摘要 |
<p>A material handling system incorporates one or more interface trolley systems (1) comprising a plurality of trolleys (2) disposed adjacent one another and slidable on guides (300,301) disposed parallel to one another either individually or in groups. The material handling system comprises one or more racks (4), each of which includes a series of columns of storage locations. The or each trolley system is disposed at the base of one or more of the columns, and the or each rack includes a lift mechanism (406) located and arranged to move materials and articles into and out of the storage locations and deliver them to or retrieve them from individual or plural trolleys of the or one of the trolley systems under operator control or automatically. <IMAGE></p> |