Transport, in terms of the meaning of the word; It is the process of transferring a load between two points in the shortest way, in the most reliable way and with minimum energy consumption.

transport system; used in the manufacturing industry and service sectors; It includes the factor functions of movement (high efficiency, low cost), time (being there when needed), quantity (providing the right quantity, weight, volume number), location (being where it is needed) and usage area (storage location). ; transporting (loading, dispatching, in-location transportation, unloading), packaging (bag, box, crate, etc., packaging) and storage (in-process, in-between parts, in-off-location activities); It is a combination of method, service and transaction components.

As a requirement of this definition, industrial transport system; It can be defined as the whole of activities developed for the use of all sector companies operating in the manufacturing and service industries and incorporating all transportation equipment, vehicles and all their functions.

Basic design concepts in industrial transport system; type of load (piece-unit load: identifiable by number, heaped-bulk load: granular structure), transport type (horizontal, vertical, inclined, rotational, etc.), weight, transport distance, number of stations, drive system type, working tolerances and ease of manufacture/assembly factors.

It is impossible to classify the transport systems and the equipment that composes them into a standard and simple classification. To give an example, there are few similarities between the process of carrying glasses between two points and the transportation of automobile wheels except for the similarity of function. For this reason, it is only possible to make general classifications for the transport system components, taking into account the equipment features. These; They are classifications according to their structures, areas of use, properties of materials to be transported or working principles.