Transportation tasks. Review of the current handling equipment incl. automated guided vehicle systems. Handling. Fundamentals of drives. Sensors, identifications. interfaces. Storage, commissioning. Calculation of the flow of materials. Selection of handling devices. Reliability, availability. Maintenance. Safety, accident prevention. Visits to plants.

Practical training in the laboratory to enhance 351-0818-00L Materialfluss-Technik, Vorlesung mit Übungen.Dynamics in transport processes. Selection of handling devices. Experiments as decision support. Optimum path of transport. Sensors. Control of a conveyor system.