Funding aids
Conveyor aids are used in logistics to form loading units , i.e. they combine several individual goods into larger units. The terms transport aids, storage aids, loading aids and loading aids are used synonymously.
The most important conveying aids are pallets , containers and storage boxes.
Definitions
Due to the originally function-oriented way of thinking in logistics, the term funding aid has gradually expanded in meaning:
- "Funding aids are aids for the formation of loading units that are picked up by funding ."
- "Conveyor aids are facilities for creating load units for the goods for transport with conveyors, for parking at workplaces and for storage."
- Loading equipment is a "load-bearing" means for combining goods into one loading unit, e.g. B. Pallet, container.
- Loading means are “standardized or special loading or transport aids ..., but (which) can also be limited to packing, wrapping or strapping a stack or block of filling units”. (2004)
classification
In the literature, funding aids are classified based on various criteria. The distinctions common today are:
- Unstable containers ( slip-sheet , sack , pouch )
- load-bearing conveying aids (pallet, roll , mandrel )
- load-bearing and surrounding conveying aids ( lattice box pallets , small load carriers , open fronted storage boxes )
- load-bearing, surrounding and final conveying aids (container, barrel )
- Special funding aids
and
- Pallets
- container
- dimensionally stable containers (barrels, trays )
- other
Functions of funding aids
Funding aids should primarily fulfill five functions.
- Collection and consolidation of the conveyed goods, which accelerates the logistical processes
- Protection of the transported goods from damage and theft
- (Facilitating) manipulation with funds
- Shelf life
- Information carrier
The conveyor aid is particularly useful in all cases in which the conveyed item itself cannot be labeled, e.g. B. with liquids or bulk goods , of particular importance for handling the logistical processes. Today's degree of automation in modern warehouses and production has to a large extent only been made possible by the use of conveying aids, as this is the only way to load and transport loads with conveyors such as B. the forklift were possible.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gabler Lexicon Logistics, Management of Logistic Networks and Rivers , 3rd Edition, Gabler, 2004
- ^ Dolezalek: Planning of factories , Springer, Berlin a. a. 1973
- ^ Dolezalek, Warnecke: Planning of factories , Springer, Berlin a. a. 1981
literature
- Ihme, Joachim: Logistics in the automotive industry . Hanser Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-446-40221-8 .