planning
- Standardisation
- Work
- Ergonomics
- Unit load
- Space utilisation
- System
- Environment
- Automation
- Life cycle cost
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Got a question for the experts? We’re happy to provide some free advice about your handling needs.