Plant layout of an industry is most important task for obtaining least total cost of materials handling, and is one of the most important field which affects the efficiency and productivity. Once the building is made and plant is commissioned, it is difficult to change it. Further, the orderly flow, minimising expenditure on materials handling and productivity, largely depends on the plant layout. For a good layout it is most essential to have minimum bottleneck, congestion, back-tracking and maximum cubic space utilisation.
This book Useful for Civil Engineering Students.
Part I — Plant Layout
1. Plant Location
2. Introduction to Plant Layout
3. Factors Influencing Layout
4. Procedure for Plant Layout
5. Industrial Buildings
6. Plant Services
7. Product Design and Development
8. Material Flow
9. Space Planning and Area Allocation
10. Line Balancing
11. Constructing the Layout
Part II—Materials Handling
12. Introduction to Materials Handling
13. Designing the Materials Handling System
14. Work-study
15. Handling Equipment Concept
16. Plant and Equipment Maintenance
17. Material Handling Cost and Economical Aspects
18. Safety Aspects
19. Materials Handling Equipment
20. Components of Hoisting Equipment
Index
