MHI: Material Handling Industry of America
MHI, the Material Handling Industry of America, is the largest U.S. material handling, logistics and supply chain association. Incorporated in 1945, MHI represents the leading providers in several key equipment and system solution categories. The association’s 800 members include material handling and logistics equipment companies, systems and software manufacturers, consultants, systems integrators and simulators and third-party logistics providers and publishers. MHI provides an unbiased, collaborative environment that fosters stakeholder best practices by facilitating industry groups, education, events, and market intelligence through innovative direct programming or in partnership with other industry providers. Standards from MHI are available both individually, directly through the ANSI webstore, and as part of a Standards Subscription. If you or your organization are interested in easy, managed, online access to standards that can be shared, a Standards Subscription may be what you need - please contact us at: [email protected] or 1-212-642-4980 or Request Proposal Price.
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ANSI MH16.1-2012
Specification for the Design, Testing and Utilization of Industrial Steel Storage Racks
This Specification and companion Commentary (hereinafter referred to as the Specification) applies to industrial pallet racks, movable shelf racks, rack supported systems and stacker racks made of cold-formed or hot-rolled steel structural members. Such rack types also include push back rack, pallet flow rack, case flow rack pick modules and rack supported platforms. This Specification is intended to be applied to the design of the storage rack portion of any rack structure that acts as support for the exterior walls and roof, except as noted. It does not apply to other types of racks, such as drive-in or drive-through racks, cantilever racks, portable racks, or to racks made of material other than steel.
ANSI MH29.1-2012
Safety Requirements for Industrial Scissors Lifts
Mobile and stationary industrial scissors lifts raise, lower and position materials and personnel in various applications but are different from other conveyances such as aerial work platforms (AWP) and elevators. MH29.1 has been revised to better illustrate that personnel operate and may themselves be raised or lowered by industrial scissor lifts. This standard now defines dock lifts, work access lifts and lift tables as the three categories of industrial scissors lifts and identifies their differences and similarities. The responsibilities of manufacturers, users, owners and operators have been reordered, consolidated and enhanced. Lastly, the requirements within the standard have been revised where needed to ensure they are stated using mandatory language.
ANSI MH30.1-2015
Performance and Testing Requirements for Dock Leveling Devices
This standard serves as the guide for designers, manufacturers, sellers, installers, owners, users and governing bodies of dock levelers and to provide guidelines for the design and testing of dock leveling devices, to promote the understanding of the respective responsibilities of manufacturers, sellers, installers, owners, users and governing bodies associated with dock leveling devices, and to provide a uniform means of comparison for dock leveling devices.
ANSI MH10.8.2-2016
Data Identifier and Application Identifier Standard
This standard provides a comprehensive dictionary of MH 10/SC 8 Data Identifiers and GS1 Application Identifiers, provides for the assignment of new Data Identifiers, as required, and provides a document detailing the correlation, or mapping, of Data Identifiers to Application Identifiers, where a correlation exists.
ANSI MH16.3-2016
Specification for the Design, Testing and Utilization of Industrial Steel Cantilevered Storage Racks
Produced by the Rack Manufacturers Institute, this new standard was developed to provide valuable information to those who manufacture, market, purchase or use cantilevered industrial steel storage racks. This publication includes both the specification and the supporting commentary.
ANSI MH26.2-2017
Specification for the Design, Testing and Utilization of Welded Wire Rack Decking
This standard applies to uniformly loaded rack decking fabricated from welded-wire mesh, with or without permanently attached reinforcement, for use in storage racks. The standard provides definitions and establishes guidelines on materials, dimensional characteristics, design and fabrication procedures and test procedures. In addition, the standard provides guidelines for the application and utilization of welded-wire rack decking.
ANSI MH28.3-2009
Specification for the Design, Manufacture, and Installation of Industrial Steel Work Platforms
An industrial steel work platform is a prefabricated elevated platform located in an industrial environment, pre-designed using a steel framing system. Flooring may include other structural elements such as, but not limited to, concrete, steel, and/or engineered wood products. This specification is intended to be applied to the design, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance of such structures.
ANSI MH30.2-2015
Performance and Testing of Portable Dock Leveling Devices
This standard defines performance and testing requirements for the design, use, and maintenance of portable dock leveling devices. The purpose of this standard is to provide a uniform means of comparison, improve user confidence and knowledge and to define product requirements for portable dock leveling devices.
ANSI MH24.2-2016
Power-Operated Vertical Carousels and Lift Modules
This standard serves to eliminate or minimize the hazards which can arise during installation, start up, operation, maintenance, testing, and dismantling of power-operated vertical carousels and vertical lift modules. Vertical carousels are circulating storage equipment modules with load carriers that can be provided with one or more access openings. Vertical lift modules handle goods such as storage containers placed on load carriers using a built-in lift unit that carry goods from an access opening to storage locations in a racking tower, or from a storage location to an access opening.
ANSI MH30.1-2015
Performance and Testing Requirements for Dock Leveling Devices
This standard serves as the guide for designers, manufacturers, sellers, installers, owners, users and governing bodies of dock levelers and to provide guidelines for the design and testing of dock leveling devices, to promote the understanding of the respective responsibilities of manufacturers, sellers, installers, owners, users and governing bodies associated with dock leveling devices, and to provide a uniform means of comparison for dock leveling devices.
