Question: A single carousel storage system has an oval rail loop that is 30 ft long and 3 ft wide. Sixty carriers are equally spaced around the oval. Suspended from each carrier are five bins-Each bin has a volumetric capacity = 0.75 ft3. Carousel speed = 100 ft/min. Average pick-and-deposit time for a retrieval = 20 sec. Determine:
(a) volumetric capacity of the storage system and
(b) hourly retrieval rate of the storage system.