Material handling can be defined as art and science of conveying, elevating, positioning, transporting, packaging and storing of materials. Starting from the time, the raw material enters the mill gate and goes out of the mill gate in the form of finished products; it is handled at all stages within mill boundaries such as within and between raw material stores, various section of the production department, machine to machine and finished product stores. 

Proper material handling offers benefits :

• improving productivity.
• increasing the handling capacity.
• reducing man-power.
• increasing the speed of material movement.
• reducing materials wastage.
• promoting easier and cleaner handling via. eliminating the idle time of machines, equipment and workers iii.
• reduce fatigue incurred by the workers
• increasing safety and minimising accidents.
• locate and stock material better and in less Space
• minimising production cost, etc.

The Indian material handling sector has observed a momentous growth in recent years, which is chiefly brought about by rising investment in infrastructure development, increased demand for higher automation, and safe working practices in the manufacturing area. 

A boiler is a closed pressure vessel that offers a heat transfer surface between the combustion products and the water. It is usually integrated into a system with various components including burner, deaerator, economizer, heat exchanger, and tubes. The main objective of industrial boilers is to create heat and steam for various processes including steaming and batching in different industries.

Function:

Heat is a heart of industrial food processes. The food industry needs heat at every stage of the process. Direct heat or heat from the hot water is an essential factor of food processing industry. Inside the beverage business, steam is used for cooking, drying, and warming, and for general utilize-cleaning. 

Market Served by Industrial Food Boilers

• Beverage Processing
• Meat Processing
• Food Processing and Packaging
• Poultry Processing
• Vegetable Processing

Fuel used in Food Boilers

These food industry boilers generally used fossil fuels to produce heat & hot water for cleaning and cooking purpose.

• Coal
• Natural gas
• Fuel oil
• Biomass