Material flow technology
The material flow engineering is a branch of engineering , these are the doctrine of design , planning and production of equipment for the transport of goods .
The teaching deals with the conveyed goods themselves as well as with the means of conveyance, divided into discontinuous conveyors (e.g. cranes , industrial trucks ) and continuous conveyors (e.g. belt conveyors , screw conveyors , chutes and downpipes ) and the storage of the conveyed goods.
Important parameters for material flow systems are calculated using the methods of material flow accounting.