Transport Equipment is defined as a piece of high-value equipment used to hold, protect or secure cargo for transportation purposes. Reusable secondary packaging and reusable load carriers are excluded. Mechanical equipment means any machine or system containing moving parts such as motors, valves, relay switches, compressors, fans or similar components, including but not limited to those used to circulate and/or condition air, water, refrigerant, effluent or products of combustion.
Material can also be transported manually using no equipment. There are certain differences between use of conveyors, cranes, and industrial trucks for transport with respect to their path and area of operation. Major equipments are Jib crane, Pallet jack, Unit load AGV, Four-way pallet, Single-deep pallet racks, Vertical carousel.