Design and Analysis of Overhead Material Handling System for Various Types and Sizes of Steel Channels

Cranes are generally used for moving materials with some considerable size and weight and for intermittent flow of material from one place to another. Usually, loads handled by cranes are varying with respect to shape and weight than those handled by a conveyor. Hoists are frequently attached to cranes for vertical translation that is, lifting and lowering of loads. Cranes can be manually, electrically, or pneumatically. Cranes usually include hoists so that the crane-and-hoist combination provides. In this project, the design of a material handling system which will help in increasing the safety of the workers, the working efficiency and saving the time and efforts of the workers will be designed with the help of CAD and FEA software's. CAD software SOLIDWORKS is used to design OVER-HEAD CRANE, whereas, FEA software HYPER-MESH is used to mesh the CAD model and NASTRAN is used for static analysis. This project is related to improving material handling system for MAHALAXMI DHATU, MIDC, and Nagpur.